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Corona 1.7 RC1 released

Corona 1.7 RC1 released

by Paul Roberts
September 25, 2017
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Render Legion has announced a release candidate of Corona 1.7 for 3DS Max is now available to test for current license owners. Major new features include:

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Scenes saved with 1.7 are not compatible with 1.6. Find out more on the Corona Forum.

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max
8 years ago

Corona for Maya!

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maya
8 years ago

Corona for Houdini!

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houdini
Reply to  maya
8 years ago

Corona for Amapi!

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bey
Reply to  houdini
8 years ago

noo! Mirai first!

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Juma
Reply to  maya
8 years ago

+1 for HoudiniFX!

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Blender
8 years ago

Corona for Tesla!

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Amapi
8 years ago

Corona for Bananas!

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vandam
8 years ago

Corona for free! 😀

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Tesla
8 years ago

Corona for Bryce !

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Juang3d
8 years ago

Corona for Blender!

…

Ah… ok… Blender already has Corona… ok… thanks…

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Carl
8 years ago

Corona for Corona with lime and a really comfy hammock on a nicely shaded deserted beach with your significant other, great books and music and, no phones!

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Igor Posavec
8 years ago

and where is Corona for Amiga OS Real3D?

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spaceffrog
Reply to  Igor Posavec
8 years ago

Nah … just get the Sculpt version (Sculpt4D Junior is not supported though )

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mortas
8 years ago

ugh! Real3D the most confusing 3d app every created for the amiga, that was $600 down the drain for me back in the day :OP

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