Inspired by a thread over in the Daz3d forums, AgeOfArmor put together a video of various tests and clips he made using Carrara’s particle engine. Some of the scenes are available on his website for any Carrara users interested in seeing how the particles were done.
http://www.ageofarmour.com/3d/free/carrara-particle-emitter-scenes.html
An introduction on Carrara Multi-channel mixer shaders.
This type of shader might look confusing at first but it is actually very easy to use and allows for some very complex effects.
I compare them to audio mixing in the tutorial but a better example would be say these 3d surface shaders are more like layers and masks in Photoshop.
This tutorial was made using Carrara 8pro but the same can be done in the Standard and in earlier versions.
Tutorial showing how AgeOfArmour’s GT40 vs Ball Bearing video was made. This video is not in depth but does give an overview of each stage of the process and how to work around a few physics issues, including using discrete keyframes to control gravity, and parenting the high-poly model to proxy parts.
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