DAZ Carrara 5 Tutorial - Training Videos

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This DAZ Carrara 5 video tutorial utilizes an easy to follow training format that is both engaging and informative. Created to assist the beginners to intermediate users, the author uses a unique training method that brings a high degree of visual clarity to even the most complex applications. Being over 9 hours long these DAZ Carrara 5 tutorials are extremely comprehensive and easy to follow. Video Training by Experts - Low Cost.

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To allow you to evaluate the quality of the Carrara 5 training course we have made the first 3 chapters of this tutorial available for free viewing online, the purchased version of this training course contains all the topics listed below. The free demos below have been compressed for faster playback over the internet, the audio and video quality of the purchased CD / DVD is far greater. To play the free demo videos you will need QuickTime,

THIS TUTORIAL COVERS THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS

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This Carrara Tutorial covers Studio 4 and offers an in-depth and professional insight to this powerful graphics package, As well as offering the user a high level of features and functionality Carrara also integrates well with other 3D application programs. Authored by expert Doug Sahlin this tutorial is an excellent way for the users to gain a good knowledge of using this application in a creative environment. The tutorial will not only enlighten the user to using Carrara but will also take their creativity to the next level. Topics covered on this tutorial include: 3D Models, View Points and Cameras, Bulb and Spot Light, Lighting Effects, Deformers, Glass, Water, Fire and Fog, Beveling, Polylines, Using the Meta Ball, Patterns and Shades, Bones, Plug ins, and a whole lot more. For a free demo of this training video see the links below. We have have the later Carrara 6 Training for beginners

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The Blue Links below are free demos, when you purchase the video training CD / DVD the enitre content listings below are included , not just the free demo videos.

Introduction to Carrara 5

Using The Cameras

Creating Scenes in Carrara 5

Managing Scene Elements

Setting Up a Scene
Moving/Scaling/Rotating Scene Elements
Aligning/Duplicating/Distributing/Spacing Objects
Using the Eye Dropper

Lighting a Scene

Basic Scene Lighting
Using the Distant Light
Using the Spot Light
Using the Bulb Light
Using the Anything Glows Light
Using the Shape & Tube Light
Best-methods For Lighting
Advanced - Special Lighting Effects

Carrara 5 Modifiers

Using Modifiers & Deformers
Grouped Modifiers

The Three Carrara 5 Modelers

Comparing Spline/Vertex/Metaball Modelers

Spline Modeler

Creating Cross Sections
Creating a Wine Glass
Advanced - Importing From Other Drawing Programs
Advanced 2 - Additional Imports
Extrusion Methods

Vertex Modeler

Vertex Basics
Extruding & Sweeping
Lathing & Lofting
Tool Integration/Creasing/Smoothing
Booleans & the Cut Tool
Drawing/Ruled/Double Sweep Surfaces Tools
Drawing/Gordon/Coons Surfaces Tools
Edge Tools Tutorials

Metaball Modeler

Using the Carrara Metaball Modeler

Creating Terrains in Carrara 5

Introduction to Terrain Objects
Creating & Modifying a Terrain
Using the Map Editor
Creating Realistic Skies

Using the Replicators

What are the Two Replicators?
The Replicator Tutorials 1
The Replicator pt. 2
The Surface Replicator
Advanced - Shader Controlled Surface Replication

Using Shaders

Shader Introduction
Shader Tree & Basic Shader Functions
Using the Shader Tree & Applying Shaders
Working With the Multi-Channel Mixer
Working With Texture Maps
Displacement Maps
Shader Domains & Layer Lists
Carrara Layer Lists Continued
Advanced - Complex Shader Development
Advanced - Animated Displacement Mapping
Advanced - Refraction & Reflection
Translucence
Advanced - The Terrain Shader
Advanced - Terrain Shader Continued

Adding Natural & Environmental Elements

Using Particles Tutorials 1
Using Particles pt. 2
Advanced - Animating Particles & Particle Maps
Adding Fire/Fountains/Fog
Adding Volumetric Clouds

Animating a Scene in Carrara 5

Working With Keyframes
Tweeners
Carrara Motion Paths Tutorials
Using Physics & Behaviors
Advanced - Using the Timeline Graph Editor
Advanced - Camera Animation & Effects

Character Animation

Basic Rigging in Carrara
Adding Bones
Motion Constraints & Inverse Kinematics For Organic Shapes
Influencing Bones With Weightmap Painting
Motion Constraints For Robots
Creating & Using Morph Targets

Importing Poser Files

Importing With Transposer & Poser Native Files

Rendering in Carrara 5

Best-methods For Rendering
Choosing a Render Engine
Rendering Still Images in Carrara
Rendering Animations Tutorials
Rendering With Global Illumination/Caustics/Ambient Occlusion/Irradiance maps
Batch Rendering & Network Rendering

Tutorials Conclusion

Wrap-Up
Contact Information

Carrara 5 Tutorials - VIDEO INFO

» Studio quality audio and video
» Works on Pc or Mac
» Ideal for people that learn quicker by being shown
» Master complex application in days

Title	:	DAZ Carrara 5
Instructor	:	Mark Bremmer
Price	:	US$ 99.95
Duration	:	9 hours - 102 Movies
OS	:	Win Vista XP 98,2000,ME. Mac OS 9, OS X
Delivery Options	:	Ground / 2 day / Next Day
Product Code	:	33714

BENEFITS OF THIS TRAINING COURSE

Master Carrara 5 in the shortest time possible
Self paced tutorial, training on video, at your own pace
Just sit back and watch, no books to read, just easy to follow lessons
Training can be viewed from any location, on PC or Mac
All training is self-contained; you don’t even need the application you are learning loaded on your machine
The most affordable way to learn, benefit from a world-leading expert
High quality content for a fraction of the cost of a classroom training course
The Tutorials can be rewound, fast forwarded or stopped at any time
Learn from the comfort of your own desk.