chark opened this issue on Nov 18, 1999 ยท 10 posts
chark posted Thu, 18 November 1999 at 2:49 AM
I've been using Raydream Studio for a few years now and was just wondering if it would be better to upgrade Raydream or move to Carrara? They look like they have a lot of the same features but maybe there will be more plugins for Raydream. I just don't know. Which one is more higher end?
Michael_C posted Thu, 18 November 1999 at 7:24 AM
You can do both. MetaCreations is migrating RayDream and Infini-D to Carrara. 5.5 is the last RayDream. If you upgrade to 5.5 and register you can apply that upgrade cost to Carrara. Carrara will have the MetaCreations GUI like Poser and Bryce and presumably will grow. Check the MetaCreations site for more details. Personally I like the RayDream interface and I'm a little leery of the coming one. I expect I'll keep using 5.5 but also go to Carrara and use it alongside. Michael http://home.att.net/~karen.crisafulli
JeffH posted Thu, 18 November 1999 at 12:16 PM
MC is no longer upgrading RDS5.02 to 5.5 last I heard, it was for a limited time. You either buy the full version of RDS 5.5 or upgrade to Carrara 1.0
chark posted Thu, 18 November 1999 at 4:41 PM
Thank you both for the advice! As long as Carrara doesn't look or feel anything like Infini-D I think I'll be happy with it!
DM1234 posted Thu, 25 November 1999 at 1:10 PM
chark, Metacreations still has RDS5.5 upgrade listed in their Buy area. I went there today. So either it can still be had or they need to update? $99 DM aka Nite Miner
JeffH posted Thu, 25 November 1999 at 4:10 PM
A operator at MC told someone ordering the RDS5.5 upgrade that it was no longer available. Whether this is still true is another matter.
chark posted Thu, 25 November 1999 at 6:29 PM
Thanx DM and Jeff. Seems to be some real confusion with this one. Maybe I'll wait till there is more reviews out about Carrara befor I make a choice. Thanx again!
poseraddict posted Thu, 02 December 1999 at 6:47 PM
I got my Raydream Studio 5.5 around the same time I saw an alpha version of Carrara during the Seybold Conference in San Francisco back in Sept. I was totally amazed by the demo and now I regretted not waiting a bit longer for Carrara's release. Now, that Carrara's finally being released I'm still a novice at Raydream Studio to upgrade to the new product. My advice is to stick with Raydream for now and get comfortable with it before you move on to Carrara. I heard from MetaCreations that you'll get an upgrade discount if you previously own RayDream or Infini-D.
JeffH posted Fri, 03 December 1999 at 9:53 AM
Carrara will be a $99 upgrade from RDS5.5. Learn to use RDS 5.5 well and Carrara will be a piece of cake.
chark posted Fri, 03 December 1999 at 6:23 PM
Thanx poseraddict and Jeff! I take it Carrara is more advanced than Raydream then? I'm ready to move on if it is!