1. Any resources of free Carrara shaders out there on the net?
2. Are they interchangeable with other programs, which ones?
3. How do you load them into Carrara?

Thanks,

m

RTFM? ... ducks kitty5

1. not many free shaders to be found

2. No, not if they are procedural...procedurals can't be transfered between apps....ANY of them.

3.  To load them, if you mean by unzipping, put them in the C5P folder under presets-shaders & then whatever subfolder is appropriate.  If you mean by loading as once in Carrara...just click on the preset button in the upper right....the one right underneath the sphere.

Kitty is such a help; ya gotta love her! LOL

yeah, she's awesome. thank you dlk :)

That means that as a Rendergod it falls on your shoulders to produce some fantastic shaders for the rest of us plebes. :tt2:

heh

My vote is for some good atmospheric ones. Clouds to be specific. :thumbupboth: I wanna try a certain Vue Space Nebula tutorial in Carrara but I don't have any cloud shaders to work with. :sneaky:

I think good shaders are really something you want with Carrara 5. They have some nice presets, but to make excellent images, you can never have enough of them...

Yes, yes students of Carrara. Mastering the shader in Carrara will much power bring you. Yes, much power. This knowledge comes only by exploring the heart of the shader tree; Cannot be found in free shaders - only a dim shadow of it will you see. Immerse yourself you must. But to be truly free, mastering the sacred three must you: Modeling, lighting and texturing. Only then will you be one with your imagination. :-D

Here's one on making skin.  http://www.shonner.com/drafts/carrara_skin_tutorial_a.htm

OK Mark, Missing some sleep there are you? ;) Altho I do agree with you...alot more than meets the eye.

Much appreciated SHONNER! After several years of using Bryce; I finally came to terms with its DTE and got consistantly good results. I want to get good with Carrara's shaders too, and this helps.