SNEAK PEEK - Carrara 6 New Features!

DAZ Marketing Team Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 255

Carrara 6 is coming soon with great new features. During regular business days until the official kickoff release at Siggraph 2007, we'll attempt to whet your appetites with some of the key features. So be sure to get other Carrara users active in viewing this forum often.

The first one is the awesome new OCEAN PRIMITIVE. Simulating the surface of the ocean, this new feature can be used to create both still and animated oceans. You'll now be able to control the waves, as well as the speed and direction of the wind. Also, transparency with absorption allows the water to appear more or less transparent depending on the depth of where the ground is in relation to the crest of the water. That allows you to make the shallow waters appear much more realistic. The single scattering feature, which simulates the indirect effect of light through water provides a more realistic look to the water.

Just one caution! Don't rock the boat too much if you are affected by motion. The realism is uncanny.

The following are animated examples of this feature.

Example 1) Sharks swimming underwater, top of the ocean visible and light cones throughout.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-VEeNWw0tA

Example 2) Above water with shark swimming underneath showing water refraction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ggqlQJeZwQ (soft shadows on)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGPzKsB7Y_A (Soft shadows off)

Stay tuned for future postings about more great new features in Carrara 6.

Don't forget, if you get Carrara 5 while it's on sale, you'll get Carrara 6 for free!

Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 1139 Location: Buford, Georgia

Off to a great start Smile

Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Posts: 284

Looking good.

Cheers

Mike R

Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 6025 Location: France

Definitely looks nice Smile

Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 954 Location: Barsoom, Mars

That's a cool feature. Now, as a character animator what I'm really looking forward to is DAZ Studio inside the Animation Room. If not on this release, maybe Carrara 6.5? Wink

Joined: 04 Jul 2004 Posts: 255 Location: Bucharest

nice idea. wanna hear more... also, i have a small problem, err.. I bought Carrara 5.1 a long long time ago, just after it was bought by DAZ. So what do I get? Very Happy

Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 2990 Location: Inglewood CA

Wait for the upgrade pricing announcement around Siggraph 07. Wink

draculaz wrote:

nice idea. wanna hear more... also, i have a small problem, err.. I bought Carrara 5.1 a long long time ago, just after it was bought by DAZ. So what do I get? Very Happy

Joined: 04 Jul 2004 Posts: 255 Location: Bucharest

ah, cool. i figured they wouldn't let people out in the cold Smile

Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 276 Location: Bethesda, MD

OH, ya!! Cant wait to see what's in store!!

Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 1493 Location: Nowhere

Sold!

[No! Wait! Must... control... self...] Very Happy

Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 611

Is there going to be a Carrara 6 Pro?

- F

Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 152 Location: Bloomsburg, PA

"It will be mine..."

- Wayne's World

Surprised

Posted:Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:32 am

I replaced my original post here to provide this. This is a list and links to each of the official sneak peaks in the thread. I will do my best to keep this updated. Aether came up with the list first. Credit where credit is due.

aether wrote:

Sneak Peeks

This post is getting pretty big … hard to keep track of where everything is, I hope this quick reference helps:

# Item (Page)

1. Ocean Primitive (1)
2. Non-Linear Animation (13)
3. Dynamic Hair (14)
4. Symmetrical Modeling (19)
5. Open GL Improvements, More Hair (23) Note that Direct X is not included in C6.
6. Displacement Modeling (32)
7. Full DAZ Studio Content Support & Improved Content Browser (42)
8. Rigid Body Simulation (51)
9. Depth of Field Improvements (61)
10. Shadow Bias (74)
11. In-Scattering (80)

Press Release (53)

Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 178 Location: Trenton, NJ USA

Looks real nice! Is this going to be like um.... 6 reasons to get Carrara 6 Wink

Bet that is going to require a PC upgrade too for me...

I am already stacking my nickels and dimes Laughing

Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 152 Location: Bloomsburg, PA

betterthanlife wrote:

FQIrving wrote:

Is there going to be a Carrara 6 Pro?

- F

THat has already been answered. (One of those things we have known for a little while now. Yes there will be.

Looks Awesome Ringo!!!

Link to post..?

thx-

Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 152 Location: Bloomsburg, PA

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Posted:Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:41 am

ccirelli wrote:

betterthanlife wrote:

FQIrving wrote:

Is there going to be a Carrara 6 Pro?

- F

THat has already been answered. (One of those things we have known for a little while now. Yes there will be.

Looks Awesome Ringo!!!

Link to post..?

thx-

http://forum.daz3d.com/viewtopic.php?p=901245#901245

Sorry, with all the C6 threads going on it took a second. Smile

Posted:Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:12 am

Hey wait a second. There is something else in that announcement.

Quote:

until the official kickoff release at Siggraph 2007

Sounds like a release date to me.

Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 152 Location: Bloomsburg, PA

betterthanlife wrote:

http://forum.daz3d.com/viewtopic.php?p=901245#901245

Sorry, with all the C6 threads going on it took a second. Smile

Thanks man!

Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 244

Looking fantastic!!!!
(Hope it will do waves and foam .. like POC3!!!)

I've been looking for this type feature for some time .. way to go team!!
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