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CoronaSuncreatesCoronaSunobject
CoronaLightcreatesCoronaLightobject
CreateCameracreatesCamerawithattachedCoronaCameratag
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Render settings
Main settings
Progressive
Whichrenderenginewillbeused.Currently,onlythebucketandprogressiveenginesare
consideredproductionready,supportallofthefeatures,andperformoptimally.
Progressiveisthemostefficientoneandisthereforesetasdefault.
Bidir/VCMisanexperimentalengineatthispoint,beingabitsloweringeneral,but
alsobeingabletoresolvecomplexlightsituationssuchascausticsfasterthan
Progressiveengineandinanubiasedmanner.
GI/AAbalance
TheamountofGIsamplespereachAntiAliasingsample.
HighervalueswillincreasesamplingofGlobalIllumination,resultingincleanerindirect
lighting,glossyreflections,refractionsandtranslucency.Lowervalueswillincrease
samplingofAntiAliasingandthereforeimprovequalityoffinegeometryedges,Depthof
Field,andMotionBlur.
Settingthisvalueunder2orabove64isnotrecommended.
Lightsamplesmultiplier
TheamountofdirectlightssamplespereachGIsample.
Increasethisvalueinsceneswherethereisvisiblenoiseinthedirectlighting.Default
valueof2.0workswellinmostcases.
Maxsampleintensity
Theratiobetweenrenderingperformanceandphysicalaccuracy.
Loweringitwillresultinclampingofthereflectionandrefractioncausticsbrightness,
significantlyreducingnoiseattheexpenseofbias.Increasingthisvaluewillreduce
amountofclampingbutalsoincreaseamountofnoise.Defaultvalueof20workswellin
mostscenes.
Settingthisvalueto0enablesspecialunbiasedmodewherenoclampingwilloccur.This
modewillhoweveroftenintroducefirefliesthatmayneverconvergewhenusing
ProgressiveorBucketrenderengine.
Maxraydepth
Themaximumpossiblenumberoflightbounces.
Loweringthisvalueslightlyimprovesperformance,increasingitslightlyimproves
accuracy.ThechangeinCoronaishoweververysmallcomparedtootherrenderers,so
keepingthedefaultvalueisadvised.
Primarysolver
WhichGlobalIlluminationsolverwillbeusedforprimary(first)lightbounce.
NonedisablesGI,leavingonlydirectlighting.
PathTracingisanaccuratebruteforcesolution
Secondarysolver
WhichGlobalIlluminationsolverwillbeusedforsecondary(second,third,...)light
bounces.
NonedisablessecondaryGI,leavingonlyonebounceofGI.
Pathtracingisanaccuratebruteforcesolutionthatislessefficientinscenarios
withlotsofindirectbouncing(e.g.interiorscenes),orgenerallysceneswith
complicatedpathsbetweenlightsandtherenderedsurfaces.Thereforeitis
suggestedtousethissolvermostlyinexteriorsituations.
HDCacheisafast,interpolated,slightlylessaccuratesolution,thatworksbestin
sceneswithlotoflightbouncing.Thereforeitworksbestininteriorscenes.
HDcachemaybeinefficientinsceneswithcomplicatedgeometryand
noncomplexlighting,suchasgrassfields,exteriornature,...Bewarethatthe
currentimplementationofHDcacheispronetoanimationflickeringinsome
scenarios.
Screensize
Whenselected,displacementtessellationwillbeperformedadaptivelyinthescreen
space.
Thisisusuallyalotmoreefficient.Qualityvaluesetsthenumberofpixelseach
tesselatedtrianglespansintheimage.Lowervalueswillimprovedisplacementqualityat
expenseofmemoryusageandpreprocessingtime.
Worldsize
Whenselected,displacementtessellationwillbeperformedabsolutelyintheworld
space.
Thismethodisusuallyinefficientexceptforspecialcases(topreventpoppingartifactsin
animations).Qualityvaluesetsthesizeofeachtesselatedtriangleintheworldunits.
Lowervalueswillimprovedisplacementquality,attheexpenseofmemoryusageand
renderpreprocessingtime.Bewarethatsettingthisvaluetoolowandusingthismethod
onlargeobjectsmayconsumealltheavailablememoryandresultinacrash.
Maxsubdivperpolygon
Themaximumamountofdisplacementsubdivisionsperformedonasinglepolygon.You
canusethistolimitunnecessarilydensedisplacementsubdivisioninsomeareasand
thereforesavesometimeandmemory.
Exposure
Positivevaluesincreaseexposure,negativevaluesdecreaseit.
Highlightcompression
Thisoptioncompressesthehighlightsoftheoutputimagetoreduce/removeburnedout
areas.Defaultvalueof1.0meansoutputwillbecompletelylinear.Increasingthevalue
removesburnedoutareas,decreasingitamplifieshighlights.Bewarethatwhen
composingrenderelementstogether,outputmustbeLINEAR(1.0)togetthecorrect
result.
Contrast
Valuesgreaterthan1increaseimagecontrast.Bewarethatwhencomposingrender
elementstogether,outputmustbeLINEAR(1.0)togetthecorrectresult.
Whitebalance
SetsthewhitebalancepointusingKelvintemperaturescale.Oftenusedinphotography.
Colorchannelsoutput
MultipliesvalueofR,GorBchannels.Canbeusedtotweakcolorbalanceoftheoutput
image.
Progressive rendering
Timelimit
Thetimelimitafterwhichtherenderingwillstop.
Renderpasses
Thenumberofpassesafterwhichtherenderingwillstop.Eachpassperformsone
antialiasingsampleperpixelandavariableamountofsecondarysamplessetbythe
GI/AAbalanceparameter.
