Carrara 5 pro handbook

Whether you are a new or seasoned user, you'll find everything you need to get started with Carrara 5 in The Carrara 5 Pro Handbook. This edition has been completely updated to teach everything you need to know about Carrara, especially many of the new and advanced features. Explore new and creative ways to use Carrara through a great collection of step-by-step tutorials written by industry experts, including two bonus comprehensive modeling tutorials with Eovia's newest application Hexagon. These hands-on tutorials progress from basic to advanced, guiding you from the basics of 3D modeling to the challenges of animation.The book is structured so that the process of creating 3D illustrations and animations flows logically from one chapter to another. And by using this approach you can easily learn the technical aspects of working with Carrara Pro and achieve a tangible understanding of the workflow involved in creating 3D content. By the end of the book, you'll know how to use the powerful tools of Carrara 5 Pro, have new and improved 3D skills, and have gained experience in 3D production concepts. This is a must-have resource for new and seasoned users a like!

Peter MacDougallAndrea NewtonDavid Bell and Lisa YimmEric Winemiller

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Part I Understanding 3D	p. 1
Chapter 1 Concepts and Techniques in 3D Modeling	p. 3
Getting Around in 3D: Cartesian Coordinates	p. 4
Vertices and Polygons	p. 7
Curves	p. 9
Surfaces	p. 10
Subdivision Surfaces	p. 12
Primitives	p. 13
Summary	p. 14
Chapter 2 3D Texturing Techniques	p. 15
What is 3D Texturing?	p. 16
Procedural Textures	p. 17
Projection Mapping	p. 19
UV Mapping	p. 21
Shader Channels	p. 24
Summary	p. 26
Chapter 3 3D Animation: Making Things Move	p. 27
What is Animation?	p. 28
Key Frames and Tweeners	p. 28
The Timeline	p. 29
The Graph Editor	p. 30
Animation Methods	p. 31
Summary	p. 36
Part II Getting to Know Carrara	p. 37
Chapter 4 Exploring the Carrara Workspace	p. 39
The Workspace	p. 40
The Document Window	p. 41
The Properties Tray	p. 43
The Sequencer Tray	p. 44
The Browser	p. 45
Customizing Carrara	p. 46
Summary	p. 48
Chapter 5 Working in the Assemble Room	p. 49
Manipulating 3D Objects: Move, Scale, and Rotate	p. 50
Inserting and Positioning Cameras	p. 56
Inserting and Positioning Lights	p. 59
Creating a Simple Animation	p. 61
Summary	p. 65
Chapter 6 Building Shaders in the Texture Room	p. 67
The Texture Room	p. 68
Working with Shaders	p. 68
Summary	p. 76
Chapter 7 The Carrara Modeling Rooms	p. 77
Exploring the Spline Modeler	p. 78
Exploring the Vertex Modeler	p. 84
The Carrara UV Editor	p. 87
Summary	p. 88
Chapter 8 Rendering Scenes and Animations	p. 89
The Render Room	p. 90
Photorealistic Rendering	p. 94
Non-Photorealistic Rendering	p. 96
Rendering an Animation	p. 97
Summary	p. 100
Part III Modeling with Carrara and Hexagon	p. 101
Chapter 9 Modeling with the Carrara Spline Modeler	p. 103
Modeling the Rocket Body	p. 104
Modeling the Rocket Engine Nozzle	p. 121
Assembling the Rocket	p. 131
Summary	p. 132
Chapter 10 Modeling with the Vertex Modeler	p. 133
Tutorial 10.1 Box Modeling a Low-Poly Character	p. 134
Tutorial 10.2 Modeling an Airplane	p. 166
Summary	p. 188
Chapter 11 Modeling with Hexagon	p. 189
Tutorial 11.1 Modeling a Character Head (by Jack Whitney)	p. 190
Tutorial 11.2 Modeling a Concept Car (by Patrick Tuten)	p. 216
Summary	p. 240
Part IV Texturing with Carrara	p. 241
Chapter 12 Texturing with Carrara	p. 243
Tutorial 12.1 Projection Mapping, Bump Maps, Color, and Layers	p. 244
Tutorial 12.2 Texturing with Shading Domains	p. 257
Tutorial 12.3 Texturing with the UV Editor	p. 266
Summary	p. 276
Chapter 13 Advanced Shaders: Subsurface Scattering and Displacement Mapping	p. 277
Tutorial 13.1 Subsurface Scattering	p. 278
Tutorial 13.2 Displacement Mapping	p. 283
Summary	p. 288
Part V Animation with Carrara	p. 289
Chapter 14 Animating with Morph Targets	p. 291
Tutorial 14.1 Creating Morph Targets	p. 295
Tutorial 14.2 Lip Synching with Morph Targets	p. 300
Summary	p. 306
Chapter 15 Animating a Walk Cycle with Bones	p. 307
Tutorial 15.1 Rigging a Character with Bones and IK	p. 309
Tutorial 15.2 Animating a Basic Walk Cycle with Bones and Kinematics	p. 332
Summary	p. 354
Part VI Rendering with Carrara	p. 355
16 Advanced Rendering with Carrara	p. 357
Tutorial 16.1 Global Illumination-Indirect Lighting and Skylight	p. 359
Tutorial 16.2 High Dynamic Range Image (HDRI)	p. 365
Tutorial 16.3 Caustics	p. 369
Tutorial 16.4 Motion Blur	p. 373
Tutorial 16.5 Non-Photorealistic Render (NPR)	p. 376
Summary	p. 381
Part VII Carrara and Other Programs	p. 383
Chapter 17 Converting Carrara Scenes to Vectors with VectorStyle2	p. 385
Tutorial 17.1 VectorStyle to Flash	p. 387
Tutorial 17.2 VectorStyle to Illustrator	p. 395
Summary	p. 398
Chapter 18 Importing A Poser Scene with the Native Importer	p. 399
Overview of the Poser Workspace	p. 400
Tutorial 18.1 Creating a Still Image with Poser and Carrara	p. 405
Tutorial 18.2 Creating an Animation with Poser and Carrara	p. 434
Summary	p. 444
Chapter 19 Postproduction with After Effects 6.5	p. 447
Rendering the 3D Helicopter	p. 449
Integration with After Effects	p. 459
Summary	p. 462
Part VIII Carrara Plug-Ins	p. 463
Chapter 20 Digital Carver Guild Plug-Ins for Carrara	p. 465
Tutorial 20.1 Making a Fairy Ring with Anything Grows	p. 466
Tutorial 20.2 Creating Old Chipped Paint and Rust with Anything Goos	p. 474
Tutorial 20.3 Making a Robot Bug Walk with Cognito	p. 479
Summary	p. 486
Appendix A Contributing Author Biographies	p. 487
Appendix B About the CD-ROM	p. 489
Index	p. 493

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