Monthly Archives: July 2017

VFX for the movie “Monkey Talks”

July 25, 2017Interview, Making-of3ds max, compositing, corona, Corona Renderer, Egypt, Egyptian movie, El-Qird Beyitkallem, Meda Mag, Monkey Talks, movie effects, rendering, VFXTom Grimes

“El-Qird Beyitkallem” (translated as “Monkey Talks”) is an Egyptian movie released in January 2017. The story centers around two brothers who plan to free their father using their skills as magicians, and all the VFX in the movie were created by Meda, using Corona Renderer. We spoke with him about his workflow on the movie.

The armored vehicle cuts created for the Egyptian Film Monkey Talk from Meda

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Fyodor, “Last Survivor” concept art

July 18, 2017Making-of3ds max, concept art, corona, Corona Renderer, Fyodor, Photobashing, Photoshop, rendering, Russia, video gamesTom Grimes

Fyodor is a freelance CG artist from Saint-Petersburg, Russia who uses Corona Renderer to create concept art. We spoke with him about his workflow and techniques, focusing on the steps to create one particular image.

Fyodor, Last Survivor, the final concept art image. — The final concept art image.

Valentinstudio – a company profile

July 11, 2017Interview3D, 3ds max, Arch Vis, Architectural Visualisation, Architecture, Company Profile, corona, Corona 1.6, Corona Renderer, Corona Renderer 1.6, Interview, Valentinstudio, VRTom Grimes

Valentinstudio are a 3D design agency based in Lyon, France, who focus on creating upscale 3D visualizations, including stills and animations. We spoke with the team there to find out more about them, their take on the industry, and what the future has in store.

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CoronaVR July update

July 7, 2017VRCorona VrWarp, CoronaVR, CVrWarp, GDrive, GearVR, Google Drive, Oculus, Recent Spaces, theConstruct, VR, Warp helperTom Grimes

There have been quite a few changes to CoronaVR recently, including:

– The ability to link CoronaVR to your Google Drive for easy synchronization of images between your PC and mobile device
– So that you can easily choose to sync either or both versions of the app to GoogleDrive, the Gear VR version of the app has been renamed to “Corona GearVR” (the Android version keeps the same name “Corona VR”)
– The ability to add an icon to run the Corona GearVR version right from your mobile device desktop
– The Corona VrWarp helper object in 3ds Max to create walk-throughs without using any external software
– Improvements in image quality and performance

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Corona and VFX

July 5, 2017Interview3ds max, animation, compositing, corona, Corona Renderer, Daniel Bayona, film, Interview, VFXTom Grimes

Daniel Bayona has used Corona Renderer in his VFX work on movies such as Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Godzilla, The Hobbit trilogy, and most recently, Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child, and more. We spoke with him to find out about using Corona Renderer in VFX, and what the future has in store.

Chaos Corona

Rendering is magic.