 | | | Re: what do you see for carrara 's future? | Re: what do you see for carrara 's future? 2003-12-15 - By hdaggers2000
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Well, I'm very impressed with the new renderers, HDRI and
photon mapping for radiosity. Carrara renders can look good.
Really good. The interface is still the only 3D I ever learned
successfully. I guess that has a lot to do with Raydream, but C
definitely stays friendly to me. The price stays friendly, too. I use
many programs in my graphic/video work and 3D is only one of
them. I couldn't afford anything higher priced. Anyone remember
Inspire3D, the crippled lil'bro of Lightwave? Overpriced AND
limited render-size. Buh-bye. Carrara feels like it is a good value.
I've paid to upgrade twice now, and that says a lot for a low-
budget small indie like me.
I wish C was more stable. I got a lot of crashes last night (os9,
C3.1) from what seemed like a pretty simple scene, but it
involved a mesh model converted from a deformed spline
model. Seems C really hates certain models even if it made
them itself. I get no crashes for a long time, but then one object
will make the whole thing unstable for some reason.... I have to
admit, tho, I never got another app up to the complexity of my
Carrara scenes so I don't know if other apps are more, less, or
equally stable.
I think the sky effect is becoming dated. I actually bought it as a
plug-in for Photoshop (4 Seasons) some 1000 years ago, so I
obviously thought it was amazing at one time. Would be nice to
have a better sky now that you can use it to define Global
Illumination.... Particles could use an upgrade too, IMO. I want to
add models as particles, but I guess AnythingGrows sorta
covers that.... I hope the new book that is supposedly coming out
covers the DGC plug-ins because I bought several but haven't
really got the hang of them because I need a few 3rd-party
tutorials before new concepts sink in to my slow brain.
I don't honestly think C will ever "catch up" to the reputation of
Lightwave (et al), but these older apps are starting to lose their
mystique anyway. I can't imagine paying thousands for a
renderer when I can get pretty darn close for a few hundred with
a better (easier) interface. Maya is made for a whole crew of
designers to work on and that's really great, but I need an app
that I can handle alone. I'd love to be able to import LWO format
all the same.... That's the only thing I find missing, since on the
Mac-side there are almost no options for 3D conversion.
Anyway, what are your opinions?
--- In Carrara@(protected), "darthbobvilla" <
spinarouni@(protected)> wrote:
> how do you think the app will do in the years to come?
>
> will it start to stand to the like of lightwave or 3ds?
>
> do you think eovia should focus more on getting the word out
on
> carrara?
>
> what is missing in carrara that makes you go to other apps for
the
> moment?
>
> what venues should eovia take to promote carrara?
>
> do you think eovia should try to maintain a fairly cheap price for
> their app or we pay to get the good tools approach?
>
> do you think eovia should try to get some more websites out on
> carrara?
>
> what does carrara lack?
>
> what do you like about it?
>
> Is it simple to use?
>
> what tools in the interface would you like to see?
>
> what are your pet peeves about the program?
>
> how many versions in the future you think CS will stand up and
be
> recognized as a pro app?
>
> i'd like to get some impressions from my fellows "C" users.
>
> thanks
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