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Carrara F.A.Q (Last Updated: 2025 Jan 26 7:30 pm)
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I have it, and it works well so far from what I can tell. I am not sure exactly how to use it efficiently because the documentation was sparse, or at least I thought so. It does do the renders pretty quickly on my machine (P4 2Ghz 1GB RAM), but I have not figured out how to get it so that it works with textures, etc (and even if it supposed to) If anyone knows more about VectorStyle, please post, or if there is some hidden documentation, I owuld love to know where it is. JDexter
Vector Style works wonderfully on my system. As the name implies, it's strength is in producing vector/scalable artwork for use in flash or exporting 3d scenes to Illustrator. Vector works stops just short of using textures because it is no longer an "efficient" Flash format. If the goal is to use textured objects, than the best option is to embed a quicktime movie within a Flash file. In it's pure line/vector export format, VS produces small, tidy files. As you add more detail such as shading and forground definitions based upon polygon shapes, the file sizes go up accordingly. VS doesn't have a lot of documentation. That's a bit of problem if you have little experience with Flash. If you've authored in flash and understand all the in's and outs' of streamlining those files, then VS is virtually intuitive. It would be nice if the VS export/save-as instructions provided a little more information for the less experienced, however. It's not complex though and simply playing around for about sixty minutes or less should make everything fairly clear. To get the most out of VS you need to have Flash or Adobe Live Motion to add true interactivity, sound etc. However, if you don't have those tools, and all you want to do is make a straight running flash movie from your 3D files to add spice to your web site, you just can't beat it. Hope this helps. Mark www.MarkBremmer.com
Thanks, I guess I will be placing my order then, I understand precisely what you mean about textures since I have a lot of experience with Vector graphics. I do have Studio MX and Adobe Web Collection, so I do have the latest versions of Flash and LiveMotion although I like Flash better (Action Script). Thanks bought of you for the info.
Cristian.
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I am just very interested in buying this plug-in, but I would like to get some feed back on how well and fast it renders. I want to merry my to favorite apps, Carrara and Flash. I think if it works good, it would be a marriage made in haven.
Cristian.