DAZ 3D releases Carrara 6
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Aug 30, 2007 at 1:58pm
DAZ 3D has released Carrara 6, the latest version of their 3D modeling, animation, and rendering application. Version 6 provides 3D figure posing and animation, modeling, environment creation, and rendering tools within a single application.
Support for DAZ 3D content includes handling of morph targets, the conversion of Surface Materials and Rigging, as well as support for Enhanced Remote Control (ERC), which allows users control over multiple translation and transform dials simultaneously. Carrara 6 boasts: Non-linear Animation, giving users the ability to create clips of animation that can be reused and combined on multiple tracks of animation; Dynamic Hair that allows artists to style, cut, and brush the hair; Displacement Modeling where the user can paint detail on a model using free-form brush tools; Symmetrical Modeling that allows content creators to edit both sides of a symmetrical object at the same time using a variety of editing tools; and In-Scattering of light, which when combined with the new Ocean primitive provides real water surface and wave simulation.
Carrara 6 Pro is available for sale on the DAZ 3D web site with a special introductory discount being offered to customers. Carrara 6 Pro has an manufacturers suggested retail price of US$549. The standard edition of Carrara 6, soon to be released, will cost $249.
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