Is this the Carrara forum?

just ,,.,. double checking.

forum could use a carrara banner

a render contest?

I am not trying to be sarcastic, but this is one of the last works I did with Carrara. I was planning to make few scenes inspired from Jules Verne novels. This one was intended to show Captain Nemo and Professor Aronax walking on the ocean floor, to visit the lost city of Atlantis (20,000 Leagues Under The Sea). I never finished the project, but if I add A sunken 'CARRARA' text on the ocean floor, it could be a nice banner for this forum, or would it?

That is a nice undewater setting.

Here is a render I did because I am sick of winter and look forward to spring.

Nice Diomede, you can even hear birds singing!

diomede posted at 3:37PM Sun, 21 January 2018 - #4322641

Here is a render I did because I am sick of winter and look forward to spring.

Nice render. I'm ready for summer also, the ice broke my rain gauge here in Houston.

nice renders diomede and doc Bernie - doc Bernie, rocks could do with a little more moss that you can also add to the sunken carrara :)

Thank you for the comments, Dudu, Steve, and Headwax

Since Mark left, who is Carrara Moderator now?

I suspect the general forum mods when they look, BTW the HW3D Big Dog available in the marketplace here too works in Carrara (DS version) just mentioning

Thanks, Wendy.

Why hasn't spring sprung? 'Cause I posted the plant render?

can hear the pollen ready to explode?

Besides Carrara, what else is in your toolboxes?

my goal atmo is to setup the big sets i want to use in my movie to render in under 5 minutes a frame. less time would be even better, but i want it to look nice too. i mean a baseline of under 5 minutes, before figures are added.

i think 1 step would to replace jpgs with simple shaders where possible. some of the shaders take too long, especially with sss. thinkin sss will have to be sacrificed. and don't need caustics for every scene. where there is water or crystal, yeah, but for an establishing shot, could do without it.

MistyLaraPrincess posted at 2:36PM Wed, 25 April 2018 - #4328826

Besides Carrara, what else is in your toolboxes?

Not sure who you're asking, but ... Poser 11 Pro, Vue 2016, Particle Illusion, P3DO Explorer, Digital Juice (music, sound effects), Photoshop CS5, Marlin Studios Texture Sets, lots of 3D elements from DAZ and Renderosity, Magix Movie Edit Pro.

Will be adding Substance Painter to my toolkit. Woohoo. Taking a close look at UV mapping programs. Open to suggestions. I try Blender at least once per year but just can't come to grips with it. Have been using Hexagon a lot more lately.

Considering Carrara for any animations other than bouncing balls and yo-yo thingies is a risky proposal. To do near-professional animations on the cheap and on the quick you use IClone.

Here are 4 very clips done with IClone 7.2. See this link, and this link, and this link, and this link.

IClone 7.2 is fairly new, so the artists who use it are still learning its impressive new features. But as time goes by there will be more and more very movies made with IClone and, with the upcoming IClone plugin for IRay, some of these very movies could well be near-broadcast quality.

diomede posted at 3:34PM Sat, 28 April 2018 - #4328912

I try Blender at least once per year but just can't come to grips with it.

Yes, I tried it long ago and just couldn't get comfortable. I'm not a modeler, but for creating short animations, Carrara is far and away my tool of choice.

Seems like two weeks or more since the sun appeared here. Was I kidnapped and smuggled to Seattle? Think I need to do a desert render.

ever'body know about the recent 'cutout' plugin?

I haven't tried the new cutout plugin. Would also be curious of examples of use. Similarly, there is a new PBR plugin. Anyone provide examples of use?

I've used the cutout plugin a few times now.. very handy

the latest was today to get a mesh of a bonnet emblem for my FJ Holden.

oh yeah, great way to male decals. mebbe use cloth sim to drape the decals