Carrara 8.5 erscheint am 26. August!

Hi,

Carrara 8.5 soll nun endlich am 26. August diesen Monats released werden. Für Besitzer der vorherigen Version die ersten zwei Wochen nach Release mit 50% Rabatt.

Zitat:

"What’s New in Carrara 8.5?

• Native DSON Importer means seamless integration of:
  
  
  • TriAxTMWeight Mapped figures (Genesis, G2F, G2M)
  • General Weight Mapped figures
  • Legacy Parametric Figures (4th Generation and earlier)
  • DSON presets
    
    
    • Scenes
    • Scene Subsets
    • Wearable(s) Preset
    • Character Preset
    • Properties Preset
    • Shaping Preset
    • Pose Preset
    • Hierarchical Material(s) Preset
    • Material(s) Preset
    • Shader Preset (preset must be for a Carrara shader)
    • Camera(s) Preset
    • Light(s) Preset
  • Support for multiple UV sets (through Hierarchical Material(s) Presets and Material(s) Presets)
• Native AutoFit functionality means:
  
  
  • Conversion of legacy parametric clothing to TriAxTM weigh mapped figures
  • Automatic Morph Projection quickly gives you the fit you need for your figure’s shape.
  • Automatic Weight Map Projection allows AutoFit clothing to bend and pose smoothly with the figure.
  • Morphs built into clothing are carried through the AutoFit process.
• Improved Sequencer, Keyframing and Animation Tools
  
  
  • New keyboard shortcuts to:
    
    
    • Play/Stop animation
    • Advance the frame
    • Preview a frame
  • Key Frame Filters
    
    
    • Sample – Creates a key at every frame of the animation.
    • Smooth – Smooth out wild keys to get an even looking animation
    • Reduce – Programatically determine which keys are unecessary and eliminate them.
  • Graph Editor Box allows for fine tuning of animations
    
    
    • Easily adjust timing
    • Simple yet powerful manipulation of amplitude
    • Scale, and translate key frames along the Graph Editor.
    • Marquee selection of key frames for Graph Editor.
• Smart Content and CMS Integration
  
  
  • Carrara can now access the CMS database.
  • New smart content pane allows users to browse smart content by:
    
    
    • File
    • Category
    • Product
  • File view provides selection based filtering so that theuser only sees items compatible with the current instance tray selection.
  • Double click and drag and drop loading are both supported in Smart Content Tab.
• Parameters Actions
  
  
  • Zero, Memorize and Restore:
    
    
    • Figure
    • Figure Shape
    • Figure Pose
    • Selection
    • Selection Shape
    • Selection Pose
    • Selection Tree
    • Selection Tree Pose
    • Selection Tree Shape
  • Provides users with powerful tools to reset a pose, shape or both.
  • Memorize and Restore allow user to take a snap shot of the model’s current pose and/or shape and restore all or part of it.
• Improved Fit to Functionality
  
  
  • Automatic projection and following of morphs for TriAx and Parametric Figures
  • No more relying on built in clothing morphs to fitclothing over a figure. Carrara automatically projects any morphs for a figure onto items conformed to the figure.
• Improved Viewport Avatars
  
  
  • Spotlight, Sunlight, Moonlight, Tube Lights and Shapelights have all received a makeover and can easily be identified in the viewport."

Link: http://carraracafe.com/breath-taking-news-carrara-8-5-to-be-released-this-month/

rk66.