This page provides information on the Corona Lister.
Overview
Corona Lister provides an easy way to manage Corona Lights, Corona Cameras, Corona Displacement, and Corona Proxies in a 3D scene. This feature optimizes workflow efficiency and saves valuable time for users.
||Chaos Corona toolbar|| > Open unified Corona Lister button
Cameras Tab
Corona Lister showing a list of Corona Cameras
Lights Tab
The lights tab provides a list of all 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.
Corona Lister showing a list of Corona Lights
Displacement Tab
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 a list of Corona Displacements
Proxies Tab
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 a list of Corona Proxies
Key Features
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.
- Columns that are hidden in the lister remain hidden even after closing and reopening 3ds Max.
- 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.
- In the “Toggle All” row, there are options that can be quickly enabled\disabled for the whole list.
- 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.
Example Scene
In this example, we are using a simple interior scene with several Corona lights. The ceiling lights have been instanced and grouped together in the Corona Lister. To change and affect all the values of instanced lights, simply change the parameter of a single light.
The side rectangle lights and floor lamp lights are listed separately in the Corona Lister because they are unique and must be adjusted individually to achieve the desired lighting effect.
Also, there are multiple Corona Cameras in the scene which are listed in the Corona Lister. All settings can be quickly changed and managed from here.
Scene Setup
In this example, we are showing a scene setup with multiple Corona lights in the scene.
Corona Lister Lights Tab
In this example, we are using the Corona lister to manage multiple Corona lights in the scene.
Scene Setup
In this example, we are showing a scene setup with multiple Corona lights in the scene.
Corona Lister Cameras Tab:
In this example, we are using the Corona lister to manage multiple Corona cameras in the scene.