Forum: Carrara


Subject: been away for awhile - what is the latest verson

estherau opened this issue on Sep 20, 2008 · 29 posts


sparrownightmare posted Thu, 25 September 2008 at 9:35 AM

I don't know if this will help, but I sometimes use a slightly different workflow.  I use the "Advanced Library" program for poser.  It has a few advantages over C6 or Poser for importing/loading content.  First off, it has a beautiful search function which will even tell you the names of the specific files that make up a poser content item.  You can do a search and it will bring up the thumbnails which match the search criteria, and on the left, if you have all of the basic categories (Figures, Poses, Props, Hair.. Etc...) expanded, when you click on an item, it will show you exactly what poser folder it is in.  It can also be used to load files into poser so you don't have to deal with the slow cumbersome and pretty much useless Poser Library.  To do this you will need the Remote Procedure Call Python Script.  I will provide some links at the end of this message.

The other feature which I find invaluable is the capability to import poser content directly into Carrara from the Advanced Library application.  I sometimes use this if I run into a situation where for some reason poser will not load or oad correctly a piece of Poser content.  It's very easy to set up and the search functions save a LOT of time.  Maybe DAZ will someday add this functionality to Carrara itself but I use the AL program to find what I want, then I normally use Carrara to open it or AL to import it.

Here is a link to the main Advanced Library program (BYW it is totally free. http://www.neocron.lunarpages.com/library/

Here is a link to the free Poser Remote Procedure Call Python script.
http://prpc.sourceforge.net/

Give it a shot, its really a time saver.