Corona Renderer 1.1 for 3ds Max released

• Supports Autodesk 3ds Max versions 2011-2016.
• Road map for the future development will be published next week.
• Yes, and it is faster again.

New Features/Improvements

• Autodesk 3ds Max 2016 Support - 3ds Max 2016 is now directly supported in the installer.

Corona Bitmap

Corona Bitmap is a new shader, works similarly to 3ds Max, but faster. The Corona Converter can convert 3ds Max bitmaps in the entire scene with just one click, allowing to easily speed up rendering usually by 10-20%. Below are some examples from our real test scenes.

A4 Benchmark Interior scene – 9% faster

Interior Scene – 14% faster

Car Scene – HDRI – 30% faster

Corona Renderer now supports instancing, resulting in MUCH faster parsing and lower memory consumption. Particle flow can now be used with Corona as a scatter system, as shown in this landscape image with 17 billion polygons:

Corona Renderer - Particle Flow

The Particle age map and true motion blur now work with any particle flow system, with any material operator (even static).

Corona Renderer 1.0 – Particle Flow – parsing time: 16.6s, incorrect motion blur

Corona Renderer 1.1 – Particle Flow – parsing time: 0.6s, correct motion blur

Smaller Improvements

• Better error reporting: non-obtrusive, non-blocking, with option to surpress further messages.
• Added ability to specify licensing server IP on render nodes
• Corona dialogs (VFB, licensing, …) are now HiDPI-compatible
• Glossy reflections are no longer darker on object outlines.
• Added displacement switch to RayswitchMtl
• Render passes now correctly output negative values

More info and download on Corona Renderer site.