No, I have never tried La Femme in Carrara.

Once upon a time I was thinking about buying Miki 3. Guess I'm glad I didn't. You say she "crumples." Do you mean she folds up or something weird happens?

The last Poser people I tried successfully in Carrara were the ones that came with Poser 7.

I have been lucky enough to get new DUF items to load in Carrara. Maybe some don't, but I haven't had that problem yet. Knock on wood.

Luckily, being so compatible with Poser helps extend the life of Carrara. So many great items STILL coming out for Poser have worked in Carrara. Again, knock on wood.

They have all these bridges for a ton of other software, why no bridge for Cararra? That should have been the EASIEST to make.

I have turned a few people onto Carrara for animation. It just can't be beat for ease of use.

I don't know who would be interested in buying the rights to the software. Maybe of they saw how powerful it is. I don't know.

The last Poser I bought was Poser 7. For some reason I was able to buy it from Daz way back in 2009.

I had purchased Poser2 -7. I realised that I really had NO aptitude for Poser. Lol.

I had such a hard time doing ANYTHING in the software. I wish I could've made it work for me.

Carrara was such a breath of fresh air. I still love working with it for my animations.

You were pretty good with the Optitex clothing. I never used it and never dreamed of animating with it.

Stan

I was talking with some people (in "real life") about something, I wonder what your take might be.

Daz royally screwed up the way they handled Carrara, but maybe they couldn't technologically have made Genesis 7 & 8 work. Maybe dForce wouldn't be possible without significant overhaul of Carrara.

What if Daz had allowed Carrara to follow more closely after Poser?

As far as I know, Poser can handle everything up to Genesis 6 (same as Carrara). Maybe they could have allowed Carrara to follow Poser's course of development.

I was able to use Poser people in Carrara natively without any problems. I can STILL use Poser buildings, cars & other props being made NOW for Poser in Carrara.

Wouldn't it have made more sense to add weight mapping, cloth room (so we could use Poser dynamic cloth) and make sure newer Poser figures & clothes would work in Carrara?

I doubt Daz would do anything about this, but we had a pretty good conversation about this and I'm curious to know what you think about it.

Stan

I remember why I hate Daz.

It's the bloody censorship! There was a decent conversation going on about the rising costs and how some of us are dealing with it.

Of COURSE the thread gets locked!

I should learn my lesson & stay out of there, unless I want to do some cheerleading for Daz.

MistyLaraCarrara posted at 11:55AM Wed, 24 February 2021 - #4413768

my favorite carrara skin shader was Delphinia. afraid to look if has been ditched.

Never Fear, she's still in the marketplace. Just saw her.

They're putting another product in the vault...

DP Darius 6 Carrara Shaders

This will be available until Sunday (possibly Monday) & is $2.

When it's gone, it's gone. :-(

Yeah Stan

I have had my battles with Daz and have kind of settled into a Like/Hate relationship.

I do get good deals from time to time. As long as I stay out of the forums...

Re: Westerns Hopefully, you were able to take advantage of the 70% off sale they had a few days back. Stonemasons stuff was included. I have all but maybe a half page of his stuff. Chipping away at it each sale.

If you REALLY want a big western town, I bought Deadstone here at Rendo. If you add that to Stonemasons set, you'll be ready to go full John Wayne! https://www.renderosity.com/rr/mod/bcs/i13-deadstone/104727/

Re: C4D I have an older version of it (pre subscription). It might not be a bad idea to try eBay to find an older version to buy rather than to sub. Take your time & learn the guts of the software before sinking cash on a sub.

Torquinox posted at 2:13PM Tue, 16 February 2021 - #4412953

They've been on a tear lately, throwing stuff in the vault every week. I seem to have all those except the teens. I got them as freebies, I think.

Yeah, I really wish they wouldn't vault so many items, but at LEAST they're letting us know. I wish they always let people know. This means you too, Rendo! Let people know when things are going away!

Enlighten me.

I remember you were experimenting with optitex dynamic cloth at one point.

What do you think about dForce?

Stan You may be able to get an older copy of C4D off of eBay.

I picked up one years ago & did learn some things. Unlike you, my time isn't really my own, so sitting down & learning something from scratch is not feasible right now.

Hey Stan! I sent you a few messages, but never heard back. Glad to see you're back & on an even keel!

Thanks for responding Mark! How have you been? I haven't seen or heard from you since you ran this place.

Hope you're keeping safe, healthy, and happy.

No response?

That's odd, but ok.

Turns out that Daz characters CAN wear Pose clothes IF you convert them.

There are a few ways. One programme is called CrossDresser, another is Wardrobe Wizard. One is this clothes converter... https://tinyurl.com/y4k5jnbu

Also, remember that Carrara can use Poser clothes, characters, & props natively (characters up to Poser 7, I think).