You want to see what Corona is capable of as a full version and as an actual ArchiViz renderer and tool? So obviously the functionality will be limited to what most architects use and what the ArchiCAD kernel allows for. Architects are not going to want to do what Architectural visualizers will be going for. The Corona for ArchiCAD is not intended to be a tool for ArchiViz but rather a high-function renderer to complement an ARCHITECT's toolset. Again - what is the purpose of comparing a GPU renderer to a CPU renderer, exactly?)
I had asked you in the other thread what you hoped to accomplish in your attempt to run a benchmark comparing Corona's Alpha version with the final version renderer software versions of Lumion, Maxwell and all the rest, and you didn't respond.Īnd now you're talking about not being impressed and how it doesn't match up to other renderers like Cinerender, Maxwell and Lumion (all final versions and in the case of Lumion and Maxwell, GPU renderers - which Corona is NOT. Obviously it's going to have quite a number of bugs.ĭo you even know what an Alpha version is? They will get all distracted with the unnecessary things it can do. Give it a try! I would not recommend that you let your employees play with it.
Lumion 9 Pro runs super fast on my computer. I does in seconds 70-100 MB images that other renring programs do in minuets or even hours. But is does lack that little extra in rendeing quality to make the really fantastic rendeings. I don't think the Corona add-on is what you would want if your a CG Artist.įor speed and good rendeings, with lots of trees and plants or other high-poly objects, Luminon 9 Pro is hands down the best. I am still able to render better images with Maxwell Render, and Maxwell Studio is indispensible to me in terms of what I can do to tweak geometry, set up lighting, and of course make awsome materials. I like the functionality of CineRender better. ? CineRender 19 is completly adequate for what I would use Corona for.
Others could do better perhaps if they know more about how to use Corona. that sort of thing will be fixed soon I am sure.īut I was not impressed with speed or quality of renderings I was able to get out of it. Click Interactive Pallet if you want to Render, Click Render if you want the Interactive Pallet. For example when you open the Corona Menu tab, Interactive Palette and Render tabs are reversed. OF course I could be wrong in all this since it's all based on my knowledge in having worked with the 3ds Max version and now working with the ArchiCAD plugin and Tom Grimes could pop in at any time and say I'm wrong. Which in turn also means there's the possibility they could switch engine cores sometime within that process to the most recent (or next to recent) version before or at the final version. (it could even be lower than the Corona 2 engine, if we we're being really honest here).Ĭorona 3 has some special features (like denoising in the Interactive Render window using the GPU with a NVIDIA functions) that don't seem to be in the ArchiCAD plugin or don't seem likely to make it into the final version.Īll that being said, an Alpha version is quite a while away from a final release version - and how knows how many versions of the alpha and any subsequent betas they'll have before we get to the final version? It's an Alpha version, so if I had to guess, I would say they are using the engine or core for Corona 2 and not Corona 3. I was wondering: Is Corona Renderer for ARCHICAD based on Corona 2 or Corona 3? Please note that I am very unfamiliar with the capabilities of Corona so this may be a stupid question: Today I just read Corona Renderer 3 for 3DS MAX was announced: