Valle Alpina by Howie Farkes on 30% intro sale, everything else is 50%

Valle Alpina by Howie Farkes on 30% intro sale, everything else is 50%

Another amazing nature scene by Howie Farkes is now available for purchase at Daz3D.com.
A 30% introduction sale price as usual. More details:

A spectacular and grand alpine valley with a dense evergreen forest on the lower slopes rising to snow capped peaks.
A clear river twists through a lush green meadow.
There are endless opportunities to render beautiful mountain backdrops in Valle Alpina.

More info, screenshots and to purchase, look here:
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/new-releases/valle-alpina

Some more behind the scenes details here:
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2383871

The rest of Howie’s store is on 50% sale now, as a part of Daz3D.com PA sale:
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/howiefarkes

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PA Weekend sale at Daz3D, 50% off many Carrara items

PA Weekend sale at Daz3D, 50% off many Carrara items

PA Weekend sale at Daz3D, featuring 50% off entire PA stores, with many Carrara items, for example:

DimensionTheory: http://www.daz3d.com/shop/dimensiontheory?compat_software=30

Orestes Graphics http://www.daz3d.com/shop/orestes-graphics?compat_software=30

Howie Farkes, one item only, World Gardens Byodo In:
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/world-gardens-byodo-in

The entire sale with a lot more items compatible with Carrara/Daz Studio/Poser:
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/pa-weekend-sale/

On a related note, Carrara 8 Pro is still 69% off for PC members:
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/carrara-8-pro

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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
http://carraracafe.com/?p=1425
-Exporting from Carrara to Octane Part 2
http://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: http://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!

 

 

Free Carrara plugins for Black/White and Sand rendering

Free Carrara plugins for Black/White and Sand rendering

Hidden away in an archived forum post for some time, but now more easily available here at CarraraCafe.
The free plugins for Black/White and Sand rendering by Muphasa support Carrara 7 and 8, 32/64bit.
Included in the zip file is also the original forum post with some additional information and installation instructions.

CarraraCafe download link: http://carraracafe.com/?page_id=22&did=24

Original forum post is currently online at:
http://forumarchive.daz3d.com/viewtopic.php?t=153784&sid=806e1ccedafed61d63072eced075540e

Some sample images:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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