Awesome. It is free but it doesn't load the scene preset. You need the app disk for that. No biggie.....it's free after all!

-Dooki

FYI, you can copy (or move) the presets & shaders folders from the older version to the new version. When you relaunch v7 you'll be good to go!

-Dooki

True, the presets haven't changed all that much since v5 or v6.

I'd hope this was an accident and not on purpose by DAZ. The presets are really what makes Carrrara shine.

If a serial number is provided, perhaps registering it at DAZ and then resetting your downloads will provide the option to download the latest (any v7 Pro updates along with the full installer containing the presets.)

Or perhaps mention this at the forums and see what they say - perhaps they'll provide a direct download link.

-Will

Whoah! that's a good deal for the pro version!

I imagine they get more exposure this way?!

I've tried a couple of times to get around polys in the past without great success.

I've been tinkering with Silo recently and kinda like the approach, I find it easier to pick up, being dedicated to modeling.

Marc

Silo is a truly excellent SDS modeler, it was a cruel and sad day when the developers decided to abandon focused development on the product and remove themselves from access by the customer base...

With a couple more features and perhaps a 64-bit version, it would have been the modeler of choice for a large group of people!

-Will

To add this, another magazine offer the same version.

3DArtist, issue 17 has a copy of the Carrara 7 Pro too.

http://www.3dartistonline.com/

Speaking of Carrara... is there ANY form of trial or demo for Carrara 8?

(is it similar in function and interface to Carrara 7? Because I can find a trial for that...)

I'd kinda like to test it out... I'm looking for a new renderer (really hating Blender's terrible interface, and 3ds Max is too expensive at $4,000)...

So far I'm thinking Modo. But perhaps I should consider Cinema 4D or Carrara?

Just get one of the magazines and you can try v7. V8 did not add much in the way of rendering that v7 did not have.

Hi NightCabbage,

> So far I'm thinking Modo. But perhaps I should
> consider Cinema 4D or Carrara?

Any of those would be good. But Carrara v7 has quite a lot of rendering functionality in it and is pretty easy to use, so you may want to just pick up one of the magazines that has it and get that one for free!

- Michael

That sounds good!

I wonder where I can hunt down the magazine in Australia - anyone know if it's commonly sold at newsagents here?

Hi NightCabbage,

These magazines are sold at Elizabeth Shopping Centre (Adelaide) so I'm guessing you will be able to get it. At the moment though, I can only find the July issues (we seem to be behind). I want to get it too.

For rendering, Kerkythea has an excellent scene editor and high quality renderer. Not much development on it these days but that doesn't stop it working as well as it always has, which is very good indeed for a freebie.

Although Simlab Composer isn't the knockdown price it was, it is still good value and the features keep coming. One of the handful of purchases I've made that I'm well pleased with.

> I wonder where I can hunt down the magazine in Australia

Borders bookstore has it.

Cheers

Thanks :)

Hmm, Carrara 7 seems to be much easier to use than Blender so far...

Maybe I won't need to buy Modo just yet?
(and Cinema 4D is a bit too expensive with all the modules I'd want)

Hi NightCabbage,

> I wonder where I can hunt down the magazine in Australia - anyone know if it's commonly sold at newsagents here? <


I've seen & bought the magazine several times at the local Newsagents in Berwick, Victoria where I live.
The other day I noticed the current issue available on stands seems to be July, but sometimes they'll have "The Very Latest" issue.
Those "Very Latest" issues are typically Air Expressed to Australia, all sealed & specially marked, so they usually cost about $20+

As your down in Tassy, not too sure what your Newsagents would be like...maybe try one of the bigger ones in the City?

HTH, Colin

Yes I think I might have to go have a look around and see waht I can find :)

I wonder what my next course of action should be if I can't find them. I suppose I could get someone to mail me one and I can paypal them the money lol

I think you can order a single issue straight from Future Publishing.

Yes, you can.

But as I recommended at the start of this thread, if you can swing it, I highly recommend you take out a subscription because the included CDs/DVDs makes the somewhat high price of the subscription worth it in most cases. ;-)

-Will

PS - You can also grab a subscription at http://www.imsnews.com/home.php?page=magPage&pubid=3590