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Entry-Level 3D modeling and animation with Carrara. (product spotlight).(Eovia's Carrara 2.0)(Product Announcement)

Computer Graphics World

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Photorealistic rendering and character animation are two of the main features that have been added to Version 2 of Carrara, the low-cost 3D modeling and animation product from Eovia. (Carrara was originally developed by MetaCreations, and is in fact partly based on two of that company's programs at the time: Ray Dream Studio and Infini-D.)

Eovia is pushing hard to promote Carrara to graphics, Web, and multimedia designers as a low cost alternative to higher end products such as Alias|Wavefront's Maya, Discreet's 3ds max, NewTek's LightWave, or Maxon Computer's Cinema 4D.

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"Maya [for example], has been created to be used by designers spending 100 percent of their time on Maya," claims Eovia president and CEO Antoine Clappier. "Carrara Studio is made to deliver simpler but quicker results." And, he adds, it has ...

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