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Chaos Corona for 3ds Max

More than just a render engine.
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Photorealism made easy.

Chaos® Corona is the only renderer created specifically for high-end architectural visualization. Be an artist, not a technician, and achieve photorealism with greater ease than other rendering software.

Why choose Corona

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Easy to use

Usability is Corona’s most powerful feature. Render setup is as simple as pressing “Render”. Most new users learn Corona in just one day — and fall in love with it in two.

Unmatched quality

Corona delivers predictable, reliable, and physically plausible results with no compromises in quality. Realistic lighting and materials, including caustics, are yours right out of the box.

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Render-ready content

From models and assets, to skies and materials, Corona comes with everything you need to build your scene. And the asset library is ever growing!

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Intuitive workflow

Corona constantly introduces powerful workflow tools which save you tons of time in the design process and make rendering easier and faster.

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Seamless integration

All Corona features are tightly integrated into Autodesk 3ds Max and Maxon Cinema 4D to ensure the best user experience and impeccable results.

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Part of an ecosystem

As a Corona user, you are backed by the award-winning Chaos family. Make the most of the Chaos tools guaranteed to integrate smoothly with your favorite render engine.

Corona is there to help you before you hit the render button…

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Chaos Scatter

Chaos Scatter helps you set up your scene, making it possible to add rocks, grass, trees, plants, and much more. You can precisely control where these objects are added, making it easy to carve a path through a forest, or have rocks follow the course of a river.

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Decals

Corona raises the bar when it comes to helping you set up your scenes with ease.

When you want to add potholes or markings to a road, fingerprints on windows, and more, then Decals will make that an easy and even fun process.

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Slicer/Clipper

Walls, plants, or furniture getting in the way of your camera? Need to cut away the roof to see the rooms inside? Want to expose the engine in a car? This is where the Slicer/Clipper steps in!

…then makes creating your scenes easy…


Corona Physical Material

You can find lots of materials to use in Chaos Cosmos but when you are ready to start building your own materials, the Corona Physical Material makes it easy, guiding you to ensure every material you make is physically realistic. 

We walk you through it in three hours worth of tutorials. Watch the whole series, or jump to the specific chapter for the type of material you are working on. 

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…and is there after your render is complete!

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LightMix

Adjust the color and intensity of your lighting — even after rendering is complete! Whether it’s a subtle adjustment to the lights, or turning day into night, LightMix makes it possible.

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Corona Image Editor

You can harness the power of the Corona VFB outside 3ds Max. The Corona Image Editor is a small standalone program that has all the features of the VFB, from tone mapping, to bloom & glare, to LightMix, letting you adjust the look of a completed render. You can also use it to process other image files such as JPGs and EXRs — just don’t expect LightMix and Denoising for those.

Corona Academy

Learn every Corona feature by creating scenes from start to finish.
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