3DVim opened this issue on Sep 05, 2006 · 82 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Thu, 07 September 2006 at 3:42 PM
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Please note that Vue Infinite has it's own forum over at CGSociety (formerly CGTalk). Carrara does not. This alone should tell you something about the thinking in the industry.Carrara is an excellent top-end hobbyist package. It's like a crossover bike -- it can supposedly handle both the trails & the road -- but it'll never do either of those things as well as a pure trail or a pure road bike will. Likewise, Carrara is a "sort-of" modeler. By no means should it be considered as a serious modeling app. A lot of Carrara users do their modeling in Hexagon. IMO, where Carrara can truly shine is as an add-on Poser renderer -- which is a job that Carrara does very well -- for the time being. That is, if you don't experience the bugs that arcady has.
Once again: Carrara might be headed towards becoming a D|S-only (or D|S primarily) associated software. If you are looking to the future of going with Poser, then you should keep this fact in mind.
Limited budget.......limited budget -- it's the bane of this stuff. Otherwise, you could just buy it all and not have to worry about the rest.
If I wasn't going with LW, then I'd be looking at C4D next in line. In fact, one of these days I might end up buying C4D, too.
Vue is as good as you think that it is. And with Vue 6, you'll be coming into a different league.
Please don't read what I'm saying as a knock on Carrara -- because it isn't. I have no objections to having both phillips head screwdrivers and torx drivers sitting in my toolbox. It's just that you need to use the right tool for the right job. And for serious modeling (outside of plants, rocks & landscapes in Vue) -- neither Vue nor Carrara are a good fit. Vue is a speciality landscaping program with an excellent renderer & great industry support, as well as superb integration with Poser. Carrara is a general-use, crossover 3D app with a good, fast renderer, and with current (but perhaps not future) excellent integration with Poser. Take your pick.
Bryce? What's that? 
What V3 in a temple is to Poser, reflective spheres floating over a virtual ocean is to Bryce.