DAZ PAs Christmas Countdown – Annual Freebies 2012

DAZ PAs Christmas Countdown – Annual Freebies 2012

The very first freebie includes a Carrara item!

The gift for Day 1 are Bryce Elements presented to you
by our DAZ PAs and Bryce Masters, Horo and David!!!
*** Note their offerings also have something for Carrara and DAZ Studio ***

Download: http://www.horo.ch/guestxchg/xPackageDH.zip
“Important to know is that the zip has to be unpacked with retaining the folder structure. It contains two scenes for Bryce with two videos; an HDRI each for Bryce, Carrara and Studio with short videos (~5 min) how to use them in the respective programs.”

Horo’s shop: http://www.daz3d.com/shop/horo
David’s shop: http://www.daz3d.com/shop/david-brinnen

The Forum thread with the countdown to Christmas:
http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/13080/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OctaneRender 1.0 available

OctaneRender 1.0 available

OctaneRender 1.0 is now available after a long beta test period.
The GPU accelerated  fully physically based, unbiased render engine supports Daz Studio and Poser with plugins,
while Carrara is supported via export to the Wavefront obj format to the base Octane application.
The price of Octane is 199€ and the applications plugins are 99€, with some bundle deals.
There is a demo version to try before you buy.

Features:
http://render.otoy.com/features.php

Release 1.0 details:
http://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=25376

Here are the CarraraCafe tutorials for exporting to OctaneRender:
-Exporting from Carrara to Octane Part 1
https://carraracafe.com/?p=1425
-Exporting from Carrara to Octane Part 2
https://carraracafe.com/?p=1428

Octane Render Quick Overview video

 

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Christmas and Carrara, some downloads

Christmas and Carrara, some downloads

Christmas is getting closer, time to load up some holiday scenes in Carrara and render away.

For starters, there is a brilliant scene right here at CarraraCafe by Tim Payne:
Christmas Scene and Props for Carrara: https://carraracafe.com/?page_id=22&did=14

The Daz3D forum has a post up for all the Calendars with free stuff right here:
http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/12556/

Included there is the Renderosity Giveaway week 1, which includes several complete characters, scenes and even Christmas items:
http://www.renderosity.com/2012-holiday-giveaway-week-1-cms-16467

If you want more, ShareCG has a lot of free 3D models for you Christmas needs:
http://www.sharecg.com/b/5/3D-Models/?keywords=christmas&member_type[All]=on&attribute[2005][-1]=1&attribute[2017][-1]=1&attribute[2538][-1]=1&tdm=a&s=dd

Merry Christmas!

 

 

Preview of new nature scene by Howie Farkes

Preview of new nature scene by Howie Farkes

Now that Howie Farkes is back in business, he is hard at work with another new nature scene.
This time it looks like a larger set than usual, with snowy mountains in the background and a lush
forest in the foreground, take a look at the preview images below:

“A different view of the alpine scene last seen as a WIP – very nearly finished now.
Terrain made with GeoControl2 everything else is Carrara.”

Original source: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2388945&user_id=237321&member&np

Another preview image:
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2383871&section_id=6&filter_genre_id=0&WhatsNew=Yes&page=2&np

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Black November Carrara sales at Daz3D.com

Black November Carrara sales at Daz3D.com

The sales are almost over, but as uaual there are awesome last minute deals.
Most sales require PC membership to get the full rebate:
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/platinum-club-monthly-membership
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/platinum-club-annual-membership

All Daz Originals, including Carrara and its plugins are at 70% off:
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/daz-originals?compat_software=30&limit=30
Carrara 8 Pro is 69% off, almost 70%  smile
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/carrara-8-proAge of Armour store is 50% off:
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/age-of-armour
Some free addons for some store items:
http://www.ageofarmour.com/3d/free/index.php

Skies of Economy by DimensionTheory is on 33% intro sale:
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/skies-of-economy

Not Carrara specific, but content for Carrara/DazStudio/Poser:
The most bang for the buck are the Pro Suites, that are 70% off:
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/catalogsearch/result/?q=pro+suite&x=0&y=0
Examples:
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/victoria-5-pro-suite
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/michael-5-pro-suite
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/michael-4-3d-model-pro-suite
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/victoria-4-3d-model-pro-suite
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/stephanie-5-pro-bundle

Also, if you purchase items over 30$, get a free item from:
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/sales-promotions/november-freebies/

Also, if you purchase items over 50$, get the free item from:
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/stephanie-5-elite-texture-joanie/

Do not forget the 30% coupon you should have in your email inbox/spambox!

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Stephanie 5 Elite Texture Joanie

New Carrara light/render set: Skies of Economy from DimensionTheory

New Carrara light/render set: Skies of Economy from DimensionTheory

DimensionTheory has just released a new Carrara light/render set called Skies of Economy.
The name may refer to the fact that you get 30 complete sets for all your lighting and rendering needs,
in 4 different applications: Carrara, Poser, Daz Studio and Reality for Daz Studio.
Some more details about the Carrara version:

  • 30 32-bit .HDR Images (4096 x 4096)
  • 30 Direct Light Presets
  • 30 Background Presets
  • 30 Render Setting Presets
  • Carrara .HDR and Reality .EXR files can be used in a wide variety of other programs such as Vue and Octane.
  • Each set contains 10 presets each for Night, Sunny and Sunset.

Now on intro sale with 33% off!
Get it at http://www.daz3d.com/shop/skies-of-economy

Skies of Economy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrara 8 video tutorials on sale at 60% off on Daz3D.com

Carrara 8 video tutorials on sale at 60% off on Daz3D.com

The Black November sale at Daz3D is far better than expected for Carrara users, here is the next awesome deal.
One of the best video tutorial video series for Carrara 8 is now on sale at 60%, if you have not bought them already, now is the best time:

-Learning Carrara 8: over 10 hours and over 100 lessons.

-Advanced Carrara Techniques: over 10 hours and over 2GB of downloads.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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