Tag Archives: Corona Renderer

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!

Wooden architectural model

December 3, 2020Making-of3ds max, Arch-Viz, Architectural Visualisation, Corona Renderer, maquetteRussell Traill

In this blog we talk to Reman A. Yehya about his fantastic final year project and how it was disrupted by the pandemic, but not defeated! It’s a fascinating look into a process that would usually have been done by hand.

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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.

Behind the scenes: What now after Corona Renderer 6?

September 22, 2020AnnouncementCorona Renderer, Corona Renderer Behind The Scenes, Corona Renderer Development, Corona Renderer for 3ds Max, Corona Renderer for Cinema 4DTom Grimes

We love featuring the work of our users on our blogs, but we also want to return to giving you behind-the-scenes access to what is happening here at Corona Renderer HQ. This is the first in a series of ongoing articles welcoming you in to our development process!

Read our first behind the scenes blog!

Corona Renderer 6 for 3ds Max Released!

August 31, 2020Announcement, Release3ds max, Corona 6, Corona for 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Corona Renderer 6Tom Grimes

We’re pleased to release Corona Renderer 6 for 3ds Max! This time around we’ve focused on giving you the tools to attain greater realism and be more creative, while also speeding up your workflow.

NEW FEATURES VIDEO

For the tl;dr generation, here’s the New Features video for a quick overview of what is in this release:

DOWNLOAD

Set the download going while you read! Grab it from:

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 6 from the link above, and activate the demo license right within 3ds Max. Enjoy!

Company News – and new team members ;)

July 9, 2020Announcementcompany news, Corona RendererTom Grimes

While we are working hard on getting the two Corona Renderer 6 releases ready, we wanted to take a short break to let you know some other news about a few new additions to the Corona family!

So, in the tradition of movie credits that include the “team babies”, we are pleased to introduce you to:

Meet the new team babies! Read more

Pikcells – creating TV ads for the UK’s No.1 Kitchen Retailer

April 9, 2020Making-of3ds max, compositing, Corona Renderer, kitchens, rendering, TV adsTom Grimes

Pikcells are a design-driven studio with 15 years in the industry. Recently they’ve been working on something new for them, creating TV ads for long-term client Wren Kitchens, and we caught up with Creative Director Richard Benson to hear how they used Corona to composite actors into a rendered kitchen.

Pikcells, Wren Kitchens TV ads - frame from the final ad

Read ABOUT THE MAKING OF THE WREN TV ADS

Jakub Cech – CGI: An Artistic Medium

March 10, 2020Interview, Making-of3D, 3dsmax, Arch-Viz, Architectural Visualisation, Architecture, Corona Renderer, Exterior, interior, Interview, photorealismRussell Traill

We catch up with Jakub Cech about his beautiful new film exploring computer graphics as an artistic medium. The film premiered at Academy Days X in Venice last October, with a follow on talk about it in Kyjev.

We talk about how it came to be, the processes that went into creating it, as well as how “CGI is the new painting, sculpture and photography in one artistic medium”.

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