Corona Renderer in 2022

Coroan Renderer Team joined forces with Chaos Group four years ago and started a project to integrate Corona with what is now the Chaos ecosystem.

New Features

As part of Chaos ecosystem, Corona 8 will come with Chaos Cosmos (a library of 3D assets). Later, after the release of Corona 8, it will also add support for Chaos Cloud and Chaos Scans. The newest addition to the ecosystem, the scattering tool (now called Chaos Scatter) will be also included. 

Chaos Scatter

After three years of development, the plugin (previously called Scatter Pro) is ready to be released with Corona version 8. It will be included in every Corona installation for 3ds Max and Cinema4D, and will fully replace Corona Scatter! Compared to the Corona Scatter that you already know, this is a full-featured, production ready scattering solution. Its major new features include:

• Slope limiting (no trees growing out of cliffs!)
• Include/exclude via splines (closed or open)
• Surface color map (patterns on rugs, etc.)
• Better viewport display
• Limit scattering only inside camera field of view (frustum culling)

Chaos Cosmos library will be included in the base price of every Corona subscription.  There will be no extra charge to access Chaos Scatter or the asset library. From the technical point of view, access to the Chaos ecosystem features will be facilitated by Corona switching to the unified Chaos licensing.

Licensing

There are also some big changes in the licensing system and pricing. For existing subscriptions pricing, terms, bundled render nodes stay the same. But New Corona GUI licenses wWill not provide additional render nodes anymore and the cost is changing:

• New yearly cost: 280 € ($310) - it is now €10 cheaper than before 
• New monthly cost: 40 € ($45) - it is now €15 more expensive than before
• New student cost: 40 € ($45) per year - slightly increased to match monthly cost of a regular license

Additional render nodes now purchased separately:

• Yearly: 100 € ($110)
• Monthly: 36 € ($40)

Corona 8 - upcoming technical features - new tools and functionality in Corona 8 will include:

• Decals (already in the daily builds)
• Tone Mapping
• Cryptomatte support
• Curvature Map
• Slicer/Clipper
• The Reflection Tail parameter (already in the daily builds)

More information at Corona Renderer site.