 | | | Re: how many users for carara? | Re: how many users for carara? 2003-12-13 - By m3d242
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Thanks for weighing in with those numbers Carl. I'm not sure how far and
wide 3DXtract has spread so far but that download amount would account for
just a bit more people than we have members here, which doesn't surprise
me.
The thing about Carrara/Eovia is it's really still relatively new. Packages
like
Strata3D, LightWave, and 3DSMax (and their parents Strata, NewTek, and
Discreate) have been around for-ev-er. They're rocks. Carrara unfortunatly
comes from shakey roots. Specular (maker of Infini-D) went bye-bye only to
be shortly followed by Meta (who was responsible for Specular's going
bye-bye in the first place) leaving us with dead apps.
If the type of leaps and bounds that Carrara made from v1 to v3 continue in
future releases (especially at these prices) I've no doubt that the user base
will expand to the point where it is mentioned in the same circles as the
above named apps. This of course hinges on Eovia sticking around which I
hope, hope, hope, they do. After being both a Specular and a Meta customer
you can see why I might be nervous.
By the way, the second issue of 3DXtract was great. I think it's existance
alone can only help to spread the Carrara name.
--- In Carrara@(protected), Carl Desmond <carl@(protected)> wrote:
> I tried to get this magical number from the folks at eovia too. I wanted to
> know what sort of crowd to expect for 3dXtract each month (just in case I
> needed more bandwidth or support). I have heard some numbers and I
don't
> want to repeat them... I expect that from RayDream and Carrara users from
V1
> - V3 could be a lot more. As far as "active" users... Who knows...
>
> FYI, http://www.3dXtract.com - first issue was downloaded over 2354 times
> from Nov 4th to Dec 8th. I haven't run a report since, so who knows how
many
> more since then... Those are the only numbers I have...
>
> Thanks
>
> Carl Desmond
> carl@(protected)
>
> info@(protected)
> http://www.3dXtract.com
>
>
>
> On 12/13/03 2:05 PM, "m3d242" <trippedup@(protected)> wrote:
>
> > You think? I have my doubts about that. It would be nice if it were true
and
> > as the years pass and Carrara improves perhaps it will be but I've never
seen
> > anyplace (looking to hire designers) ask for Carrara by name.
> >
> > Without getting into software with prices in the stratosphere (Maya, XSI)
> > apps that could be considerd the "larger ones" would probabaly be
> > LightWave or 3DStudio. Those are requested by name often. Even people
(in
> > the design field) who are not a part of the "3D community" have at least
> > heard those two names even if they are not quite sure what teh
software
> > does. Carrara doesn't have that kind of name recognition yet.
> >
> > I know there are people here that use Carrara professionally in their daily
> > work (I am one) but it seems they/we are usually freelancers, work in a
place
> > with a small art department or are the art department. As far as design
> > studios adopting Carrara as a standard in that it could be considered one
of
> > the largest 3D apps used? That's yet to happen. Granted this group is
> > growing but were still only just over 2000 people here.
> >
> > I agree though, it would be interesting to find out how many legitmate
users
> > there are. I would think Eovia would know based on the numner of
licenses
> > they've sold.
> >
> > --- In Carrara@(protected), Caraguy2@(protected) wrote:
> >> Don't know for sure, but it's one of the largest out there.
> >
> >
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