Carrara 3D Basics, available for both the Macintosh and Windows platforms, is the tool of choice for beginners and hobbyists alike who want to learn and create 3D illustrations and animations.   It delivers over 900 ready-to-use 3D objects, 100 materials and textures, eight interactive training lessons, and much more.

Animation

• Keyframe based animation
• Storyboard room
• Constraints: Ball Joint, Axis, Custom, Shaft, Slide
• Tweeners: Linear, Bezier, Discrete, Formula, Oscillate, Velocity

Modeling & 3D Primitives

• Modelers: Spline, Terrain, Text, Metaballs, Formula
• 3D Primitives: Sphere, Cube, Cylinder, Cone, Icosahedron, Infinite Plane, Fire Primitive, Cloud Primitive, Fountain Primitive, Fog Primitive, Terrain Primitive

Texturing & Lighting

• Multichannel shading: Color, highlight, shininess, bump mapping, reflection, transparency, glow
• Basic Shaders: Value, color, texture map
• Natural Functions: Cellular, Marble, Spots, Wood
• Pattern Functions: Checkers, Formula, Gradient, Julia Set, Mandelbrot set, Psychedelic, Wires
• Projection Mapping: Parametric, Flat, Cylindrical, Spherical
• Operators: Add, Multiply, Subtract, Mixer
• Lights: Spot Light, Bulb Light, Distant Light
• Shadow: Soft Shadow, Hard Shadows

Special Effects

• Sky simulation: Sky, Rainbow, Animated Sun, Animated Moon, Moon Phase, Haze, Fog, Cloud Layers, Animated Clouds, Cloud Thickness, Cloud Coverage
• Basic Deformers: Offset, Rotate, Scale, Shatter, Shear, Taper
• Deformers: Bend and Twist, Bulge, Explode, Formula, Punch, Stretch, Atomize, Black Hole, Dissolve, Spherical Morph, Spike, Warp, Circular Wave, Linear Wave
• Behaviors: Bounce, Inverse Kinematics, Point At, Shake, Spin, Track
• Light Effects: Lens Flares, Cross Screen, Glow, Nebula, Pulsator, Stars, Variocross

Rendering

• Hybrid Raytracer
• Raytracer
• Z-Buffer Renderer
• Soft and hard shadows
• True refracted transparency
• Reflection
• Bump mapping
• Light through transparency
• Two level antialiasing
• Image Size up to 1280x1024 pixel

Web Features

• Viewpoint Experience Technology™ - VET (WebXport 2)
• Compatible with Adobe® Atmosphere™ (WebXport 2)

File Formats

• Import formats: Carrara File format (.car), 3DS, DXF, Ray Dream, Infini-D
• Export formats: Carrara File format (.car), 3DS, DXF
• Image File Formats: GIF, JPEG, BMP (Windows only), PICT (Mac only)
• Movie File Formats: QuickTime, AVI (Windows only), Animated GIF

General

• Preview Modes: Bounding Box, Wireframe, Lit Wireframe, Flat Shaded, Gouraud, Textured, Sketch
• 64 Levels of Undo/Redo
• Multiple views: 1,2,3, 4 views
• Drag and Drop
• Hot Keys
• Camera Tools

Supported Operating Systems

• Windows 98, NT 4.0 (SP3 or later), 2000, ME, XP
• Mac OS X (10.1 or later); Mac OS 8.1 or later

System Requirements

  Windows

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

 

Macintosh OS X

• Power Macintosh G3 – 266Mhz or better
• Mac OS X 10.1 or later
• 128 MB of RAM
• 24-bit Color Display
• CD-ROM Drive
• 100 MB free hard drive space

 

Macintosh OS 8, OS 9

• Power Macintosh G3 – 266Mhz or better
• Mac OS 8.1 or later (Mac OS 9.1 recommended)
• 128 MB of RAM
• 16-bit Color Display (24-bit recommended)
• CD-ROM Drive
• 100 MB free hard drive space