Corona is an intuitive render engine tailored to the archviz community. While also capable and well-liked in the fields of automotive and product visualization, the UI, feature set, and ease of use are primarily driven by what architectural visualizers require. Corona also benefits from being part of the Chaos ecosystem, giving its users access to many of the industry-standard tools created by Chaos.

Key benefits for users

Easy to use.
Targeted for specific markets, Corona offers the most streamlined and easy-to-use UI without clutter and unnecessary parameters. It lets users approach their work like a photographer in a virtual world, so they can be artists and not technicians.

Post-process their renders without the need for a separate tool.
The Corona VFB (Virtual Frame Buffer) offers light mixing, a range of tone mapping controls, and effects such as bloom and glare. This reduces or even removes the need for them to go back and forth between their 3D software and image-editing software.

Tight integration.
Corona is tightly integrated into both 3ds Max and Cinema 4D, meaning it can render most native lights, objects, materials, etc. from the host software and works seamlessly inside the UI of the host. Many Cinema 4D users describe it as the best integrated render engine they have used.

Helping users get faster.
Corona users are more concerned with speeding up their workflow than getting the fastest render times, as their time is more valuable than that of their machine. Corona delivers this through the combination of pre-made content (Chaos Cosmos, Chaos Scans) plus workflow tools for scene
assembly, such as Chaos Scatter, Corona Pattern, etc. Yet, for those who want the fastest possible rendering, Corona 12 has introduced an integration with Vantage allowing a GPU/real-time rendering workflow.

Truly photorealistic results.
Corona users work for clients who demand renders that could be mistaken for photos. This is exactly what Corona is built to do, focusing on quality without any compromise.