Back when I was still learning Carrara I asked forum members how they get space (star-filled) backgrounds and the only answer I got was to get images from Nasa.

I wanted to have 3D stars that I could manipulate in 3D space!

In making my own starry environment, it evolved into something I thought that others might really like to have, so I polished it up into something nice and presentable and sent a copy to Daz 3D to have a look at.

Next thing you know I was signing papers and becoming a Daz 3D Premier Artist! Made my Millennium!

Well, life happened and I got pulled away from product creation and eventually just closed my store at Daz 3D - but in a very friendly kind of way.

Anyway, years have gone by and it just feels right to put these things up for folks who don't have them. After all, I find them really helpful in So Many ways!

So these downloads are the official products that used to be sold at Daz 3D, as the Install Manager would download them - so if you use DIM, you can simply drop these .zip files directly into DIM's Downloads folder and run DIM (Install tab, as they've already been downloaded) to install them.

If you do it this way, the main products will appear in the Scenes browser in Carrara:

Starry Sky - is in Space

EnvironKits are in Landscapes

EnvironKits will also have many other browser items, so check out the pdf included with them (they're on their respective download pages as well)

It's been a fun ride at Daz 3D and hope to get back in there some day. In the meantime I'll just keep on making cool/fun stuff in my beloved Carrara!

Download Starry Sky for Carrara

Download Carrara EnvironKit - Woodlands

Download Carrara EnvironKit - Underwater Realms

Download Carrara EnvironKit - Badlands

​Enjoy!

Dartanbeck

Fun in the air with Woodlands

Starry Sky during the Day

Kitbashing both Woodlands and Badlands

Underwater Realms scene

Forgot to mention:

I was actually planning on putting them up in the Freebies store here, but the file sizes on some of them are too big.

I really didn't want to downsize them at all - I like having all of those preset, pre-built scenes available even though I think I (personally) start with the base scene more times than not.

Just a quick tip on the EnvironKits: Users wanted soft shadows on the Sun light. You'll get a LOT faster renders if you take soft shadows off (Effects tab). If I want to render even faster, I double-click the light dome replicator and change the minimum distance (left panel) from 280 to 780, bringing the light dome down from 88 lights to 11 or 12, then increase their brightness a touch. I do this easily because my characters all have their own light rig to help them Pop.

Wow - very generous of you. These are AWESOME! Thank you!

Thanks !

My pleasure - I hope you enjoy them ;)

Have they been removed? I get 404 error

Xerxes0002 posted at 8:12PM Sun, 07 June 2020 - #4391151

Have they been removed? I get 404 error

Not Removed, but moved. Sorry about that. The 404 error is still in my site. Just go to Gallery > Downloads

I've been working to try and make everything make a bit more sense and to fit better, so I moved the Downloads section into the gallery.

Sorry about that - and they don't let me edit posts after a while here. It's going to take some getting used to for me.

Thank you!

My pleasure!