Welcome to Carrara Cafe!
It is a central place for everything Carrara!
Here you will find information about most plug-ins available for Carrara as well as a huge collection of tutorials collected over years, covering nearly every aspect of Carrara software! In addition you will discover beautiful artwork made by talented Carrara artists together with information about interesting projects related to Carrara.
New Carrara plugin: VWD Cloth And Hair by philemot
Philemot has released a Carrara plugin called "Carrara bridge to VWD Cloth and Hair" for the separate application VWD Cloth And Hair by VirtualWorldDynamics. Carrara fans have received new possibilities to create realistic cloth and hair simulation for even better...
Carrara Information Manual by Dartanbeck
Dartanbeck over at the Carrara section of the Daz3D forums has created a great thread that serves as an alternative Carrara 8.5 Manual. It includes up to date and sorted links to the video tutorials by Cripeman, details about animation, hair plugins and a lot more....
OctaneRender for Carrara 3.0.5.03.32 Beta version released *UPDATED*
During the holidays, OctaneRender for Carrara 3.0.0.1 Beta version was released, the GPU rendering plugin that is fully integrated into Carrara. The beta is free for those that have a license for the 2.x version. There is also a free demo if you have not tried out...
LuxusCore for Carrara plugin – Unofficial manual 2017-02-15
An unofficial CarraraCafe manual for the upcoming LuxusCore plugin for Carrara, that brings GPU accelerated rendering and realtime render preview into Carrara. It is updated frequently, so check back often. If you have any questions or something to add, check the end...
Let’s make Carrara shine!
We are refreshing the looks of Carrara Cafe and would like to make it represent Carrara in the best way possible! There fore we are looking for Carrara users who would like to be a part of creating a face for Carrara so it would stand out. For many years we know how...
Updated beta of Carrara available: Carrara BETA version 8.5.1.17
An update to the previous news post about a new Carrara BETA version. Since then, two BETA versions have been posted, the change notes are listed below. Go to the DAZ3D Forum for more details and join the beta test to help find any bugs that may be left. Post from...
C3DE Carrara 3D Expo Magazine
Major Production – My Production
Carrara is a key ingredient to allowing me to push on and actually be able to keep all of the ambitious project ideas alive.
10 Reasons You Need a Falloff Shader Plugin
What if I told you there is a single shader that can deliver more visual impact from your renders, allowing you to redefine reflection, highlight, and shadow with the contours of your scene objects….
Mocap into Carrara – by CyBoRgTy
Using one of several workflows, motion capture data can easily be imported and used to animate characters in Carrara.