diomede posted at 2:17PM Fri, 21 October 2016 - #4287281

Carrara is no longer getting updates, as far as I know. I want to replace the functionality of Carrara and preserve the ability to use most of the 3D content that I already have.

I agree, but I just don't think its out there. I've seen others with the same opinion both here and at DAZ (PhilW, other knowledgeable users). In particular, the seamless support for Poser figures (loaded from Carrara's browser, and fully animateable - Poser Fusion not required). My 3D content (LOTS!) has all been picked with Carrara in mind, and works fine. I also think DAZ has no plans for Carrara updates, but the program is very useable now, so I'm not actively looking for a replacement. I guess the day will come when a new version of Windows won't support it, but I plan to keep a machine running with Win7 for a very long time (with help from the local shop that built the machine). I've done this for other programs, e.g. Adobe Pagemaker on WinXP, basically a dedicated laptop that runs it once a month for a newsletter.

I've recently been doing a project in Vue because of its special features, a good program, but man is it hard to re-adjust to its UI, features, etc. Carrara is basically second nature now. I dread having to switch ...