I am really enjoying all the posts on the Shade forum.
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/?forum_id=12458

The vampire effect in Carrara has been successfully done in Carrara and posted at that other site. One is an animation and the other is a still. This proves that Dr. Bernie is just wasting everyone's time with misinformation.

BTW, I really like Shade for what it does. Did I mention that I also like all the active threads in the Shade forum? Both threads. https://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/?forum_id=12458

So, today, I decided that I am gong to include a mirror with vampire effect scene in my current project. Now don't get me wrong, I don't only use Carrara. I also use 3DCoat and Substance Painter for this particular project. But in this case, I am rendering in Carrara. See my post at that other Carrara forum. Did some research on the making of Lost Boys. Some interesting tips. Of course, the director didn't use Shade so maybe the Lost Boys sucks. But hmmm, the Lost Boys was one of our references in this post. I'm sorry, is doing it like Lost Boys (compositing in a film editor) a good thing or a bad thing? I mean, on the one hand, it was referred to in the first post. On the other hand, the producers didn't film the scene using the same or simlar technique (even if different software). Doesn't matter, my approach in Carrara is not the same as The Lost Boys directr, either. I am just going to render the Carrara animation because I want to finish and don't have time yet to learn animation compositing software - yet. Hopefully I will for the next project.

Oh well, I won't worry about it. I will just use Carrara to render the vampire effect for my scene because it is quick and easy and fits the rest of the project very well. I'm not good at compositing yet, especially animations, so I'm glad I will be able to get my effect in Carrara without compositing. BTW, in addition to Substance Painter and 3DCoat, I may also use Daz Studio or Poser as a plugin for some of the rigging. Or maybe just keep the Carrara rig. Not sure. I really like being able to integrate other programs with Carrara so easily. One of Carrara's biggest strengths.

I won't bother y'all with the finished project because I know my lighting will not be as dramatic as some others, and my composition won't be as interesting. But I may post some screenshots of my Carrara workflow because this is the Carrara forum. If I use Shade, I will make sure to cross post here and in the Shade forum.