Sporting an elegant and simple-to-use interface, Carrara Studio 3 offers a complete solution for 3D modeling, animation and rendering. Available for Macintosh and Windows, Carrara Studio 3 combines the features and price that are sought after by anyone wanting to create high-caliber 3D content.

Animation

• General Animation
• Character Animation
• Forward and Inverse Kinematics (IK and FK)
• Bones and Skinning
• Modifiers and Behaviors
• Physics
• Custom Constraints and Tweeners
• Animatable Textures, Lighting and Effects
• Particle Animation
• Motion Blur

Modeling

• Polygonal
• Subdivision Surfaces
• Spline based
• Metaballs
• Terrains
• Plants
• Formulas
• Boolean operations
• Text
• 4-D clouds

Rendering

• Draft Render
• Non Photo Realistic Renderer (Painterly effects)
• Ray Traced Photo Realistic Renderer
• Cartoon Rendering (Toon)
• Caustics
• Global Illumination
• HDRI
• Ray Traced Soft Shadows
• Indirect Lighting including Reflected and Refracted Light
• Fully customizable rendering settings
• Alpha, Pixel Color, Distance, Object Index, Normal Vector, 3D Position and Surface Coordinates Channel Support
• Area Render Tool
• Batch Rendering
• Multi-Processor/SMP support

Shaders and Texturing

• Built in UV Editor
• Basic Shaders
• Projection Mapping
• Parametric Mapping
• Layered Shaders
• Numerous Procedurals
• Bump Mapping
• True Refraction

Lighting

• Volumetric 3d Light Cones and Spheres
• Lens flare
• Spot, Bulb, Distant and Sky Lights
• Gels
• Light Effects such as Stars and Variocross
• Per Object Auras
• Light Emitting objects

Cameras

• Isometric
• Conical
• Spherical (For HDRI Image Compositing)   
• Full Camera Manipulation and Animation
• Depth of Field
• Adjustable Title Safe Area

Scene Features

• Collision Detection
• Sky Generator
• Fog
• OpenGL support
• Multiple preview modes
• Storyboard Room
• Full Hierarchy Manipulation
• Ghost Menu
• Multiple Working Views

Web Features

• Gif and Animated Gif Support
• VRML 1 and 2 Output
• Viewpoint Experience Technology ™ (VET) Export
• Macromedia© Shockwave© 3D Export
• Macromedia Flash© 3d Export – via Eovia VectorSytle plug-in

3D File Format Support

• Import and Export:.3ds, . dxf, . obj, .Car
• Import only: Amapi 3D (.a3d and .a3p) Infini-d (.ids, . ido and .id4), Ray Dream (.rd3, .d3d, .rd4, . rds, . rdd)
• Export Only: Shockwave (.w3d), Viewpoint Experience Technology ™ (VET) Export (.html), VRML (. wrl)

2D File Format Support

• Import and Export: . psd, .gif, .jpeg, . mov, . tif, .pct, . avi, .bmp, . pcx, . tga
• Import Only: Adobe© Illustrator© v8 compatible (. ai and . eps) for cross sections in spline modeler
• Export Only: Animated Gif (.gif)
• Sequenced image output for all supported 2d file types

Supported Operating Systems

• Windows 98, NT 4.0 (SP3 or later), 2000, ME, XP
• Mac OS X (10.1 or later); Mac OS 9.0 or later

System Requirements

Macintosh OS X

• Power Macintosh G3 – 266Mhz or better
• Mac OS X 10.1 or later
• 128 MB of RAM
• 24-bit Color Display
• 3D graphics accelerator card recommended
• CD-ROM Drive
• 300 MB free hard drive space

 

Macintosh OS 9

• Power Macintosh G3 – 266Mhz or better
• Mac OS 9.0 or later
• 128 MB of RAM
• 16-bit Color Display (24-bit recommended)
• 3D graphics accelerator card recommended
• CD-ROM Drive
• 300 MB free hard drive space

 

Windows

• PentiumII – 300Mhz or better
• Windows 98/2000/XP/ME/NT 4.0 (with SP3 or later)
• 128 MB of Physical RAM
• 16-bit Color Display (24-bit recommended)
• 3D graphics accelerator card recommended
• CD-ROM Drive
• 300 MB free hard drive space