 | | | Re: Carrara 4 pro vs. other 3D programs | Re: Carrara 4 pro vs. other 3D programs 2005-04-28 - By pmiinalainen
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Largely depends on your level of expertise in 3D in general and on what
you want to do with your programs. If you want to render still images
and like to integrate with poser, then carrara is your cup of tea.
If you want to build everything from the scratch and animate everything
yourself down to last toe, then you might want to take a broader look
at the tools available.
you can have maya personal learning edition for free, i think. Maya is
quite complex program and takes a long time to master. there are lots
of free learning resources available though...
You can also get softimage xsi foundation for relatively cheap. Many
people argue that it has best power/ price ratio. xsi is also quite
difficult.
If you haven't used any 3d programs before, carrara is a good place to
start. Modeling tools and animation utilities aren't as advanced as in
maya or xsi, but you get good rendering results fast.
Here's a little example of the differences between the two programs. I
had worked with 3ds max professionally for 3...4 years, and then i
decided that i'll learn maya 'cause everybody was raving about how
great it is. And before that i had worked with 3D CAD and industrial
design applications. So, i was no virgin, when it came to 3D... It took
me whole day to get the standard and cheesy "chrome ball on top of
checkerboard" -scene rendered properly with reflections... When i first
used carrara, it took me about 5 minutes to get acceptable rendering
results. I know maya has also improved during the years of it's
existence, but it is one of those programs that really require you to
read the f**cking manual. And I wasn't reading it!
--- In Carrara@(protected), "markuswallden" <markuswallden@(protected)>
wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I want to ask you Carrara users your opinion about using Carrara...
> How easy it is to learn and start using it in a productive way?
>
> What do you think about it's features if you compare it to highend
> programs such as Maya or Lightwave? How different e.g. modeling is
> compared to Maya / Lightwave
>
> Where about to get some 3D program to our work and I'd personally like
> to have Maya but I was also thinking Carrara. I'm just not sure of
> its abilities...
>
> I really appreciate your feedback on this one!!
>
> Thank's in advance!!!
>
> ::Make::
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