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
Digital Carvers Guild has released a new Carrara plugin called: DCG Importer: “The DCG Importer lets you render simulations and animations from your favorite 3D tools that export sequenced OBJs.”
A description from Eric Winemiller at Digital Carvers Guild: “It will import sequenced OBJ versions of anything the built in Wavefront OBJ importer will do. By only keeping one frame in memory at a time, it lets Carrara handle large or long running animations.”
One use case is exporting a fluid dynamic simulation from Blender (free) or RealFlow (expensive) into Carrara, the Youtube below shows the result.
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.
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:
Howie Farkes has returned to the Daz3D store with “Country Lane 2”, another outstanding nature scene that makes full use of Carrara. The introduction price is 30% off Country Lane 2 and all other Howie items.
“Take another tour through Harpwood County’s picturesque countryside. This large scene contains hedgerows, a stream crossed by a stone bridge, grassy fields, flowery meadows and is ringed by deciduous forest. Enjoy the serenity and sunshine of a summer afternoon in the country.”
The annual RuntimeDNA sale has started with over 2000 items at 50-70%
off until 02-Dec-2012.
While there are few Carrara specific items, there is one must have app
for every Carrara user:
The P3dO Explorer pro 2.4.6 at 50% off, the only file explorer with
Carrara, Poser and Daz Studio 3D model viewing support:
“P3dO is a Runtime library manager & 3D viewer for Poser, Daz Studio
and Carrara.
P3dO is a 3D viewer and browser for above 30 3D and 40 pictures formats.
P3dO for Poser has been around for more than 12 years. It is a rich
easy to use Explorer-ish browser and has many unique features you will
not find anywhere else.”
CARRARA:
– Carrara Thumbnails
– Carrara Thumbnails Editor
– Carrara Explorer – is similar to Poser Explorer. List a Carrara file
content (textures), highlight missing files, show Textures thumbnails.
– Carrara Runtimes support – is similar to Poser Runtimes support
(shortcuts to various Runtimes).
– HDR / HDRI pictures viewing.
Thanks to 3drendero activity, developers can again have an access to Carrara SDK! 🙂
In the turbulent transition to the new forum and new store, the SDK
(Software Development Kit) for Carrara 8 went MIA (Missing in Action).
While things get sorted out at Daz3d.com, those interested in making
new plugins for Carrara can find the SDK right here at CarraraCafe in
the Downloads and Utilities section.
The SDK includes 2 manuals covering over 250 pages and more than 20 examples.
The free Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows desktop now includes
built-in support for 64bit applications, more info and download here
(600MB ISO file): http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/products/visual-studio-express-for-windows-desktop
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