This page provides information on activating and using your Corona Free Trial.


Overview

Chaos offers a free trial of Corona for Cinema 4D before purchasing. The trial period has no restrictions within the software such as watermarks. This means that what you see in the trial is exactly what you will get if you have a paid subscription.

The Corona Free Trial activation consists of the following steps:

  • Register a new account or sign into an existing one at www.chaos.com
  • Download Corona
  • Install Corona
  • Start your trial

The steps below guide you as a first-timer on how to activate the trial license.


Steps


The steps for activating the trial vary depending on the Corona version you are using:

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Create an Account

Register an account to use and activate the trial, or use an existing Chaos account. For new users, please use this link to register an account: https://accounts.chaos.com/register

Once registered, you will receive an email from Chaos to confirm your account. If you do not receive the email, please check your spam folder in case it has been filtered there. If you still cannot find the email from Chaos, please contact the Chaos support team for further assistance using this link: Contact Support



Download Trial Product

Go to the Chaos download page to download the latest release. This can be found here: https://my.chaos.com/download/build?product=Corona&platform=Cinema+4D


Install Trial Product

Run the installer and complete the installation process as explained on the Installation Process page.


Go to the address http://localhost:30304/ and:

  • If you see a green dot next to Online licensing and a Corona icon listed under your products - you are good to go!
  • If you see a Sign in button - click on it and proceed with the sign-in process.


Activate License

Open up Cinema 4D and set the renderer to Corona. You are presented with a pop-up window.

Click Get a free trial and follow the prompts.

Note: If you cannot see the Get a free trial button in the pop-up window, close the window and try again by setting Corona as your active renderer or starting a render. 



Sign in to your account to activate the trial.



Complete the short survey to continue and finalize the activation process.



Back in Cinema 4D, the Chaos licensing pop-up window disappears. 




Chaos Corona for Cinema 4D is now active on your system. You can confirm this from the Corona dropdown menu in the About tab.

A successful activation switches the Activate license button to the Release license button.

Alternatively, you can check the status of your license on the Chaos Licensing Interface. 



  

If you need any help activating Corona or any other product, please contact us. 


Create an Account

Register an account to use and activate the trial, or use an existing Chaos account. For new users, please use this link to register an account: https://accounts.chaos.com/register 

Once registered, you will receive an email from Chaos to confirm your account. If you do not receive the email, please check your spam folder in case it has been filtered there. If you still cannot find the email from Chaos, please contact the Chaos support team for further assistance using this link: Contact Support



Download Trial Product

Go to the Chaos download page to download the latest release. This can be found here: https://my.chaos.com/download/build?product=Corona&platform=Cinema+4D


Install Trial Product

Run the installer and complete the installation process as explained on the Installation Process page.


Activate License

Open Cinema 4D and set the renderer to Corona. You are presented with a pop-up window with various options.

Click Activate Trial and follow the prompts. 



Sign in to your account to activate the trial.



Complete the short survey to continue and finalize the activation process.



Go to the address http://localhost:30304/ and:

  • If you see a green dot next to Online licensing and a Corona icon listed under your products - you are good to go!
  • If you see a Sign in button - click on it and proceed with the sign-in process.


Back in Cinema 4D, you may notice that the activation window is still open. Click Retry to close it.



Chaos Corona for Cinema 4D is now active on your system. You can confirm this from the Corona dropdown menu in the About tab.

A successful activation results in a greyed-out activation button.

Alternatively, you can also check the status of your license on the Chaos Licensing Interface. 




If you need any help activating Corona or any other product, please contact us.