Corona 15 – My 3 Key Features

Place the sun with your composition in mind

As you know, sunlight shapes the way we read architecture. Its direction defines shadows, reveals depth, and establishes a balance between bright and shaded surfaces; these are the basics of 'Chiaroscuro,' one of my favorite topics.

Corona’s Place Sun feature lets you position the sun directly in the Virtual Frame Buffer, using the rendered image as your visual reference. With interactive rendering, you can assess how each adjustment changes the composition and atmosphere. This is especially useful when you want light to draw attention to a particular area, create a more expressive shadow pattern, or give surfaces a clearer sense of depth.

The choice becomes easier to judge because you can focus on the relationships that matter in the final image: where the light falls, how the shadows frame the space, and which elements attract the eye.

💡 To learn about the magic of light, check out this interview I did with Chaos about the future of AI in archviz.

Turn AI images into creative direction

Veras gives you a way to explore visual possibilities using your own render as the starting point. It allows you to experiment with atmosphere, furnishings, and material appearance from an existing render.

Starting with your own view gives those experiments a concrete context: the space and composition you are already developing. This can be useful when you have a direction in mind but want to see how it might look before committing to further 3D work.

A generated image can also become a visual reference for a material you want to create or refine in the scene. In the video, you'll see how I handle the water: its overall appearance can guide decisions about color, reflections, and surface character.

This is something I teach in my official Veras lessons: create a material by recreating a visual result you like! This way, working with AI and Veras becomes a bidirectional process: you generate AI images, and those images influence your 3D work. This is what I call the “Hybrid AI/3D Workflow”

Make the project an interactive experience

3D streaming on Chaos Cloud opens up the scene for exploration and discussion. It makes it possible to present an architectural space as an interactive experience. Viewers can explore the scene, switch between saved viewpoints, and move from an overall impression to a closer look at individual details. This helps communicate spatial relationships that can be difficult to explain through a single image.

Time controls add another dimension: changing the time of day or month lets you explore variations in sunlight, shadows, and atmosphere.

For a design presentation, these capabilities create opportunities for a more focused conversation about the space. You can revisit an important view, examine a particular area, and compare how it feels under different lighting conditions. Sharing options extend that experience to other people, making the scene a useful basis for project reviews and client discussions.