Hi,

though I've use Carrara for a long while I am not to familar with the multipass functionality and how to blend/use it for either still or animation. I am aiming to do some animation this summer and wanted some info/tutorials on Multipass rendering and how to use these layers.

Any help/direction is appreciated.

Thanks

probably the best is going to be our Mod's tuturials... you can buy the whole package for like $100 I think or just do a one month access for $30.. then you watch the ones you want  ;)

http://www.vtc.com/products/Carrara-7-Pro-Tutorials.htm

Quote - Hi,

though I've use Carrara for a long while I am not to familar with the multipass functionality and how to blend/use it for either still or animation. I am aiming to do some animation this summer and wanted some info/tutorials on Multipass rendering and how to use these layers.

Any help/direction is appreciated.

Thanks

Depending on what you're after, you can use these multipass layers in you're compositing app (Photoshop, After Effects, etc)

You can use some to enhance "depth of field", "fog", "motion blur", or use to isolate certain objects.

While this tutorial is for C4D and AE, you can apply the same principle to Cararra:

http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/maxon-cinema-4d/3d_cg_vfx_cinema4d_c4d_after_effects_rendering_compositing_mulit_pass/

-AniMajik

Not only that. You can change shadow quality (adding more blur or transparency). You can control better the specular, add a better volume with AmbientOcclusion (AO) in the color channel. Theres a lot of things you can do with those layers. I saw one animation that the guy just rendered the color channel (beauty pass or Diffuse) and all shadows was added by rendering the same aniamtion only with Ambient Occlusion, in the end he multiplied AO in the Color channel to get a great depth in the objects.

O good way to start is rendering a PSD file with all channels on, dont forget to turn on SkyLight and add some Ambient Light (this light creates the AO effect), open it in Photoshop or something and watch what every layers do in the final image.

I use it a lot in my illustrations to control shadows and SSS.

Thanks to all. Some good ideas!