Corona is a renderer being developed by Czech artist and programmer Ondrej Karlik. It’s currently in alpha and available as a 3DS Max plugin. Some great images are being created with the renderer, which is already used in architectural visualization projects. The latest version brings the following improvements:
- Motion blur
- Micro-triangle displacement (still somewhat unoptimized)
- Max interface for render elements supported
- Bokeh effect
- Optional custom material editor scene
- Better direct lighting sampling (combined direct light solver)
- Corona Solid texture added (for blackbody emission, HDR color input)
- Corona Mix texture added
- Blend material support
- Added masking render element
- Corona Sun is now supported by the daylight assembly
- CoronaMtl displayed better in viewport, lights are selectable
- Per-material background overrides added
- Interactive documentation for the renderer settings
- UI is better, defunct features hidden, better defaults
- C:/!Corona folder is no longer needed – corona saves logs to default 3DS Max plugin configuration directory
- 3DS Max 2013 support
Corona Renderer is freely available for download, though it’s expected to turn into a commercial project sometime in the future. Check out the renderer’s image gallery, online help/manual and find out more on Corona’s forum (registration is required to download the renderer).
Very impressive renderer!
Lot’s of good images in the gallery.
Looking forward to see the future development of this renderer.