Corona Renderer for Sketchup

[spadestick]

Ok, I done a short trial run of Thea, I'm sorry but I am not convinced, as it is somewhat too slow in rendering and the interface is a little too convoluted for my tastes. Much prefer Podium's interface and Twilight's simplicity. Still sticking to Twilight for now...

[srx]

@spadestick said:

Ok, I done a short trial run of Thea, I'm sorry but I am not convinced, as it is somewhat too slow in rendering and the interface is a little too convoluted for my tastes. Much prefer Podium's interface and Twilight's simplicity. Still sticking to Twilight for now...

This is strange. Thea is fastest rendering engine at the moment, comparing to Maxwell, Vray, Corona... Twilight and Podium are not even in its league. (Twilight is based on old KerkyTHEA engine from the same creator as Thea and was not developing at least for 5 years now).

What engine did you used when doing your short trial run?

[spadestick]

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Thea Render v1.5.04.1413 Installer 67.1Mb

Requirements: Windows Vista/7/8/10, SSE2 CPU
Presto GPU (included) Requirements: Nvidia CUDA graphics card (Compute Capability 2.0 or bigger)

[spadestick]

quick test scenes one is Thea... the other one is twilight at the exact same time for cooking... 4min 34seconds.

do note that my PC has no CUDA or GPU. It's onboard graphics due to its laptop nature (it's a Mac Mini running Windows 7)

Both set on unbiased render. You can see the obvious difference.

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[spadestick]

I'm not doubting Thea's potential or reasons why it's so popular here. It's just that I'm probably the super impatient type and cannot wait for instant renders. Perhaps I should personally invest in a proper and real workstation after all. The office recently spent Euro$10k on the 3D Max / VRAY machine. It renders like a true workhorse able to pump out a forest in minutes. When we get to that stage of speed, I start to believe that photorealism matters, and that's where some renderers are better than others. I kind of stumbled into Corona after reading this blog post :

VRAY vs CORONA

A blog about fashion, architecture, photography, cgi, 3d visualisation and art.

(theambitiousoutsider.blogspot.com)

[jiminy-billy-bob]

I'm guessing you used TR1 in Thea, try Presto MC, you'll be surprised

[solo]

@unknownuser said:

do note that my PC has no CUDA or GPU. It's onboard graphics due to its laptop nature (it's a Mac Mini running Windows 7)

And there lays the problem, in the age of electricity you are still using steam, the problem is not the software but rather your hardware, Thea is using the new technology available, it uses both CPU and GPU.

Feel free to share the scene and I will see what 1 minute using Presto MC produces

[rv1974]

The best thing in Corona is it whips up the competitor
http://www.v-ray.com/features/sp3/

[spadestick]

A basic material editor has been added to the beta. Worth a shot, CPU renders are insanely fast

[solo]

So, what ever happened to Corona render for Sketchup? I hear crickets.

Are the dev team on these forums? if no, why not? Are they serious about getting Corona into SU?

I'm ready to test it, I have seen some awesome stuff with 3ds Max version.

[Pixero]

I read somewhere on their forum recently that they have hired a dedicated programmer and was waiting for him to get started.

[jiminy-billy-bob]

https://corona-renderer.com/forum/index.php/topic,10501.135.html

[Rich O Brien]

I tried contacting them but nothing yet.

It seems they only got 2 new guys to work on SketchUp port recently.

I'll ring their bell again

[majid]

The new Beta version may be grabbed here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jksa3ize2q4jicf/CoronaSketchup.exe?dl=0