Hi folks,
Anything Grows 2.5 is now available. For the most part it's just a simple bug patch, but we've sneaked a couple new features in there for the animators! There is a new Bones Mode that goes back to the original unmodified mesh to calculate strand placement and size so that Anything Grows now plays nicely with Carrara's bones. Additionally Gravity can be applied to work locally or globally so when your character does somersaults, the fur droops in the right direction.

Check out the Anything Grows and Bones tutorial at

http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/tutorials/agrobone/

and check the QuickTime movie of the final render at

http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/tutorials/agrobone/glider.mov

There is no cost to upgrade for existing Anything Grows customers.

You can download the update or try out Anything Grows from the locations below

Carrara 1.1
PC
http://digitalcarversguild.com/downloads/anythinggrows.zip
Mac
http://digitalcarversguild.com/downloads/anythinggrows.sit

Carrara 2.0
PC
http://digitalcarversguild.com/downloads/c2/anythinggrows.zip
Mac OS9
http://digitalcarversguild.com/downloads/c2/anythinggrowsos9.sit
Mac OSX
http://digitalcarversguild.com/downloads/c2/anythinggrowsosx.sit

Best regards,
Eric Winemiller
Digital Carvers Guild
3D extensions for Carrara
http://digitalcarversguild.com

That's very cool Eric, thanks :) You say it's for Carrara 2.0, will it run okay on version 2.1 ? litst

Yes, cut and paste error there, should have said 2.1. Thanks, Eric Winemiller Digital Carvers Guild 3D extensions for Carrara http://digitalcarversguild.com

Excellent!

One quick update, the 2.5 release broke tip objects on machines without Altivec or SSE (G3s, pre-XP Athlons, PIIs). There is now a 2.51 at the links above that fixes the problem. Best regards, Eric Winemiller Digital Carvers Guild 3D extensions for Carrara http://digitalcarversguild.com