* * Carrara Render Comparison * * by PhilW
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I was testing some free downloads from HDRI-Hub.com, the free figure and the HDRI background, and did renders in both Carrara's native renderer and using Octane Render for Carrara. I thought this was useful to show how close Carrara's renderer CAN get with the right settings - I also adjusted the overall brightness and contrast a little to give them the same exposure, and the DoF in the Carrara one is done with a Photoshop blur, but otherwise they are both "as rendered". You can achieve similar results by following my techniques in the Carrara-Realism Rendering training title by Infinite Skills.
Thanks for looking.
Phil
Comments (10)
giulband
Interesting comparision !!!!
radioham
Very nice work love them both I see Carrara 8.5 Pro is on offer a good saving
PhilW
Yes, there is a sale on all things Carrara at the moment, including my store (with some new stuff!)
Henchmonkey
Very interesting comparison. The light and shadow quality is almost identical. The Carrara one has some blotchiness and blurring in the textures, though. Perhaps the shader needs the texture filtering turned up a notch or two?
restif
Interesting. Love to see more.
steveHolden
I was wondering how comparable different render engines were. Thank you.
PhilW
As the world moves towards physically based rendering, logically the results should converge as they are all trying to model reality (with a small "r"!).
steveHolden
Which do you favour? I'm trying to push myself to use Carrara with all sorts of different settings but sometimes, when I compare my work to others, it sometimes lacks 'reality' to me.
PhilW
The default settings in Carrara are geared towards speed rather than quality - in my tutorial videos Carrara Realism Rendering I go through lighting, render settings and materials to get the best out of the Carrara renderer, and the difference compared to the defaults are really stark! Or for a shortcut, you can use one the physically based renderers, there is Luxus and Octane available for Carrara, Octane is way faster (currently) and produces great results (and can also render Carrara Hair, which for me is a huge plus), but it is the more costly option.
Artformz2
Great work, and interesting comparison here.
Drakkendark
Awesome. I gotta check those videos out.
Nod
Interesting comparison.
I have both your Carrara modelling DVDs. I also got the 8.5 addition download. They're very easy to follow. Well the first chapter is, as I've not had a chance to watch them all the way through.
Cyve
Wonderfully done !!!
beas62
Both are great renders with their own strengths. I like the character too. Looks like a custom morph. Well done.
PhilW
The figure is a static scan from HDR-Hub.com.