New Edition of Corona Render 12: Introducing GPU Rendering and Eliminating Nervous Rendering Struggles
Chaos Group's latest update to Corona Render, Corona 13, has made significant strides in the realm of architectural visualization and 3D modeling. The update introduces a host of key features that enhance real-time ray tracing, decal integration, and environment rendering, among others.
### Real-Time Ray Tracing and Rendering
The integration of Chaos Vantage enables real-time GPU-accelerated rendering, allowing designers and artists to explore and render scenes interactively with high fidelity. This live link significantly speeds up animation rendering workflows, providing faster feedback and more efficient iteration on complex architectural scenes.
While Corona itself focuses on CPU rendering traditionally, the Vantage Live Link enhances the process by offloading real-time ray tracing tasks to the GPU for previews and animations within supported platforms like 3ds Max and Cinema 4D.
### AI-Powered Image Enhancement
The Chaos AI Enhancer is integrated directly within Corona Render, selectively improving the visual quality of people and vegetation in scenes by adding realistic detail and texture enhancements without altering architectural elements. This feature uploads images securely to Chaos Cloud for processing, streamlining the post-render enhancement process and improving overall scene realism.
### Decal Integration and Artistic Controls
Though explicit decal system details are not highlighted in the latest update, Corona 13 introduces a new toon shading system with Toon and Outline materials, which provide artistic shading and outline control. This can be used to create stylized or non-photorealistic architectural visualizations, offering architects and designers new creative options for early-stage presentations or final stylized renders.
Additional artist-friendly features like scatter clusters make it easier to manage groups of objects (such as decals or vegetation) for faster scene refinement, which indirectly supports workflow efficiency when adding surface details or environmental elements.
### Environment Rendering Enhancements
Corona 13 includes a thin film layer for generating realistic visual effects like rainbows on surfaces such as bubbles or oily sheens, enhancing environment realism. There is also initial support for Enscape scene import, enabling users to bring in scenes from Enscape for final rendering in Corona, which broadens interoperability and allows users to combine real-time environment exploration with high-quality offline rendering.
### Other Notable Features
- Corona Pattern modifier allows for the replication of invented patterns without increasing polygon counts. - Support for loading 8-bit and 32-bit files is included in the updates. - The updated Corona Sky system allows for the sun to set at a lower angle (-12 degrees) in renders. - A/B testing is now available in Corona updates, allowing for comparison of renders of different resolutions and formats. - The new version of Corona does not require GPU for rendering.
In conclusion, Chaos Group's Corona 13 update advances architectural visualization by delivering faster, more interactive ray tracing via GPU, enhancing environmental realism, supporting creative decal-like shading methods, and integrating AI-powered image refinement—thus streamlining workflows while expanding artistic and technical capabilities for 3D artists and architectural visualizers.
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- In the realm of custom architectural designs, artists can now create a photorealistic or stylized wall art by leveraging Corona 13's new toon shading system and outline materials.
- To further augment the artistic control, the latest update introduces scatter clusters, making it simple to manage and refine groups of decals or vegetation for a more efficient workflow.
- For an increased level of realism in technology-infused spaces, the Chaos AI Enhancer in Corona 13 can improve the quality of digital gadgets by adding intricate details and textures without affecting the architectural elements.
- In the pursuit of creating artificial-intelligence-driven building exteriors, the Corona 13 update enables designers to generate rainbow effects on surfaces using the thin film layer for greater environmental realism, thus making it possible to design eye-catching smart homes or offices.
