Render Legion and Corona Join Forces with Chaos Group

Corona Corona for 3ds Max General
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Whaaaaatt???

https://www.chaosgroup.com/news/render-legion-and-corona-join-chaos-group-family

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So this is happening now!? https://www.chaosgroup.com/news/render-legion-and-corona-join-chaos-group-family What can we expect with this? At my studio, there’s both excitement and concern. I see that corona will be implementing Vray’s DMC in 1.7. Is there any worry that one day Choas group will shut down Corona? Comments, questions, concerns, etc?

Cheers!

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We are so far away from April 1st, yet I still had to check my calendar.

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Probably not shut down, but cripple, take all the goods and raise price, apsolutely! Many studio use Corona with alot of subscriptions, this is definetly changing it. Very bad move guys.

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https://corona-renderer.com/blog/new-horizons-plans-for-2017-and-beyond/

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can’t believe it !

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I have to admit that i’m a bit scared… but ok, for now it is a good thing…

Think about Autodesk buying Alias (Maya, StudioTools…) and let it live beside 3dsmax…

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Be sure to read our blog post of course - https://corona-renderer.com/blog/new-horizons-plans-for-2017-and-beyond/

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Based on this post from Corona, it seems there should be little cause for concern.

https://corona-renderer.com/blog/new-horizons-plans-for-2017-and-beyond/

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I don’t know what to think really. Usually, I am a very positive person, but, in a general way both software do the same, so why a company that is trying to be profitable will want to have two of the same??
Corona team was really kicking Chaosgroup to make a better software, They were an absolute winner after Metal Ray, and Final Render and good old Brazil virtually died.
Development of VRay was consistent but after corona came in the game, boy those ‘new features’ came up pretty quickly.
Corona came with a big bang!!.
now what?

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wait and see, but i feel like hostage.
I don’t believe in Chaos…

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The blog post sounds nice, of course, because you’re trying to sell it to us. But there are too many examples of this kind of thing making things worse for the end user to make me worried. How long will Chaos Group keep two separate renderers that are very similar and in direct competition? I really don’t see Corona and V-Ray being two separate products for very long. It’s just sad that competition always get stomped out by the bigger guy. You got Autodesked.

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Tragedy what to write here .. it sounds like a joke. Well, I started slow-moving emigrants on Fstrom.
Really sad day, maybe I can write something more later.
Long time ago I was not so angry, fu ** chao ***

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Was it Chaos group’s fault guys, you think like that? Come on. I am waiting official announcement by Corona devs… But I am sad and i will post more about this.

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This is pretty official :smiley: https://corona-renderer.com/blog/new-horizons-plans-for-2017-and-beyond/

And the live stream too - https://www.facebook.com/d2conferences/videos/698213080369213/

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has anyone ever seen a big fish swallow a small one to turn it into a pearl?
i don’t think so, a small fish always ends up being and even smaller turd …

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sounds like sunshine and blue sky… but sorry, the reason a big company swallows a small one is very often to cancel out a competitor. we’ll see what happens either the statements are true or corona will be gone in 1-2 years.
for me corona is? was? the biggest hope for a better render engine than vray. (waiting for the corona c4d) i would have preferred it to be independent! well now i will follow the development of corona c4d even more… i really hope too see the boost and not a decline…

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I’m shocked, outraged and first ande foremost: disappointed. Chaos Group is turning into another Autodesk, and these types of deals are NEVER good for the users. The strength of Corona (outside of the actual renderer) was its position as a challenger - a challenger that could push development and competition.

It was fun while it lasted. I assume we’ll start seeing forced annual releases, without interesting features and jacked up prices. Looking forward to that new challenger appearing…

:frowning:

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hmm… AutoChaos? or maybe ChaosDesk?

Worrying…

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I am almost sick. If Vray is the Autodesk of the rendering world no good will happen of this. I always root for the over performing underdog and the underdog just went to sleep with the grizzly bear.
I expect in a year to have to pay $1500 for a Corona license, or Corna dissolved and integrated into Vray.