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Render settings
Main settings

Progressive
Whichrenderenginewillbeused.Currently,onlythebucketandprogressiveenginesare
consideredproductionready,supportallofthefeatures,andperformoptimally.
Progressiveisthemostefficientoneandisthereforesetasdefault.
Bidir/VCMisanexperimentalengineatthispoint,beingabitsloweringeneral,but
alsobeingabletoresolvecomplexlightsituationssuchascausticsfasterthan
Progressiveengineandinanubiasedmanner.

GI/AAbalance
TheamountofGIsamplespereachAntiAliasingsample.
HighervalueswillincreasesamplingofGlobalIllumination,resultingincleanerindirect
lighting,glossyreflections,refractionsandtranslucency.Lowervalueswillincrease
samplingofAntiAliasingandthereforeimprovequalityoffinegeometryedges,Depthof
Field,andMotionBlur.
Settingthisvalueunder2orabove64isnotrecommended.

Lightsamplesmultiplier
TheamountofdirectlightssamplespereachGIsample.
Increasethisvalueinsceneswherethereisvisiblenoiseinthedirectlighting.Default
valueof2.0workswellinmostcases.

Maxsampleintensity
Theratiobetweenrenderingperformanceandphysicalaccuracy.
Loweringitwillresultinclampingofthereflectionandrefractioncausticsbrightness,
significantlyreducingnoiseattheexpenseofbias.Increasingthisvaluewillreduce
amountofclampingbutalsoincreaseamountofnoise.Defaultvalueof20workswellin
mostscenes.
Settingthisvalueto0enablesspecialunbiasedmodewherenoclampingwilloccur.This
modewillhoweveroftenintroducefirefliesthatmayneverconvergewhenusing
ProgressiveorBucketrenderengine.

Maxraydepth
Themaximumpossiblenumberoflightbounces.
Loweringthisvalueslightlyimprovesperformance,increasingitslightlyimproves
accuracy.ThechangeinCoronaishoweververysmallcomparedtootherrenderers,so
keepingthedefaultvalueisadvised.

Primarysolver
WhichGlobalIlluminationsolverwillbeusedforprimary(first)lightbounce.
NonedisablesGI,leavingonlydirectlighting.
PathTracingisanaccuratebruteforcesolution

Secondarysolver
WhichGlobalIlluminationsolverwillbeusedforsecondary(second,third,...)light
bounces.
NonedisablessecondaryGI,leavingonlyonebounceofGI.
Pathtracingisanaccuratebruteforcesolutionthatislessefficientinscenarios
withlotsofindirectbouncing(e.g.interiorscenes),orgenerallysceneswith
complicatedpathsbetweenlightsandtherenderedsurfaces.Thereforeitis
suggestedtousethissolvermostlyinexteriorsituations.
HDCacheisafast,interpolated,slightlylessaccuratesolution,thatworksbestin
sceneswithlotoflightbouncing.Thereforeitworksbestininteriorscenes.
HDcachemaybeinefficientinsceneswithcomplicatedgeometryand
noncomplexlighting,suchasgrassfields,exteriornature,...Bewarethatthe
currentimplementationofHDcacheispronetoanimationflickeringinsome
scenarios.

Screensize
Whenselected,displacementtessellationwillbeperformedadaptivelyinthescreen
space.
Thisisusuallyalotmoreefficient.Qualityvaluesetsthenumberofpixelseach
tesselatedtrianglespansintheimage.Lowervalueswillimprovedisplacementqualityat
expenseofmemoryusageandpreprocessingtime.

Worldsize
Whenselected,displacementtessellationwillbeperformedabsolutelyintheworld
space.
Thismethodisusuallyinefficientexceptforspecialcases(topreventpoppingartifactsin
animations).Qualityvaluesetsthesizeofeachtesselatedtriangleintheworldunits.
Lowervalueswillimprovedisplacementquality,attheexpenseofmemoryusageand
renderpreprocessingtime.Bewarethatsettingthisvaluetoolowandusingthismethod
onlargeobjectsmayconsumealltheavailablememoryandresultinacrash.

Maxsubdivperpolygon
Themaximumamountofdisplacementsubdivisionsperformedonasinglepolygon.You
canusethistolimitunnecessarilydensedisplacementsubdivisioninsomeareasand
thereforesavesometimeandmemory.

Exposure and color mapping

Exposure
Positivevaluesincreaseexposure,negativevaluesdecreaseit.

Highlightcompression
Thisoptioncompressesthehighlightsoftheoutputimagetoreduce/removeburnedout
areas.Defaultvalueof1.0meansoutputwillbecompletelylinear.Increasingthevalue
removesburnedoutareas,decreasingitamplifieshighlights.Bewarethatwhen
composingrenderelementstogether,outputmustbeLINEAR(1.0)togetthecorrect
result.

Contrast
Valuesgreaterthan1increaseimagecontrast.Bewarethatwhencomposingrender
elementstogether,outputmustbeLINEAR(1.0)togetthecorrectresult.

Whitebalance
SetsthewhitebalancepointusingKelvintemperaturescale.Oftenusedinphotography.

Colorchannelsoutput
MultipliesvalueofR,GorBchannels.Canbeusedtotweakcolorbalanceoftheoutput
image.

Progressive rendering

Timelimit
Thetimelimitafterwhichtherenderingwillstop.

Renderpasses
Thenumberofpassesafterwhichtherenderingwillstop.Eachpassperformsone
antialiasingsampleperpixelandavariableamountofsecondarysamplessetbythe
GI/AAbalanceparameter.

