Carrara 8 Basic Users Guide - Documentation Center - Daz 3D

Carrara 8 – Basic Users Guide
Content Support
Figure Support: DAZ content is now fully supported in Carrara. This includes better support for skinning and
morph targets. Manipulation is up to ten times faster. You can select a bone simply by clicking the geometry of the
figure. Properties associated with a body part are displayed with its associated bone, and all parameters are sup ­
ported.
Content Browser: You can now use a content browser to browse through and select DAZ content to add to your
scene. Drag and drop figures, clothing, props, and poses into your scene and apply them to your figures.
Conforming: Conforming figures are now supported, including morph crosstalk.
Nature Modeling
New Scene Scaling: You can now select the size of the scene when you create a new scene. Camera speed, the
size of the working box, and the default size of the primitives are adjusted. This makes it easier to create large
landscapes in real-world scale, and also increases realism with atmospheric effects such as clouds and atmospheric
blues.
NOTE! The default measurement unit in Carrara is feet. If you want to work in
inches, type "in" after you enter a numerical value of measurement.
New Landscape Wizard: Use the new landscape wizard to create many different landscapes. Combine terrains,
shading, sky, and rendering presets. This wizard makes it easy to create a beautiful landscape scene that you can
use as a starting point for your projects.
New Ocean Primitive: Allows you to realistically simulate the surface of the ocean. You can create still and animated
oceans with high realism, with complete control over the size of the waves or the speed and direction of the
wind.
New Terrain Features: To add even more detail on terrains, you can use the render time displacement features
to apply a displacement shader to the surface. The displacement is calculated at render time, thereby allowing
you to create incredibly detailed terrains without adding extra geometry that uses more memory.
Vertex Modeling
New Displacement Modeling: This new modeler allows you to paint displacement on your objects, adding complex
detail to your object without adding extra geometry.
New Symmetrical Modeling: This new feature allows you to edit both sides of a symmetrical object at the same
time, and is ideal for character editing. Most of the modeling tools support this feature, thereby cutting your model ­
ing time in half.
New Edge Extrusion: The Edge Extrusion tool lets you extrude corners of objects interactively.
New Figure Editing: You can now edit the mesh of an imported figure, as well as create new morph targets and
full body morphs within the Vertex modeler.
Vertex modeler Optimizations: A number of optimizations improve performance on larger meshes. You'll see improvements
when you move, scale, or rotate points. Other noticeable optimizations are in OpenGL redraw speed
and subdivision surface updates.
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