4pixos Academy - Corona 7 & 8 Live Session

4pixos Academy has recently shared, with the ArchViz community, an informative live stream related to Corona Renderer's 7 - 8 Update. One and half hours are divided into two parts, the 1st one for Corona 7 and the 2nd one for corona 8.

The key points it covers for Corona 7:

• Corona Physical material and how to set it up correctly.
• How to change between roughness mode and glossiness one.
• Difference between metal and nonmetal-ness modes.
• New Physical presets for setting up material with correct physical parameters.
• Clearcoat layer, how to use it to give extra reflection layer on the surfaces.
• Surface imperfections (smudges, scratches, dust residue) with the clearcoat layer.
• Clearcoat application, for creating a varnish layer on top of the wood.
• Sheen Layer for fast fabrics material creation instead of fall-off map mixes.
• Always use IOR 1 with a sheen layer to get the correct fabrics.
• Corona PRG Clear Sky model (more natural sunsets).
• Volume effect to achieve fast realistic fog in your scene.
• Altitude feature to create a more natural blue sky for realistic sunsets.
• New Bloom and glare effect improvements.
• Caustics improved model for fast realistic caustics.
• UVRandomizer, to randomize UVs and get rid of tiled patterns.
• How to correctly set up the randomizer, and its different applications.

The key points it covers for Corona 8:

• The newest assets browser, “Chaos Cosmos”, is easy to drag, drop and snap to a surface.
• Corona Decals, how to apply setup correctly on different scenarios.
• New Chaos Scatter, for distributing objects, trees, grass, and all types of vegetation.
• Splines exclude lists to create pathways in “chaos Scatter”.
• Newest tone mapping, explaining new interface and how to use it.

We encourage you to watch this useful video tutorial below:

Meet the Presenters.
Dexter Nguyen is the founder and creative director at 4pixos Studio, and also a certified instructor at 4pixos Academy based in Vietnam.
4pixos Studio was established in 2012, specializing in Architectural Visualization, and with a large number of clients in New York, London, Sidney, and Budapest.