Actions

Resettodefault
Setsallrendersettingstodefaltvalues

Global camera settings

Globalcamerasettings,usedwhennocameraisselected(i.e.whenusingeditorcamera).
Otherwise,itssettingisoverridenbysettingsinCameraobjectandCoronaCameratag

Fstop
PhotographicparameterThisparameteraffectstheDepthofFieldeffect.Decreasing
thisvalueincreasestheDepthofFieldeffectamountandviceversa.
Standardvaluesusedinphotographyare:0.711.422.845.68111622
32

Shutterspeed
PhotographicparameterThisparameteraffectsthelengthoftheMotionBlureffect.The
inputvalueisreciprocaloftheresult,sotosetshutterspeedto1/125s,input125.
DecreasingthisvalueincreasesexposureandMotionBlurlengthandviceversa.
Standardvaluesusedinphotographyare:11/21/81/151/251/301/501/60
1/1251/1501/2501/5001/1000

Sensorwidth
PhotographicparameterThisparameteraffectstheamountofDepthofFieldeffect.
IncreasingthisvalueincreasestheDepthofFieldeffectsize.Thisisusefulformatching
otherparametersandoutputtovariousrealworldcameras.
Typicalvaluesare35mmforfullframedigitalSLRand25mmforAPSCdigitalSLR.

Apertureshape
CircleWhenselected,anidealised,circularapertureisusedforgeneratingthe
DepthofFieldeffect.
BladedWhenselected,theDepthofFieldeffectisgeneratedusingapolygonal
apertureshapewithgivennumberofsides(blades).
BladesThenumberofbladesusedtogenerateDoFeffectwhenusing
Bladedapertureshape.
RotationTherotationaloffsetofcameraapertureshapewhenusing
Bladedaperture.

Enablecamera
Enablesmotionblurgeneratedbythemovementofcamera.ForacompleteMotionBlur
solutionyouneedtoenablegeometryMotionBluraswell.

Enablegeometry
Enablesmotionblurgeneratedbythemovementofscenegeometry.Forcomplete
MotionBlursolutionyouneedtoenablecameraMotionBluraswell.

Transformationsegments
Thequalityofthenonlinearrigid(transformation)motionblur.Increasingthisvalue
increasesthequalityattheexpenseofsomerenderingspeedandmemoryusage.
Settingthisvaluetoolowcanresultinmovementstutterand/orartifacts.

Frameoffset
OffsetsthetimeintervaloutofwhichtheMotionBlureffectisgenerated.Thevalueis
definedinframes,with0meaningthatthecenteroftheintervalisexactlyinthecurrent
frame,1meaningthattheentireintervalhappensjustbeforethecurrentframe,and1
meaningtheentireintervalhappensjustafterthecurrentframe.

Secondary GI: HD cache

Precompdensity
Thenumberofprecomputationpassesperformedbeforetherendering.Increasingthis
valuecanmaketheprecomputationphaselonger,buttheresultingcachewillbemore
completeandcanspeeduptherenderinginthelongrun.

Recordquality
ThequalityofindividualHDcacherecords.Increasingthisvalueincreasesaccuracyof
theHDcacherecordsandcaneliminateflickeringinanimation,butmakesthe
precomputationlonger.

Maxrecords
Limitsthemaximumnumberofrecordsinthecache.Toolowvaluecancause
insufficientcoverageofthescenewithrecords,toohighvaluecanproducetoodense
cache,resultingintoobigoverhead.Defaultvalueworkswellinalmostallscenes.

Dopreviz
Showsthevisualizationofthecacheduringprecomputation

Interpolationaccuracy
Definessensitivityofthecachetodifferenterrorfactors(howmuchcantheinterpolated
pointdifferfromthecacherecordpointwheninterpolating).
DirectionDirectionalsensitivitydetermineshowmuchcanthedirectionsof
interpolatedandcachedraydifferonglossysurfaces
PositionPositionsensitivitydetermineshowmuchcanthepositionsof
interpolatedandcachedpointdiffer
NormalNormalsensitivitydefineshowmuchcanthenormalsdifferbetween
interpolatedandcachedpoint

VFB settings

VFBType
SetstheFramebuffertypeusedforrendering.
Cinema4DPictureViewerNativeC4Dpictureviewer

ImageFilterType
Imagefiltersreducenoiseandremovemoireintheimagebyslightlyblurringthepicture.
"None"disablesthefiltering,whileotherfiltersgivecomparableresults,with"Tent"being
themostreliableandhenceusedbydefault

Width
Theradiusofthefilterinterpolationinpixels.Largervaluewillreducethenoiseatthecost
ofimagesharpnessandviceversa.Thedefaultvalueof1.5worksfineinmostcases.

Internalresolution
Internallymultipliestherenderedresolutionbyagivenfactor.Usingvaluehigherthan1
increasesmemoryconsumptionsignificantly,butwhenused,itispossibletoantialias
verybrightedgesoflights.Usedefaultvalueof1unlesslightedgesantialiasingis
needed,inthatcasesetitto2.

Renderstamp
Whenenabled,atextwithrenderinformationswillbeaddedtothebottomrightcornerof
therenderedoutput.Clickthe"?"buttontoseethelistofallavailablevariables.

Corona Material
Properties

Properties
Direct
Reflections
Refractions
Normal
Shadows

Roundedcorners
Radius
Samples

wheterismaterialbevisibledirectlyfromcamera
wheterismaterialbevisibleinreflectedrays
wheterismaterialbevisibleinrefractedrays
wheterismaterialvisiblefordiffuselighttransport
whetermaterialcastsshadows
simulatesroundedcorners
radius
numberofsamplesusedfornormalestimation

Diffuse

Reflection

Refraction

Translucency

Emission

Bumpmapping

Displacement

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