Discounted Corona licence?

[JD3D_CGI]

Will there be a scheme where Vray users cab get a discounted (or free!) corona licence - especially during the early days so we can help iron out bugs with materials and rendering compatibility etc?

[andy51]

Asking if you'll get a discount is one thing but a FREE licence.. Have you tried asking that on the official Corona forums, after all Corona is still Corona and V-Ray is still V-Ray and they are still selling as separate entities, at least for the foreseeable future. Chaos Group and Render Legion, may well have joined forces and be working together..BUT

(correct me if I am wrong)

it doesn't mean that Vray users or Corona users are one and the same thing now.. and I have a feeling, they will both continue to be Corona and Vray for some considerable time... It was my understanding that Render Legion (Corona), were searching for investors, not someone to buy them outright.. and in the end they chose Chaos Group (Vray etc) which I believe was a great choice. So why would they want to discount Corona or (laugh) give you a FREE licence, to help iron out bugs, which virtually every piece of code suffers from. Very few if any software developers do that, unless they have signed you up to some form of beta testing program.

Hey maybe I'm wrong. though I doubt you will ever see them give out free licences.. For me, if I was to invest in another company, my first thoughts would be to make sure that company is making money or has the ability to make it, not to go giving stuff away or for that matter, discounting their product(s) it just doesn't make financial sense. I would want my investment to grow.. Of course we could end up, with a similar licensing strategy, for Corona, as we have with Vray, or vice versa and features of one, benefiting from the other. I myself a looking forward to the near future and seeing what comes from these two companies getting together

Still good luck getting discount, and even better luck getting a freebie

[im.thatoneguy]

Free doesn't make sense, but we have no Corona licenses and would consider picking up a few at a steep discount. We aren't interested though in full price Corona. It does make sense to see if there aren't any bundling opportunities. Those who use Vray could try out Corona and those who Corona could try out Vray.

[Buck]

Not really sure how a steep discount makes any much sense either. I mean, to you as a customer you want a discount, sure But how does that make business sense?

[JezUK]

Shush !!!!

Let's all agree that a really generous discount would be a really great idea to be implemented as soon as possible by Chaos !

[JD3D_CGI]

Not really sure how a steep discount makes any much sense either. I mean, to you as a customer you want a discount, sure But how does that make business sense?

"so we can help iron out bugs with materials and rendering compatibility etc?"

Chaos have already said that they want to reach parity with corona so materials, lights and cameras are compatible.

So there is certainly going to be a need for testing.

[flino2004]

would be better an universal license or a transfer licenses between both....If you are a Vray user and you want to change your license permanently to Corona would be a good option.

[andy51]

Pretty sure they have their own 'group' that do whatever testing is necessary, pretty sure they don't just sit their coding for a few months and just throw it out there, fingers crossed. So I no need to give discounted licenses to members for that purpose. Then again, surely members have been helping iron out whatever bugs get missed or go unnoticed for years,as far as Vray is concerned, without getting a discount after all if that wasn't the case, many of the sections in this forum would be pretty empty...

CV-ray anyone????

The universal licence is a nice idea though. I'd prefer the same licensing system that Vray uses, applied to Corona, but keep them as separate entities, at least for some time yet and yes, the ability to change your mind at any point and convert the license to the other, but only once sounds fair enough

and surely those that want to see how Corona compares to Vray or vice versa, can get their hands on a demo anyway

End of the day, I am more than happy to stick with what I am using for now and just wait and see what comes of this alliance...

[marksmanguy]

Cmon man, there's so much work that go into these programs... and they keep getting exponentially better and more efficient. Free license? If you take your work seriously and this isn't just a hobby just pay up. What does it cost like 500 bucks for a perpetual license? If that seems like too much of an investment then something else is misaligned.

Not trying to sound rude. There is a direct correlation with quality of the updates. In the end you will always get what you pay for.

