Carrara plugin questions?

[gold]

Hi,

I have a couple versions of the Octane plugin already. { for other apps} I do own Carrara , also--- but shelved it some time ago, 'cause it gets so little attention from Daz. However this plugin seems to be getting rave reviews - and it raises Carrara, imho.! So I'm considering it .

questions please:

1. Can I instance a complete Daz character in Carrara/ Octane? if so, How many instances, for a "standard" daz character? will it maintain any animation? Can I create separate animations for each instance? [I realize these estimates are dependent on the video card - so lets say 2GB - 3GB for an average card?]

2 I note sci- fi funk has some excellent tutorials where he pushed Carrara and Poser characters to
the limits. Bravo! To- sci- fi funk: Can your 132 character limit,{ Carrara / poser} for example, also be gotten in Carrara/ octane? { or close? }

3. Does animation work reasonable well ? [ no dropped frames, or strange artifacts? }

4. Do expected functions like Shadow catcher work yet? any other observations, or recommendations anyone?

thank you gentlemen.

[Tugpsx]

Animation is easy enough. Even with this Howie scene and a Car it held up very well

ForestRunII.gif

See page 5 of post for animated GIF sequence
http://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 17#p205917

[gold]

Thanks tugpsx for reply,

That gif does look very good. Although hard to judge any problems from that small size.



Are people recommending 8.1 over 8.5 for Octane? I have neither installed current.
I'm mainly interested in V4 - M4 poser character animations, [ small - large scenes.]

My content is mainly Poser at this Point.

thanks

[Tugpsx]

The scene is in Carrara 8.5 with latest Octane plugin. Loading Howie scenes works very well. This was a 340 frame scene with 2 cameras.
The key to getting Octane working for you is in the way you configure your system. If you can set a separate GPU for rendering than that used for viewing Carrara or any other Octane compatible program then you will notice the advantage.
Do not connect a display to the render GPU since it uses some of the ram to display the images. If you have to use the same GPU for display and render be sure to set render priority.

[gold]

thanks,

I should say I'm not an Octane Newbie. I have version 2 running in Poser quite well now. [ BTW - The
plugin designer is excellent -and super fast with updates, and support. ]

however, Im interested in learning about Carrara / octane now! -- and the raves I hear about it!

[orion_uk]

Hi Gold

I worked on the video for the official release/manual found here:
http://render.otoy.com/manuals/Carrara/
There is also contributions from the other users involved in the closed beta testing sessions in the 1st video you see on the page, my video is the second one down. While my video only contained what I had available at the time (wips) it will give you some idea of the features that were current at the time of making it. Please try to keep in mind that MANY more features have been added and the video could have been much better if I had more time and not only just got my second graphics card towards the end of this video !

As you will see, the shadow catcher works great and there were many other additions that complimented Sighmons ability to produce a VERY stable plugin quite early on.

You can also see samples of my stills & animations (more wips I am afraid!) at my website I am sticking currently together...
http://www.neil-isted.com

[gold]

well thanks orion_uk for reply,.... some very interesting, and well done scenes there! .... Is that Michael 6 with Ringo Montforts shader pack? { star of second video ? }

Looks like everyone is having great fun with the "new" Carrara!

Is the Carrara EnvironKit - Woodlands . working in Octane? or Carrara EnvironKit - Badlands? anyone?
Can they be traversed easier than large Poser 2014 pro scenes, which slow to a frustaring crawl?

thanks

[gold]

MORE

are any of Andrey Pestryakov Forest scenes working -- and manageable to navigate -- in Carrara Octane?
anyone know?

[gold]

When does the 2.x Beta sale price end, anyone?

thanks

[Sighman]

When does the 2.x Beta sale price end, anyone?

thanks

I don't expect the price to go up until the end of the year at the earliest.