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🎯 Weekly Insights from the World of 3D Artists & ArchViz

🤖 Veras Is Now Integrated into Corona 15 — And It’s More Than Just AI for the Sake of AI

The biggest change in Corona 15 isn’t a new material or another rendering optimization. For the first time, AI has become part of the actual workflow through the integration of Veras directly into Corona. (Chaos Blog)

Previously, testing design ideas meant exporting a render, opening third-party AI tools, writing prompts, and only then evaluating the results. Now, you can send an image directly from the Corona VFB to Veras and generate multiple design variations in just a few seconds.

➜ But that’s not the most interesting part.

Veras isn’t designed to replace your final render. Its real strength lies before the final rendering stage. For example, you can:

• quickly present multiple façade material options to a client;
• explore different seasons or lighting scenarios;
• experiment with furniture or décor concepts without modifying the 3D scene;
• validate a composition before spending hours on detailed modeling.

🎯 This fundamentally changes the workflow. Instead of modeling three different interior concepts, you can test ten ideas in just a few minutes, agree on the right direction with your client, and only then invest time refining the final scene.

Chaos positions Veras as a tool for rapid ideation and fast iterations, not as a replacement for Corona’s photorealistic rendering. That’s exactly why this integration feels genuinely practical rather than just another AI marketing feature. (Chaos Blog)

💬 Do you see AI as a way to speed up concept approval with clients, or do you still prefer the traditional workflow from 3ds Max to the final render?

Вибачаюсь, розібралась щодо чорної обводки, не те вибрала саме в розділі Tools, але от чому воно зберігається у форматі 720х480, а не у 1080х1920, як прописано, зрозуміти не можу(

I tried creating the material, but it turned into a puddle of water on the floor. That’s not realistic.

🎯 Цікаві факти зі світу 3D Artist та ArchViz

🤖 Як AI уже сьогодні економить години роботи в ArchViz: апскейл, текстури та пошук референсів

Ще два роки тому більшість 3D-художників сприймали AI як щось експериментальне. Сьогодні ж він поступово стає звичайним робочим інструментом, який дозволяє економити десятки годин на рутинних завданнях.

➜ Наприклад, сучасні AI-апскейлери, такі як Topaz Gigapixel або AI Upscale у Chaos Cloud, дають змогу збільшувати роздільну здатність фінального рендера без необхідності повторного прорахунку сцени. Це особливо корисно, коли клієнт несподівано просить замість 4K підготувати зображення для великого друку.

➜ Другий напрямок — генерація та редагування текстур. Сьогодні AI може швидко прибрати шви, збільшити деталізацію або створити варіації матеріалу, що значно прискорює підготовку бетону, дерева, тканини чи каменю.

➜ Ще один сценарій, який уже використовують багато фрілансерів, — швидкий пошук референсів. Замість годин, проведених у Pinterest або Google, AI допомагає швидко сформувати добірку стилів, кольорових схем та композицій для майбутнього проєкту.

🎯 Важливо розуміти: AI поки що не замінює навички моделювання, роботи зі світлом чи матеріалами. Його головне завдання — прибрати рутину, щоб художник міг витрачати більше часу на творчі рішення та менше — на технічні дрібниці.

💬 А які AI-інструменти вже стали частиною вашого воркфлоу: апскейлери, генератори текстур чи щось інше?

Ми регулярно розбираємо подібні інструменти та практичні кейси на каналі, тому обов’язково загляньте — попереду ще багато цікавого. ✨

🎯 Interesting Facts from the World of 3D Artists and ArchViz

🤖 How AI Is Already Saving Hours in ArchViz: Upscaling, Textures, and Reference Search

Just two years ago, most 3D artists viewed AI as something experimental. Today, however, it is gradually becoming a standard part of the workflow, helping artists save dozens of hours on routine tasks.

➜ For example, modern AI upscalers such as Topaz Gigapixel or AI Upscale in Chaos Cloud make it possible to increase the resolution of a final render without having to re-render the entire scene. This is especially useful when a client suddenly asks for a large-format print instead of a standard 4K image.

➜ Another area is texture generation and editing. Today, AI can quickly remove seams, enhance details, or create material variations, significantly speeding up the creation of concrete, wood, fabric, or stone textures.

➜ A third use case that many freelancers already rely on is reference searching. Instead of spending hours browsing Pinterest or Google, AI can quickly generate collections of styles, color palettes, and compositions for upcoming projects.

🎯 It’s important to understand that AI does not replace skills in modeling, lighting, or material creation. Its main purpose is to eliminate repetitive tasks, allowing artists to spend more time on creative decisions and less time on technical details.

💬 Which AI tools have already become part of your workflow: upscalers, texture generators, or something else?

We regularly explore similar tools and practical use cases on the channel, so be sure to check it out—there’s much more interesting content coming soon. ✨

🎯 Interesting Facts from the World of 3D Artists & ArchViz

🎬 Corona 15: What Actually Changed in Animation Rendering?

Corona 15 introduced Faster Animation Parsing, and it’s one of those changes that can easily be overlooked among dozens of new features.

The idea is simple: when rendering an animation, Corona no longer needs to completely re-process the scene before every frame. The renderer analyzes what has changed between frames and re-processes only the necessary data.

Why does this matter?

Imagine a heavy interior scene with a large amount of geometry, Scatter, vegetation, furniture, textures, and complex materials. The camera is simply moving through the scene while the geometry itself remains unchanged.

With the previous approach, part of the rendering time was spent re-parsing the scene for every frame. In Corona 15, this process has been significantly optimized.

And there is a revealing test from the Chaos team. For an HD animation with heavy parsing, where only the camera was animated, the first frame in Corona 15 required 1 min 26 sec for parsing, while subsequent frames required 0 seconds. In Corona 14, the same 1 min 26 sec was spent on every frame.

➜ This is especially interesting for walkthroughs and camera animations, where the scene itself remains virtually unchanged and only the camera moves.

At the same time, this does not mean that every animation will automatically become several times faster. If the geometry, modifiers, or other animated elements are constantly changing, the actual result will depend on the specific scenario.

By the way, in June 2026, Chaos released Hotfix 1, which fixed an issue with Spline IK when using Faster Animation Parsing.

Do you render walkthroughs in Corona? Which part of the process usually takes the most time in your scenes — parsing or the actual rendering?