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Carrara 8 – Basic Users Guide
General Scene Settings Preferences
To set General Scene Settings:
1. Choose File > Preferences.
2. Choose General Scene Settings from the pop-up
menu.
Then choose the following options:
1. Choose a measurement system (U.S. or Metric) from
the 3D Unit System list. Your selection becomes the
default unit of measure for all 3D objects.
2. Choose a measure system for time in the Time
Units list. Choices are SMPTE or frames.
3. Choose the default number of Frames Per Second
that you want to use in animation. The default setting
is 24 FPS, but available options range from 1 to 60
FPS.
4. In the Interactive Render list, select the type of display
you want to use for the Interactive Renderer.
Choices are OpenGL or Software.
5. In the Tweener list, check the default option for calculating
movement that is in between keyframes.
Options are Bézier, Discrete, Formula, Linear,
Noise Tweener, Oscillate, Spline, and Velocity.
These options are discussed in more detail in
"Tweeners."
6. In the Dragging a Browser Shader into the Scene section, check or uncheck the options to ask what to do with duplicates
(shaders that are already used in your scene), or to create a new master shader automatically when you add
a browser shader into the scene.
Setting Units of Measurement
When you configure General Scene Settings preferences, Carrara allows you
to choose between U.S. and Metric measurement systems. The Interface tab
in the Properties tray allows you to define the displayed units that are used in
your scene.
To configure the displayed units for your scene:
1. Open the Scene tabs in the Properties tray using any of the following
methods:
• In the Document window, click the Working Box, or click outside
any objects in your scene.
• From the Sequencer tray, choose Scene Effects.
• From the Instances tab, click Scene.
2. Open the Properties tray: Interface tab: Displayed Units panel.
3. Use the Displayed Unit menu to select the units of measurement. Choices are pixel, pt, pica, in, ft, mi, mm, cm, m,
or km.
4. Choose the desired number of decimal points (0 through 5) from the Display Up To menu.
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