Portals in Corona Renderer

Top Image: Seaford Court by Recent Spaces

This video covers topics:

• 00:19 Introduction to portals and to the test scene
• 01:09 Portals most beneficial with smaller window openings
• 01:36 Rendering settings for the test scenes
• 02:15 Doing some comparative tests to see Portals in action - the small window
• 03:50 Comparative tests - the medium window
• 04:54 Quick note on why render time shows as 19 seconds
• 05:50 Comparative tests - the large window
• 06:54 Portals may give less passes in the same time, but also give less noise in those fewer passes!
• 08:11 Some technical information on how Portals actually work
• 11:52 How to correctly set up and place portals
• 12:28 Creating the perfect geometry for the portal
• 13:01 Normal direction does not matter with Corona Portals
• 13:50 Creating and applying the Portal material
• 14:30 Mistakes to avoid in Portal placement
• 16:57 Avoid having important geometry on the far side of the Portal
• 17:30 Does every window opening need to be covered by a Portal?
• 18:50 Using Portals in a real production scene - the scene set up
• 19:51 Using Portals in a real production scene - a test render without Portals
• 20:08 Using Portals in a real production scene - creating the Portals
• 22:20 Using Portals in a real production scene - apply the Portal material
• 22:43 Using Portals in a real production scene - comparing results with and without Portals