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New Carrara User

dustinmeyer1234dustinmeyer1234 Posts: 128
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Hello folks I am a new Carrara user and kinda dont know where to start learning the basic how to start using Carrara, any video series that might get my up and running? I also bought a few other plugins that where on sale as well, those where Mimic Pro for Carrara aniMate Carrara aniBlock Importer Pro Bundle I kinda dont if I instilled them correctly as well dont know how to test them. I just saw also octan render is avaiable as well for Carrara which is kinda cool. any news of development or known bugs would be awsome, I was think of maybe using Carrara in a pipeline from daz3d to blender 2.8 making small animation shorts and renders.  

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,582

    Darts Information Manual is a good place to start - https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/15970/carrara-information-manual/p1, check out the Cripeman videos

    Animation in Carrara Video Tutorials - https://www.daz3d.com/animation-in-carrara-video-tutorials

    If you do a search for "Carrara training videos - Phil Wilkes - Infinite Skills - O'Reilly" you will find some pay for video Carrara training

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,165

    Welcome to Carrara.  

    I also recommend a thread that is designed to help you learn the interface by building your first scene.  It is not designed to build your first "awesome" render, just learn where basic stuff is.

    See the first page or two of - https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/119181/no-one-asked-me-diomede-posts-screenshots-on-whatever/p1

    This thread is meant to help people who have bought Carrara and are now saying, "Now what?"  You will learn how to load a Daz figure (genesis) of a particular character (Michael 5), find shader elements that don't load by default, apply a preset skinshader, use strand-based dynamic hair, load clothing content designed for genesis, apply the "fit to" function to conform the clothing to Michael 5's shape, apply a preset pose, create a landscape for the genesis figure to stand on, customize the terrain and adjust its shaders, load a plant, and create a realisic sky with sunlight.  What you will not learn is how to install Carrara and its support files, or anything artistic like principles of lighting, composition, color balance, etc., because I don't claim to know much about that stuff.  Oh well, can't have it all.

  • DUDUDUDU Posts: 1,945

    Hi Diomède!

    I always thought that a thread to ask small questions (even if it may seem stupid) of beginners, or even for the most experienced, would be interesting.
    I didn’t know that was the purpose of your thread, the title didn’t make me think of it.
    It’s time I took a look!

    Thanks!

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 2019

    welcome to the forum smiley

     

    Carrara native content comes with a bunch of starter scenes

    ca starter.JPG
    835 x 455 - 93K
    ca starter2.JPG
    833 x 366 - 70K
    ca starter3.JPG
    838 x 536 - 95K
    ca starter4.JPG
    833 x 368 - 69K
    ca starter5.JPG
    833 x 367 - 78K
    ca starter6.JPG
    821 x 495 - 65K
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  • dustinmeyer1234dustinmeyer1234 Posts: 128
    Thanks guys for the helpful links! I collect old software and relised I had an old version carrara 2 from eovia. Thanks for all the tips if I find anything as well Ill post it here.
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  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,543

    Lucky!!! When I can, I'd like to eventually (at least try to) collect boxed versions for all of the various iterations of Carrara!

    Welcome!

  • dustinmeyer1234dustinmeyer1234 Posts: 128
    There are a few that pop up once awhile on ebay with the app you can favorite searches and it will notify you. I got some real random ones that way..
  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,543
    dustinmeyer1234 said:
    There are a few that pop up once awhile on ebay with the app you can favorite searches and it will notify you. I got some real random ones that way..

    Sweet! Thanks!

  • Eric3dddEric3ddd Posts: 67
    Dartanbeck said:

    Lucky!!! When I can, I'd like to eventually (at least try to) collect boxed versions for all of the various iterations of Carrara!

    I may unload some of my old boxes one of these days. Are you located in the US? 

  • 3drendero3drendero Posts: 2,024
    edited January 2020
    6 items on ebay now, Carrara 1, 2 and Basics. Not cheap... /Edit, the Carrara 4 website for free: http://web.archive.org/web/20040923034938/http://www.eovia.com/home.asp
    Post edited by 3drendero on
  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,543
    Eric3ddd said:
    Dartanbeck said:

    Lucky!!! When I can, I'd like to eventually (at least try to) collect boxed versions for all of the various iterations of Carrara!

    I may unload some of my old boxes one of these days. Are you located in the US? 

    Yes 

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,543
    3drendero said:
    6 items on ebay now, Carrara 1, 2 and Basics. Not cheap... /Edit, the Carrara 4 website for free: http://web.archive.org/web/20040923034938/http://www.eovia.com/home.asp

    Back when I collected the images of the covers for the Carrara Information Manual, they were very reasonable, and most of those versions were available in the box - except for those that didn't have a boxed version.

    But, yeah... they got scarce, then they got expensive as the resurface!

             

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