[JD3D_CGI]

Cmon man, there's so much work that go into these programs... and they keep getting exponentially better and more efficient. Free license? If you take your work seriously and this isn't just a hobby just pay up. What does it cost like 500 bucks for a perpetual license? If that seems like too much of an investment then something else is misaligned.

Not trying to sound rude. There is a direct correlation with quality of the updates. In the end you will always get what you pay for.

You might not be rude, but you're a bit sanctimonious right?

I mean, do you not think I already pay for my Vray and Phoenix licenses? and if I do that, it's not like I'll be using Corona all the time - so-, like I said in my email - a discounted version where we test and integrate features would be a reciprocal deal.

After all, the best people to test the eventual convergence of the features of the apps would be people who already know how to use at least one of them.

[marksmanguy]

You might not be rude, but you're a bit sanctimonious right?

I mean, do you not think I already pay for my Vray and Phoenix licenses? and if I do that, it's not like I'll be using Corona all the time - so-, like I said in my email - a discounted version where we test and integrate features would be a reciprocal deal.

After all, the best people to test the eventual convergence of the features of the apps would be people who already know how to use at least one of them.

You seem a bit sanctimonious yourself, thinking that you testing their product is somehow of great value to them to the point where they should pay you in the form of a discount. There are thousands upon thousands of people testing them by daily use. If you just want to mess around with it and don't want to invest in the perpetual license just get the subscription, it's like 25 bucks a month or something I think, instead of trying to get a discount off the perpetual.

[im.thatoneguy]

I mean, to you as a customer you want a discount, sure But how does that make business sense?

We're never going to buy a Corona License. Especially now that the best parts of Corona will theoretically be ported over to VRay. But it might be a useful tool from time to time for $100. That's $100 more than they'll ever make off of us. If 30% of Vray customers paid $100 for Corona vs 10% paying full price, then it would be $300\yr vs $300\yr in revenue. I don't know if the numbers actually work out favorably for them, but it's worth investigating for people like us who wouldn't mind having it on hand to have in our toolkit.

[JD3D_CGI]

You seem a bit sanctimonious yourself, thinking that you testing their product is somehow of great value to them to the point where they should pay you in the form of a discount. There are thousands upon thousands of people testing them by daily use. If you just want to mess around with it and don't want to invest in the perpetual license just get the subscription, it's like 25 bucks a month or something I think, instead of trying to get a discount off the perpetual.

I don't really think you properly know what sanctimonious means mate. Plus, you are replying in a way that tells me you haven'y fully read or understood my posts . Your attitude is no good and I'm done with you,

[JD3D_CGI]

We're never going to buy a Corona License. Especially now that the best parts of Corona will theoretically be ported over to VRay. But it might be a useful tool from time to time for $100. That's $100 more than they'll ever make off of us. If 30% of Vray customers paid $100 for Corona vs 10% paying full price, then it would be $300\yr vs $300\yr in revenue. I don't know if the numbers actually work out favorably for them, but it's worth investigating for people like us who wouldn't mind having it on hand to have in our toolkit.

I can't imagine needing to buy Corona, as the future looks great for both - but I think it would certainly enhance the eco system if we could work with both renderers. Knowing I can open projects set up for both would be extremely useful.

If you want to take on a freelancer that only uses Corona, but you use Vray? fine. If there's a job with a larger studio and you want to prep your assets with one tool, or edit assets from another - great - I think this is going to keep people in the Chaos ecosystem.

[Pixelcon]

We're never going to buy a Corona License. Especially now that the best parts of Corona will theoretically be ported over to VRay. But it might be a useful tool from time to time for $100. That's $100 more than they'll ever make off of us. If 30% of Vray customers paid $100 for Corona vs 10% paying full price, then it would be $300\yr vs $300\yr in revenue. I don't know if the numbers actually work out favorably for them, but it's worth investigating for people like us who wouldn't mind having it on hand to have in our toolkit.

Reminds me of when clients used to lowball me, then say "well you can either have the work, or not. What do you choose?"

Corona is worth every single penny and you're all poorer for not owning a license.