Hi folks,

Today we introduce our newest plug-in Shaders Plus. One of the new things exposed in the Carrara 4 SDK to outside developers is Lighting Models. Carrara ships with 2 lighting models, Phong and Shadow Catcher. Shaders Plus adds 3 more, Anisotropic, Shadow Glow, and Flat.

Anisotropic helps simulate brushed metals, satin, and velvet. Shadow Glow suppresses the glow channel when the surface is illuminated. Flat ignores all illumination except Ambient and GI illumination.

You can download and try out Shaders Plus from the links below

Carrara 4
PC
http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/downloads/c4/shadersplus.zip
Mac OSX
http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/downloads/c4/shadersplus.sit

or at the Shaders Plus page at

http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/products/shadersplus/

During evaluation mode, Shaders Plus will work for a limited time before you must restart Carrara.

Regards,
Eric Winemiller
Digital Carvers Guild
3D plug-ins for Carrara
http://digitalcarversguild.com

Nice. I was just wondering today if someone was ever going to write an anisotropic shader for Carrara! If only I had C4... Note: in your tips and trick section you made a mistake you said "...need to use the Value (1-10000%) shader in..." when it should say "need to use the Scale (1-10000%) shader in..."

eovia renamed that shader for C4, it's now Value (1-10000%). See you do need to get C4!

Regards,
Eric Winemiller
Digital Carvers Guild
3D plug-ins for Carrara
http://digitalcarversguild.com

Message edited on: 11/15/2004 20:25

My mistake! :)