Carrara 8.5 Review

New in Carrara 8.5: 

1. Support for imported Genesis .dsf files (best used with DAZ Studio 4.0.3.19 or newer installed). 
2. Character presets can be applied. Go to the Instance Tab, select the 2nd Genesis listed in the tree or the Actor line, and double click the character from the list. If the one of these items is not selected, an additional figure will be loaded with that character applied. 
3. New Parameters Pane and user experience 
4. Carrara 8.5 Parameter Pane. If you are familiar with the Parameters Tab (with the Genesis figure) in DAZ Studio 4, the equivalent to Carrara 8.5 is the Parameter Pane which is accessed by selecting the second Genesis from the list. 
5. Shaping in Parameters Pane. If you are familiar with the Shaping Tab in DAZ Studio 4, the equivalent for Carrara 8.5 can be accessed by selecting the Actor line from the tree in the Instance Pane. 
6. Content Management System or CMS connection to utilize the DAZ Studio database (requires DAZ Studio 4.0.3.19 or newer recommended to be installed). We are looking into a project to install the CMS for Carrara without the need of DAZ Studio. So for the Carrara customers not using DAZ Studio they can still take advantage of the new system. More information will be coming. 
7. AutoFit is included in Carrara 8.5 
8. Fit To (auto generates Genesis morphs) for Genesis designed clothing 
9. Restore Figure tools 
10. Memorize tools 
11. Zero Figure tools 
12. Smart Content Tab (shows all the content with meta data organized similarly to DAZ Studio's Smart Content Tab) 
13. New SubD / Smoothing tool (display the smoothing slider of smoothed vertex object in the assemble room) 
14. Improved Bullet Physics for soft body simulation 
15. aniBlock importer has been updated and fixed for Carrara 8.5 
16. Mac OSX Lion support has been implemented 
17. Geo grafting has been implemented and we continue to work on this feature 
18. New Light Icons to better represent the lights, the controls have also been improved.

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Carrara 8.1.0.153 new version released!

If you have bought Carrara 8, DAZ 3D supports will add this new build to your account. Otherwise, you can Buy Carrara 8 or Buy Carrara 8 Pro with more advanced features. If you are already using this version, then you need not re-download again. It has not changed since the software in beta stage.

Changes since the last production build include:
QuickTime - Fixed second issue of #0040272 (black playback window)
QuickTime - Fixed first issue in #0040272 (options window behind main window)
Quicktime : Fixed #0040222 : Fixed sound saving issue
Rendering : Fixed #0040533 : Fixed shadow catcher issue with raytraced depth of field
3DView : Fixed #0040519 : Fixed display issue with storyboard room
VertexModeler : Issue #0038076 : Fixed snapping issue with the polyline tool
Mac : Issue #0040300 : Fixed sub tool bar clicking issue
VertexModeler : Issue #0039027 : Fixed bounding box position in the assemble room
SMP : Issue #0039916 : Fixed freeze during rendering
Carrara - Fixed some repaint issues, by adding context-flushing
Carrara : Issue #0039865 : Fixed splash screen timeout close issue
3DView : Issue #0040071 : Fixed production frame precision issue in Software renderer
VertexModeler : Issue #0039815 : Fixed bone weight editing undo
VectorRenderer : Issue #0030276 : Fixed issue with skinned objects in animation
Hair : Fixed memory corruption
Network Rendering : Issue #0040167 : Fixed old beta file issue with multi-frame network rendering
Carrara - Fixed and OpenGL flashing issue which affected the 32 bits version when leaving immediate mode

You need to know about this version of Carrara 8:
This version can install over your current version of Carrara 8.0. DAZ 3D's QA team has determined this is an improvement over the last 8.1 production and beta release. This version was released to the DAZ QA team to test and then released to the public for the stability and capabilities feedback. So you can consider this is the most stable version of Carrara 8.

This version was added to your account by the DAZ 3D Customer Support Team. If you had purchased Carrara 8, then it is ready for you to download in your account control panel.