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Corona Renderer 7 for Cinema 4D Released!

August 4, 2021Releaseaerial perspective, altitude, c4d, cinema 4d, clearcoat, corona 7, Corona Renderer, corona renderer 7, Fabric, Faster Renders, horizon blur, Improved Sky, Legacy Material, Material Library, maxon, PBR, physical material, prg clear sky model, Render Speed, sheen, tooltips, turbidity, volume effectTom Grimes

Corona Renderer 7 for Cinema 4D - out now!

It’s with great pleasure that we announce the release of Corona Renderer 7 for Cinema 4D! With Clearcoat and Sheen in the new Physical Material, easy and fast aerial perspective in the Corona Sky, the addition of the Corona Material Library, the ability to render OpenVDB files for fire and smoke simulations, faster rendering, and many more updates, this release will give you better results, all while making your 3D work easier and speedier!

NEW FEATURES VIDEO

Here’s the quick overview of some of the new features, in the New Features video:

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Start downloading while you read!

https://corona-renderer.com/download/

Demo Refresh: If you have tried a previous version of Corona Renderer and your 45-day trial has expired, then you’ll be pleased to hear that we have automatically refreshed the demo period to give everyone an extra 14 days! Simply download and install Corona Renderer 7 from the link above, and activate the demo license right within Cinema 4D. Enjoy!

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Corona Renderer 7 for 3ds Max Released!

July 21, 2021Release3ds max, aerial perspective, altitude, clearcoat, corona 7, corona renderer 7, corona renderer 7 for 3ds max, faster rendering, horizon blur, improved glass, Improved Sky, physical material, release, Render Speed, sheen, turbidity, volume effectTom Grimes

We’re pleased to announce the release of Corona Renderer 7 for 3ds Max! With Clearcoat and Sheen in the new Physical Material, easy and fast aerial perspective in the Corona Sky, faster rendering, and many more updates, this release will give you better results, all while making your 3D work easier and speedier!

NEW FEATURES VIDEO

For a quick overview of the biggest features in Corona Renderer 7, here’s the New Features video:

DOWNLOAD

Download while you read so that your installation is ready to go once you finish the blog post!

https://corona-renderer.com/download/

ECOrona

April 30, 2021Featurecharity, corona, earthday, teamworkTom Grimes

Earth Day was on Thursday April 22nd, but the Corona team didn’t wait until then to turn into the ECOrona team – instead, we spent the whole month aiming to help the planet, and our own health, by setting the challenge to do various good deeds, to walk as much as possible, and to donate to environmentally-aware charities.

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Behind the scenes: The Physical Material

March 22, 2021Announcement, ReleaseBehind the Scenes, Corona Renderer, Daily Builds, physical materialTom Grimes

The first iteration of the new Physical Material appeared in the Corona 7 Daily Build in December. We knew we’d be revisiting it to make changes based on user feedback…. and that has been done, and a near-final version of the Physical Material is in the latest Daily Build!

In this article we’ll take a detailed look at it, so that you can get up to speed before the final release of 7 by learning about it, and even trying it out, right now!

*Everything uses the new Physical Material (3ds Max)*

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Corona Academy goes Online!

February 22, 2021AnnouncementCorona Academy, Corona for 3ds Max, Corona RendererTom Grimes

In a move that makes official Corona training accessible to more people than ever, the Corona Academy is now an online course! As well as the new Corona Academy website going live, we want to chat with you about why we’ve made this change, and what it means for you.

We like to be as open as we can about everything we do, so here we’d like to share our reasons for making this change with you.

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Behind the Scenes – A History of Corona Academy

February 22, 2021AnnouncementCorona Academy, Corona for 3ds Max, Corona RendererTom Grimes

With the recent shift to the Corona Academy being an online video course, we wanted to give you a behind-the-scenes look at its development from its beginnings through to the current Online version.

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Merry Christmas, Coronauts!

December 17, 2020Announcementchristmas, Corona RendererTom Grimes

As 2020 comes to an end, we want to extend our best wishes to you, our users! You are what make Corona Renderer what it is, and all of us here at Chaos Czech wish you a wonderful holiday season, and an awesome 2021!

We also want to announce that our office will be closed from Monday December 21st until Monday January 4th – support will be limited during this time.

In recent years, we’d have ended our Christmas blog here, but this year we want to share the latest progress with Corona Renderer 7, so read on!

Black Friday 2020

November 27, 2020Announcement3drendering, black friday, Corona Renderer, SaleTom Grimes

The Black Friday sale is here! This is your chance to get the biggest discount we ever offer for Corona Renderer: save 22% off the first year of any Yearly FairSaaS license!

All you need to do is head to our order page, choose whether you want the 3ds Max or Cinema 4D version, and then enter code BF20 during checkout. The offer only runs from Friday November 27th to Monday November 30th.

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Behind the scenes: the Corona Renderer development process!

November 25, 2020Feature3ds max, cinema 4d, Corona Renderer, development, development insights, releases, software developmentTom Grimes

Developing something as sophisticated and complex as a mature render engine is no easy task. We thought you would enjoy a look behind the scenes at some of what goes into it, and this time our focus is on how we choose what to work on next, and what kinds of things can affect our plans.

Behind the scenes: An early look at Corona Renderer 7

September 30, 2020AnnouncementBehind the Scenes, Corona Renderer, Corona Renderer Development, Corona Renderer for 3ds Max, Corona Renderer for C4D, Corona Renderer for Cinema 4D, Corona Renderer for MaxTom Grimes

Here’s the second of our ongoing behind the scenes blogs! This time we’ll be taking a look at some things that in progress for Corona Renderer 7.

Chaos Corona

Rendering is magic.

All posts by Tom Grimes

Corona Renderer 7 for Cinema 4D Released!

NEW FEATURES VIDEO

DOWNLOAD

https://corona-renderer.com/download/

Corona Renderer 7 for 3ds Max Released!

NEW FEATURES VIDEO

DOWNLOAD

https://corona-renderer.com/download/

ECOrona

Behind the scenes: The Physical Material

Corona Academy goes Online!

Behind the Scenes – A History of Corona Academy

Merry Christmas, Coronauts!

Black Friday 2020

Behind the scenes: the Corona Renderer development process!

Behind the scenes: An early look at Corona Renderer 7