Actions
Resettodefault
Setsallrendersettingstodefaltvalues
Globalcamerasettings,usedwhennocameraisselected(i.e.whenusingeditorcamera).
Otherwise,itssettingisoverridenbysettingsinCameraobjectandCoronaCameratag
Fstop
PhotographicparameterThisparameteraffectstheDepthofFieldeffect.Decreasing
thisvalueincreasestheDepthofFieldeffectamountandviceversa.
Standardvaluesusedinphotographyare:0.711.422.845.68111622
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Shutterspeed
PhotographicparameterThisparameteraffectsthelengthoftheMotionBlureffect.The
inputvalueisreciprocaloftheresult,sotosetshutterspeedto1/125s,input125.
DecreasingthisvalueincreasesexposureandMotionBlurlengthandviceversa.
Standardvaluesusedinphotographyare:11/21/81/151/251/301/501/60
1/1251/1501/2501/5001/1000
Sensorwidth
PhotographicparameterThisparameteraffectstheamountofDepthofFieldeffect.
IncreasingthisvalueincreasestheDepthofFieldeffectsize.Thisisusefulformatching
otherparametersandoutputtovariousrealworldcameras.
Typicalvaluesare35mmforfullframedigitalSLRand25mmforAPSCdigitalSLR.
Apertureshape
CircleWhenselected,anidealised,circularapertureisusedforgeneratingthe
DepthofFieldeffect.
BladedWhenselected,theDepthofFieldeffectisgeneratedusingapolygonal
apertureshapewithgivennumberofsides(blades).
BladesThenumberofbladesusedtogenerateDoFeffectwhenusing
Bladedapertureshape.
RotationTherotationaloffsetofcameraapertureshapewhenusing
Bladedaperture.
Enablecamera
Enablesmotionblurgeneratedbythemovementofcamera.ForacompleteMotionBlur
solutionyouneedtoenablegeometryMotionBluraswell.
Enablegeometry
Enablesmotionblurgeneratedbythemovementofscenegeometry.Forcomplete
MotionBlursolutionyouneedtoenablecameraMotionBluraswell.
Transformationsegments
Thequalityofthenonlinearrigid(transformation)motionblur.Increasingthisvalue
increasesthequalityattheexpenseofsomerenderingspeedandmemoryusage.
Settingthisvaluetoolowcanresultinmovementstutterand/orartifacts.
Frameoffset
OffsetsthetimeintervaloutofwhichtheMotionBlureffectisgenerated.Thevalueis
definedinframes,with0meaningthatthecenteroftheintervalisexactlyinthecurrent
frame,1meaningthattheentireintervalhappensjustbeforethecurrentframe,and1
meaningtheentireintervalhappensjustafterthecurrentframe.
Precompdensity
Thenumberofprecomputationpassesperformedbeforetherendering.Increasingthis
valuecanmaketheprecomputationphaselonger,buttheresultingcachewillbemore
completeandcanspeeduptherenderinginthelongrun.
Recordquality
ThequalityofindividualHDcacherecords.Increasingthisvalueincreasesaccuracyof
theHDcacherecordsandcaneliminateflickeringinanimation,butmakesthe
precomputationlonger.
Maxrecords
Limitsthemaximumnumberofrecordsinthecache.Toolowvaluecancause
insufficientcoverageofthescenewithrecords,toohighvaluecanproducetoodense
cache,resultingintoobigoverhead.Defaultvalueworkswellinalmostallscenes.
Dopreviz
Showsthevisualizationofthecacheduringprecomputation
Interpolationaccuracy
Definessensitivityofthecachetodifferenterrorfactors(howmuchcantheinterpolated
pointdifferfromthecacherecordpointwheninterpolating).
DirectionDirectionalsensitivitydetermineshowmuchcanthedirectionsof
interpolatedandcachedraydifferonglossysurfaces
PositionPositionsensitivitydetermineshowmuchcanthepositionsof
interpolatedandcachedpointdiffer
NormalNormalsensitivitydefineshowmuchcanthenormalsdifferbetween
interpolatedandcachedpoint
VFB settings
VFBType
SetstheFramebuffertypeusedforrendering.
Cinema4DPictureViewerNativeC4Dpictureviewer
ImageFilterType
Imagefiltersreducenoiseandremovemoireintheimagebyslightlyblurringthepicture.
"None"disablesthefiltering,whileotherfiltersgivecomparableresults,with"Tent"being
themostreliableandhenceusedbydefault
Width
Theradiusofthefilterinterpolationinpixels.Largervaluewillreducethenoiseatthecost
ofimagesharpnessandviceversa.Thedefaultvalueof1.5worksfineinmostcases.
Internalresolution
Internallymultipliestherenderedresolutionbyagivenfactor.Usingvaluehigherthan1
increasesmemoryconsumptionsignificantly,butwhenused,itispossibletoantialias
verybrightedgesoflights.Usedefaultvalueof1unlesslightedgesantialiasingis
needed,inthatcasesetitto2.
Renderstamp
Whenenabled,atextwithrenderinformationswillbeaddedtothebottomrightcornerof
therenderedoutput.Clickthe"?"buttontoseethelistofallavailablevariables.
Corona Material
Properties
Properties
Direct
Reflections
Refractions
Normal
Shadows
Roundedcorners
Radius
Samples
wheterismaterialbevisibledirectlyfromcamera
wheterismaterialbevisibleinreflectedrays
wheterismaterialbevisibleinrefractedrays
wheterismaterialvisiblefordiffuselighttransport
whetermaterialcastsshadows
simulatesroundedcorners
radius
numberofsamplesusedfornormalestimation
Diffuse
Reflection
Refraction
Translucency
Emission
Bumpmapping
Displacement
Corona Light
Corona Sky
Corona Sun
Corona Camera