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Eovia Carrara Pro 5.05

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Eovia Carrara Pro 5.05
3D modeler and renderer

Requirements:
PII 300MHz or Higher
Windows 2000/XP/Me
128MB RAM
300MB Hard Drive Space
3D Graphics Adapter Recommended

Good Stuff :
- Great interface
- Nice separation of simple and advanced options
- Truly photo-realistic renderer
- Fast renders, even with high quality
- Packed full of features
- Integration with e frontier's Poser

Bad Stuff :
- No DEM import for terrains

Price: $549 (Upgrade from $169)

Demo Available

Review Date: March 12, 2006 (Update 4/4/06)

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UPDATE

Since publishing the initial review of Carrara 5.05, Eovia released a free update; Carrara 5.1. This free update not only fixes a few bugs, but it also adds some substantial new features to Carrara! You can check it out here.

Introduction

Many years ago, Metacreations developed a 3D graphics application called Ray Dream Studio. A few years later, Ray Dream merged with another Metacreations application called Infini-D to become Carrara. Today, Carrara is produced by Eovia (and has been since that first version), and while the interface shares many common elements to that first version, this is an entirely different application both in capabilities and in form. Carrara now has the features and functionality to go head-to-head with any other 3D graphics application out there. Keep reading and see just what I mean.


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