Carrara 8 is faster, more dynamic, and even more full of life than ever before. Guided cooperatively by both professional users and dedicated engineers, this latest version of Carrara demonstrates the power of group-sourcing and building upon a solid foundation to accomplish truly impressive results.

• 64-bit for MAC and WIN OS
  Work faster and smarter as you take full advantage of your computers 64-bit hardware.
• Multi-Threading for MAC and WIN OS
  Spread the load on your CPU intensive calculations.
• Pro Bullet Physics Library
  Create and edit rigid and soft-bodies for realistic and exciting animations.
• Improved FBX and COLLADA Data Exchange
  Take rigged and animated models straight into your favorite game engines, like Unity™, and see how rich your experience can be with your own, or any of DAZ 3D's existing content options.
• Plant & Vegetation Improvements
  Add custom models and textures for unique leaves, flowers, fruit and more. You can also use a variety of different leaf objects per plant for natural variation.
• Render Time Optimizations
  Get more than 200%* improvement in performance when rendering complex scenes using your high-end MAC or Windows system.
• Network Render Optimizations
  Enjoy greater control over your render farm as you easily add and remove nodes via your master machine. Render frames or buckets as you choose for greater safeguarding against lost render data.
• Negative Lights and Photometrics
  Now you can work with negative lights and photometrics (IES) for even greater control over your lighting.
• God Rays and Barn Doors
  Harness the creative force of god rays and the control of barn doors as you design superior lighting for your scenes.
• Normal Maps
  View normal maps both in real-time display and at rendertime.
• Editing of Posed Meshes
  Now you can do important clean-up and detail work on your conforming objects while the model is posed or conformed so you can see the results as you work.
• Pro Puppeteer for Carrara
  You asked for it, and you got it. Introducing Puppeteer for Carrara. This tool contains everything as seen in DAZ Studio and has been fully integrated for use with any Carrara animation project.

Windows

32-bit Platform:
* Pentium® 4 or greater
* 1.3 GHz (2 GHz dual core or faster recommended)
* Windows® XP / Windows® Vista / Windows® 7

64-bit Platform:
* WHQL-64 certified
* Windows® XP x64 SP2 (or Windows® Vista 64 SP1, or Windows® 7)

All Platforms:
*1 GB RAM min (2 GB recommended)
* Hardware accelerated OpenGl 1.3 compatible (OpenGL 2.2 compatible, or higher, recommended)
* OpenGL 1.3 compatible graphics card with at least 128 MB RAM (Hardware accelerated OpenGL 2.2 compatible, or higher, recommended with 512MB RAM)
* Drivers supporting OpenGL 1.3 recommended
* 32-bit graphics color depth
* DirectX 9 (DirectX 10 recommended)
* 600MB free hard drive space for installation

Macintosh

32-bit Platform:
* Power Macintosh® (G4/G5) or Intel Macintosh®
* 1.25 GHz (1.8 GHz or faster recommended)
* Mac®OS X 10.4 or above

64-bit Platform:
* Intel Macintosh® (Core 2 Duo or greater)
* Mac®OS X 10.5 or above

All Platforms:
* 1 GB RAM min (2 GB or more recommended)
* OpenGL compatible graphics card with at least 128 MB RAM
* Drivers supporting OpenGL 1.1, or higher, recommended
* 600MB free hard drive space for installation
* 32-bit graphics color depth
 

*** Carrara 7 and above will not function installed on a UNIX partition under Mac OS X.***

COLLADA EXPORT (WIN OS)
Users are now able to export a figure or scene into COLLADA, a format that is becoming a new standard for the transferring of content. This feature is currently only available for the WIN OS; support for the MAC OS will follow.

Vollständig-unterstützter DAZ 3D-Inhalt
Ab dieser Version sind alle DAZ 3D Inhalte in Carrara arbeitsfähig und einsetzbar. In Ergänzung zum Handling der Morph Targets, der Unterstützung des vollständigen Inhalts, inklusive der Anpassung von Oberflächenmaterial, sowie der ERC-Unterstützung (Enhanced Remote Control) erhalten Sie die Kontrolle über mehrere Konvertierungen und zeitgleiches Umwandeln von Dials.

Content Browser
Verwenden Sie mehrere Programmlaufzeiten um Aktivposten schnell zu lokalisieren und dann per Drag & Drop-Funktion Kleidung oder Requisiten im voraus auf Ihre Gegenstände zu laden.

DirectX Export
Erlaubt dem User ins DirectX-Format zu exportieren (Geometrie, Basismaterial, Skinning und Animation).

PZ3/CR2 Native Import
Carrara ist imstande ursprünglichen DAZ 3D Inhalt zu importieren. Diese Figuren werden unberührt mit Rigging, Morph Data, Oberflächenmaterial, Pose Data und Animation importiert. Geniessen Sie vollen Zugang zu Carraras großer Menge an Tools, während Sie mit importiertem Inhalt arbeiten, der vollständig in Carrara editierbar ist. Dieser Import benötigt keine weiteren Programme. Folgende Formate werden unterstützt: CR2, CRZ, PP2, PPZ, PZ3, OBZ und PZZ.

FBX (Pro Version)
Im- und Exportieren Sie objektbezogene Geometrie in das FBX Dateiformat, so dass Sie Ihre Projekte in und aus einer Vielzahl von Dritt-Programmen verwenden können.

RPF Export (Pro Version)
RPF Export lässt Sie 3D Informationen (Depth Buffer, Fragment Coverage, Object ID, Texture Coordinates, Velocity) zu Ihren Filmen hinzufügen, so dass Sie sie mit professionellen Nachbearbeitungs-Programmen (wie Adobe™ After Effects™ or Autodesk™ Combustion™) benutzen können um Ihre 3D Bilder oder Animationen zu optimieren.

After Effects Camera Export (Pro Version)
Exportieren Sie Kamera Animationen, Lichter und Ebenen aus Carrara und benutzen Sie diese in der After Effects Software.
Windows: kompatibel mit After Effects 5, 6 und 6.5
Macintosh: kompatibel mit After Effects 6.5

Matchmover Import (Pro Version)
Carrara lässt Sie Match Moving Informationen (Kamera Position und Trackers) aus MatchMover Pro und Syntheyes importieren. Dadurch können Sie Videos mit Ihrem 3D Rendering synchronisieren und so Spezialeffekte zu Ihren Filmen hinzufügen.