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[maximkovalenko]

I have seen the future my friends...

The future is Carrara 5

I managed to nab some time on a computer that had it for a while this morning and did some test runs of some things...The results are staggering to say the least.

I used my reference character (Julia Wells) because f all the custom texture work and such that went into creating her and I find the results to be absolutely incredible.

What you are looking at behind the cut is a straight import into Carrara of the just the basic Poser file...for image quality I cranked the shit out of everything.





My friends, I am absolutely astonished at just how good a job it does.  For the graphic/computer geeks out there, C5 does multithread support for rendering too, plus you can set up rendering nodes like you can with Bryce foir  a home grown render farm.

After seeing the results of this, I have to honestly say that I think Bryce is finished.

Comments

Wow.

[gamerchick.livejournal.com]

I don't know anything about computer graphics, but even I can tell that that's *incredible*.

Re: Wow.

[maximkovalenko.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

I didn't expect anything nearly this good...I had nothing but problems with the previous version...

It looks like once I start working again that I have a couple of new purchases on the horizon;)

[lordravage.livejournal.com]

WOW! Love it!

Does it take longer to render in C5 then Bryce?

I am trying to incorp bryce into CDI but my comp is way too slow. It will take way too long to render the things I need..:P

I gues what I am asking Is C5 worth it?

:D

~Julian

[maximkovalenko.livejournal.com]

On average, things tend to take less time to render in C5 than in Bryce...

However, there are some caveats to this...

1. YOu can configure your render in a lot more detail (options, depth of field) and the like than Bryce allows you.

2. The other thing is that C5 allows you to truly use a hyperthreaded processor like it was meant to be used (aka as a dual core). That can be turned on and off. Heat will be an issue, I have already had one processor shut down due to overheating.

C5 isn't as simple to use as Bryce...the learning curve seems to be a little bit steeper...(I'm mainly using it as a render engine right now)

In the end I guess my answer is...it can be worth it, if you are willing to take the time and effort to do it.

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[meteru.livejournal.com]

Holy shit.

Wow.

Me wants. Actually I think I have it somewhere, just never got around to installing it. Perhaps I should make the time.

That render is just incredible, man. I'm gonna have to set it up and see how the new Michiko looks.

[maximkovalenko.livejournal.com]

I've been playing around with this off and on all day...what absolutely nails it is the Transposer plugin that comes with Carrara Pro 5.

The only thing I got to worry about with my rig is heat issues...C5 will actually use both halfs of an HT processor . On my rig, heat can build up pretty damn quick...all the more reason for me to finally step over to a desktop someday...

I've been thinking Alienware MJ12 dual Xeons for quite sometime ;)


Oh and did I mention that Transposer also handles dynamic hair as well?

[meteru.livejournal.com]

Yep, definitely gotta try it out.

[maximkovalenko.livejournal.com]

The only thing I really haven't tried it out on so far is Aiko, at this point.

I've ran through the base Poser figures...plus V3 and M3 without a hitch...


THe only thing that makes me twitch a bit is the "floating eyebrow thing" with Aiko. I have no idea how that wil turn out.

[meteru.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm curious myself. I know it's a major pain in the ass with Bryce, but I wonder how Carrara will handle it.