Re: Carrara 4 pro vs. other 3D programs 2005-04-28 - By Andrew
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I agree with your about the learning curve on Maya. I'd had 4 classes
with that program and it still is differcult to me. I tend to think
of Maya as having the same learning curve as Blender3D (which is free,
Make). MAX was very straight forward and relatively easy to use. MAX
is over-boated with features, with can be both good and bad.
Carrara is a great beginner's tool as well as a great producer of
still images. If you need to do lots of animation, I do suggest you
look else-where as that Carrara isn't yet ready to handle complex and
large loads of animation. If you are determined, you can do just
about any animation with Carrara but doing so may take you a lot
longer here than in another program. Carrara's greatest strength lies
in it's ease of use, rendering quality, and texturing ability.
Modeling can be supplimented with free programs like Wings3D. Or you
can learn to use Amapi Designer 7, which comes free with Carrara 4 Pro.
Also, it's rather common to mix the features from several different
programs. As was mentioned, Poser can suppliment Carrara (or other 3D
application) by providing high-quality models of people to your
scenes. Vue can provide great terrain and trees. (Carrara can come
close but Vue is well optimized for the enviroment sort of work.)
Amapi, Wings3D, Silo, and the soon-to-be-released Hexagon are all
modeling programs that allow you to model faster and thus increase
your productivity.
Of course, you'll need a paint program like Painter or PhotoShop (or
any of the smaller programs) in order to generate or modify texture
maps for realistic renderings. And you may also want a program that
can out-put .ai files, which are of Adobe Illustrator's type, which is
often used in the modeling parts of various programs.
AWBenson
--- In Carrara@(protected), "pmiinalainen"
<petteri.miinalainen@(protected)> wrote:
> 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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