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Corona Lister Interface

 Corona Lister consists of four main tabs:  Cameras,  Displacement,  Lights, and Proxies.

Corona Lister Interface Tabs

In the "Toggle All" row, you'll find buttons or checkboxes that allow you to make quick changes to all items visible in each list. Buttons and checkboxes vary depending on the active tab in the Corona Lister. For example, in the “Lights” tab, there is an additional “On” checkbox to enable or disable all Corona lights, and in the “Proxies” tab, there is an additional dropdown “Previz type” button to change the display for all proxies visible in the Corona lister. Similarly, you can use the button in the “Actions” column to apply changes to all visible items in the Corona lister.

Corona Lister Toggle All Row

The Selected column allows you to quickly select each item listed. The Actions column provides quick access to make changes to the items, with the options varying depending on the active tab.

Corona Lister 'Selected' and 'Actions' Column

1. When managing a scene with numerous lights, cameras, or proxies, you can hide columns that are not currently in use to declutter the display. This can be done easily, and any hidden columns can be revealed with a single click. Additionally, you can select which columns are visible by using the Column Visibility button.

2. Columns that are hidden in the lister remain hidden even after closing and reopening 3ds Max.
3. You have the ability to increase/decrease the scrolling speed in the Corona lister parameter spinbox with Ctrl/Alt. Specifically, holding Ctrl and dragging your mouse to make the spinbox parameter value change quickly. If you hold Alt and drag, the value changes slowly.
4. In the “Toggle All” row, there are options that can be quickly enabled\disabled for the whole list.
5. Selection toggle buttons are available for individual listed objects and also for the whole list to provide quick and easy selection as per user need.

Cameras Tab provides a list of all Corona Cameras available in the scene. Here, you can easily access and adjust various camera settings, including tone mapping and projection for each Corona Camera. The Instanced Corona Cameras are organized in a dropdown menu for easy selection. Any modifications made to a specific Corona Camera are automatically applied to all its instances. You can also choose to make any instance unique by right-clicking and selecting "Make unique" option.

Corona Lister showing 'Camera' Tab

• Delete: This removes the selected camera.

• Make unique: To make the selected instanced Camera unique.

• Use in current viewport: This sets the current viewport to the selected camera.

• Render: This starts an interactive render from the selected camera.

Corona Lister Cameras Tab Actions Button options

The displacement tab provides a list and the ability to access and modify all the Corona Displacement settings from Corona Physical Material, Corona Legacy Material, and Corona Displacement Modifier present in the scene.

The Instanced Corona Displacement modifiers are grouped. Any changes you make to a particular Corona Displacement modifier will be automatically applied to all its instances. You can select the assigned objects by right-clicking on a particular material or Corona Displacement modifier. 

Corona Lister showing the 'Displacement' tab

• Select all assigned: This selects all objects with the selected Corona displacement mod or material.
• Delete (only for Corona Displacement Mod): This removes the selected Corona displacement mod.

Corona Lister Displacement Tab Actions Button options

The lights tab provides a list of all Corona Sun , Corona Lights, and Corona Light Materials present in the scene. The Instanced Corona Lights are easily organized and can be selected from a dropdown menu. Any modifications made to a specific Corona Light are automatically reflected across all its instances. With Corona 11 release,  the Lister also allows you to add maps to Corona Lights, and Corona Light Materials.

Corona Lister showing the 'Lights' tab

• Delete: This removes the selected Corona Sun or Light.
• Select all assigned (only for Corona Light Mtls): This selects all objects with the selected Corona Light material.
• Make unique: To make the selected instanced light unique.
• Select all assigned (only for Corona Light Mtls): To select all objects on which the selected Corona Light material is applied.

Corona Lister Lights Tab Actions Button options

The proxies tab provides a list of all Corona Proxies available in the scene. From here, you can access and adjust the major settings for each Corona Proxy. The Instanced Corona Proxies are easily grouped and can be selected from a dropdown menu. Any modifications made to a specific Corona Proxy will be automatically applied to all instances of that proxy.

Corona Lister showing the 'Proxies' tab