Re: Carrara 4 - New Features info (OT) 2004-08-19 - By Shawn Driscoll
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I have my eye on Messiah:Studio 2.0 from http://www.projectmessiah.com
www.shonner.com
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From: "runejw" <runejw@(protected)>
To: <Carrara@(protected)>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 01:58 PM
Subject: [Carrara] Re: Carrara 4 - New Features info (OT)
> Those who know - say they cannot say anything because of
> nondisclosure, so I guess it's just wait and see...
>
>
> ... OT - do not read beyond this if you think C3 is the only cool
> app ...
>
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> For myself I don't like waiting so I decided to use my budget on
> Softimage XSI 4.0 Foundation. ($495) Their 30-day demo convinced me
> in 3 hours... :) Hmm, lets check out these sample scenes: liquid
> mercury simulation, flag waving in the wind (basic cloth, the new
> Syflex is not incl), rocket with steam-trail, displacement mapping
> much better than the one in Anything Grooves,
> explosion/fireworks/nebula/snow simulations... Mental Ray 3.3...
> $200 worth of training DVDs incl in the deal... VERY advanced
> texturing and shader/material system (rendertree) and modeling.. OK
> I'm sold!
>
>
> The short summing up is that XSI is much more complex and requires
> some serious learning of all parameters, settings and ways of doing
> things. On the other hand it has a really deep and top-quality
> feature set.
>
> In C3 however the fun-factor is higher and it is much easier to
> quickly get a good result. The Global Illumination/HDRI and
> caustics are really nice in C3.
>
> Pricewise XSI has the benefit now in terms of value for the money,
> since it matches and offers better quality than C3 + plugins.
>
> Especially if you want to make animations - then Sofimage is up
> there among the very best.
>
> My predition is that both C3, Truespace, C4D, Messiah:Studio, Silo,
> Modo and probably other mid-tier apps and maybe even LightWave now
> will have a real challenge on their hands to counter the new
> pricing/feature ratio from Avid.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Rune
>
> http://home.online.no/~ru-j-wi/carrara3.cfm
> http://home.online.no/~ru-j-wi/softimage.cfm
>
>
> --- In Carrara@(protected), "Bill" <whernan@(protected)> wrote:
> > Hello Folks,
> >
> > So what is the latest with Carrara 4?
> >
> > Any ideas on the new improvements and features?
> >
> > Any links to read, etc.?
> >
> > Thanks!
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