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Software Carrara 1.0

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Price: $149.50

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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Metacreations
EAN: 0737799425034
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Metacreations
Manufacturer: Metacreations
Model: CAR-W10-DE-R
Publisher: Metacreations
Sales Rank: 26461
Studio: Metacreations

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Amazon.com Review:
As a general rule, we let the 1.0 release of just about anything slip by and instead wait for the 1.1 version; we'd rather let someone else find the bugs. However, Carrara 1.0 from MetaCreations--although certainly not bug-free--is from a fairly reputable software house; is built on the knowledge of two popular 3-D applications, Infini-D and Ray Dream; and its maturity is evident.

Carrara is a powerful, robust, and easy 3-D modeling and animation application. Creating objects and scenes is relatively simple, as is adding lights and controlling cameras. If you've ever used Ray Dream Designer, you'll feel at home in Carrara's boxed universe.

But Carrara also offers features like procedural shaders, particles, an amazing array of light effects, and depth of field blur, to name a few. Interestingly, this first version doesn't seem to have motion blur (for objects that are moving in the scene) nor does it support field rendering (for output to video).

Still, it is an extremely handy tool. The quality of the Ray Tracer and Hybrid Ray Tracer render engines is very good, and the mode of working through a "storyboard" panel is unique and promising.

Carrara is an excellent package for many beginning to intermediate 3-D users. Its interface and documentation make it easy for beginners to move up the learning curve, while the feature set is rich enough for more advanced users who need to create complex 3-D graphics and animation. --Mike Caputo

Amazon.com Product Description:
MetaCreations Carrara synthesizes Ray Dream Studio and Infini-D. Carrara is a complete 3-D solution for modeling, shading, scene building, animation, rendering, and special effects. Built for the creative professional who is advancing into the world of 3-D, Carrara's open architecture allows you to customize the application with additional plug-ins for additional creative effects or functionality.

Carrara is optimized for maximum performance with high-speed rendering and support for OpenGL. It creates high-quality 3-D output for the Web, multimedia, and print. It features a flexible workflow, storyboarding, and full export of MetaStream (an open file format for streaming 3-D over the Internet).

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Don't throw your money away
I purchased Carrara on the premise that it would expand on the capabilities of Infini-D. Many of the advertised features just do not work. I've downloaded patches from metacreations web site and the program still does not work. There are more bugs in this program than a New York City apartment. Metacreations should be ashamed of themselves. How dare you put this piece of garbage on the market. Somebody call the police, I was robbed.

Rating:

- Could Be a Legend if It did everything advertised
I bought Carrara after using the likes of Lightwave 5 and 3D studio max r2.5. Carrara is a very good program but extremely buggy. Don't expect too much from its IK system as it cannot be used on a solid mesh nor does it support an object skeleton of any kind, the photoshop plugins don't work even though the package states that it does. The Z axis is mapped to the Y Axis which is extremely strange. There are no plugins to support other metacreations major titles ie: Poser and Bryce. Hopefully ... Read More

Rating:

- Adjustment Needed.
I have mixed feelings about this product. First, Carrara is excellent. It gives you great power to produce superb graphic content. My main objection is about the company METACREATIONS. I bought both the 3D Suite and Carrara back in January of this year. I was qualified for a $200 rebate by making such a purchase. Here it is April and I have yet to see the rebate check. They still mail me promotional materials urging me to buy the very same programs that I bought and registered. You would think that ... Read More

Rating:

- Great ... but buggy.
The idea behind this application is fantastic - mix Bryce with 3D Studio Max or any other high-end 3D app.

Unfortunately, although it kind of works the way it should, being a v.1.0 product, it suffers from being very buggy. It crashes a lot - and I mean, a lot! When twisting or turning an object, it will usually start to chug slowly and then freeze and/or crash.

I am currently waiting for Metacreations to post a few patches on their site to make this the product it was supposed ... Read More

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