Carrara 8 Beta 1 (PC - MAC)

If time and money are important to you, then you'll want Carrara 8 Pro. Not only will it save you both, but with support for 64-bit and multi-core processors (plus multi-threading) and network render nodes you'll finish your renders in a fraction of the time it would otherwise take.

Features in this Carrara 8.0 Beta-1 open development release:

1. 64-Bit support for the PC [and Mac]

2. Most CPU intensive calculations are now Multi-threaded

3. Data exchange
a. Utilize the latest FBX capabilities including animations
i. Fixes to FBX are included along with an updated toolset
b. COLLADA - data exchange to multiple applications has been improved

4. Figure or content/clothing can now be edited in Vertex modeler without
the need to zero the figure. This will help a user modify clothing on a figure in a posed position.

5. Render times have been reduced.

6. Network Rendering has improved
a. Remove nodes from master machine has been added
b. Can now set nodes to render frames instead of buckets for animation

7. Better lighting, more realistic, improved User Interface
a. Barn Doors for spotlights
b. Negative lights
c. God Rays
d. IES lighting

8. Animation tools - Fixed the issue with .avi not containing audio

9. Normal Maps

Bugs Fixed for Carrara 8.0 Beta

0034611- Improved the ambient occlusion pass
0034490- Some scenes do not render in batch mode
0034449- Cannot set "Named File" in the Render room
0033834- No normal event processing should happen in modal
windows.
0034458- Missing and/or distorted previews.
0032159- LOD does not work when Morphs applied.
0032151- benchmark scene very slow to
0032181- Cannot import DAZ Studio 3 files on the Mac
0033607- Unable to load Studio 3105-3106 scenes
0027339- DAZ Studio scenes do not import into Carrara
0034437- Cannot move, resize or rotate groups
0032159- LOD does not work when Morphs applied
0033666- OpenGl issues
0032606- Interface glitches in all the modes pretty much kill this build
0033834- Backdrop does not load + interface glitch
0027406- MAT Injection Texture Issues
0032944- Particle Simulation not multi-threaded or very slow
0028911- After Effects CS3/4 import /export
0032979- Freeze with file open
0033377- Alpha Channel not respected in Depth-Pass
0033308- Content with geometrie switches causes "rendering failed"/ crash in the vertex room
0033619- Build 77-Grid Filling and Rendering Replicated Objects is NOT Multi-Thread Optimized
0032045- Cant stop Animation Render
0032049- An Error Has Occurred
0033537- Flashing Velocity pass issue
0033734- IES light presets and thumbnail preview
0033683- External disks not accessible
0033869- HR2 hair and PP2 smart props are not rendering and are importing with 0 dimensions. (64 bit)
0033450- Rendering causes instant hang
0033857- FBX export is not exporting textures
0027911- Collada export does not import into Lightwave
0032898- Test Render window leaves a white line
0033712- Crashes to desktop
0027993- Request for IES Lights in
0033742- Crash on starting Carrara
0031665- Hair Issues-Crash-Errors-Major