Helo.Can anyone tell me if Carrara 4 Pro has Poser 6 support.I know it has P5 support,but will there be a patch or anything out for Poser 6 support? Or is there already perhaps? I am interested in it and curious.I wont buy anything if i cant use it in conjunction with Poser:D Thanks for the help. -S74

It seems to be a problem with e-frontier, that still does not have the SDK (Software Developper Kit) available for the people that would have to update the Transposer 2 plugin. So, the support is not complete. But the majority of improvements in Poser 6 were the internal render capabilities. You have to have Poser5 to point C4's Transposer part to, to use it. Good luck!

Thanks for the help.If i had an idea of the render quality of a Poser scene done in Cararra maybe i would just reinstall my Poser 5 and have dual runtimes,anywhere you can point me to such remders?

Attached Link: My most recent Cararra with Poser figure

I do render everything in Carrara 4Pro. But lately I have not been doing a lot of Poser stuff (no time and back problems). But Mon Star was rendered in Carrara, I composited multiple renders in Photoshop, so this might not be the best representation... If you go to the galleries here and select the topic Carrara/RDS you can pick out the ones with Poser figures in them.

Attached Link: This an excellent example

I think!

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=887298&Start=1&Artist=DustRider&ByArtist=Yes&Form.se

Here is a WIP I did in CS4 using HDRI. The sword needs adjusting, but it gives you and idea of what HDRI and global illumination can do for poser figures in Carrara.

As mentioned above, you can usually bring P6 scenes into CS with Transposer if you have P5 installed, and point transposer to the P5 poser.exe. IMHO the render engine in CS4 is much better than P6, and the results from HDRI and global illummination in CS4 can be outstanding. Plus, with CS4 you have a very powerful additional tool set available. The sword in the image was created in CS, and the cloths were done using CS and C4D.

Attached Link: Governor Maximus

Here is a recent image I rendered withCP4 with figure and building from Poser 6 ...HOWEVER I have had no success getting the included poser6 figures "james& jessie" into Carrara pro they wont come in for some reason Oh And I agree that CP4's true HDRI and GI blows away poser6 and its ,slow as winter molassas!!! , IBL and AO render options :-/

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Carrara Pro 4 does not support Poser 5 hair. You need TransPoser 2 to import Poser 5 hair into Carrara Pro 4.

I was able to get Jessi into Carrara via Poser5. I opened Jessi up with P5, got the usual wrong version messages, then saved the .pz3 and opened it with Transposer. Jessi's eyes were displaced a little, but I did this before installing the figure service pack.

Jim Burton's Glamorous Jessi (GJ) is P5 compatible, and works very well in P5 and CS4. GJ's joints are much better than the standard Jessi, but she has more of a "super model" figure which some people don't like :).

This image is of GJ, rendered in CS4 with HDRI/GI. There was very little teaking of the textures (about 2 min worth), and a total setup time in CS of about 10 min. I thought this minimal effort would be a good exaple how easily decent renders can be obtained in CS. With a little more work, the image would be MUCH better.

The outfit was made by me in Hexagon (by Eovia), and the building is "The Street Corner" RubiconDigital by Stefan Kotuziak. The scene was set up in P5, imported into CS4Pro with Transposer2 (note the dynamic hair).

ill try that when i get home tonight!!

Another quick sample to show how easy it is to modify the lighting. Same scene as above, default lights deleted, two "bulb" lights added, intensities adjusted, and camera angle modified. Total time for modifications was less than 30 seconds. Render time 14.5 min.

It needs more refinement on the lighting. But IMHO I think it's another good example of how easy it is to get respectable renders of Poser scenes in CS almost "straight out of the box".

"It seems to be a problem with e-frontier, that still does not have the SDK (Software Developper Kit) available for the people that would have to update the Transposer 2 plugin. So, the support is not complete. But the majority of improvements in Poser 6 were the internal render capabilities. You have to have Poser5 to point C4's Transposer part to, to use it." -Its a bit more then that I think. The SDK is available but from the rumors I have heard it costs more then the current value of Transposer (ie. they'd likely have to greatly increase the prize of transposer and thus make it beyond the reach of most that would use it) This is all assumption on my part from various comments I've heard.

I heard e-frontier considers Cararra a concurrent to Shade and are more interested in building a strong link with DAZ than with Poser, so they are not too keen on 'helping' Eovia and Curious Labs with a (cheap) SDK. But those are rumours too...

Ok,so i have Poser 5 and Poser 6,buti have Poser 6 installed.Does anyone know how i can reinstall Poser 5 and share the same runtime folder as P6 and use C4P this way?

Leav your P6 installation alone Do a bare bones install of poser5 when youfirst import a poser file CP4 will ask for the location of your poser .exe browse to the location of the poser 5 exe and th import should go fine texture and animation etc. if you Do use a poser6 figure like jessi or james you must save then and reopen/resave them from pose5 first then CP4 will recognize them here is P6 jessi in a quickie render in carrarpro4

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=1912653

Yes, you can reinstall P5 and share the same runtime(s). I have P4(PP), P5, and P6 installed. You can "link" P5 to your P6 runtime, and P6 to your P5 runtime. Just make sure that when you reinstall P5 that it is installed in a folder with a unique name (i.e. poser5 rather than just poser) so it doesn't overwrite your P6 install. The default install folder for P6 may be poser6, but I don't remember for sure. I do remember some chatter about some issues with V3 and P5 that you might want to look in to. I think you need to make sure that the delta (injection) !DAZ folders for the DAZ generation 3 figures (V3, M3, etc.) need to be copied to your P5 runtime for things to work properly with characters using injection poses (see link).

Thanks for all the help guys,allright then,hopefully i wont have to revert back to P5 when i get C4P.This has been very enlightning and you all have kick ass galleries! -S74