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Like its predecessor Carrara 4, Carrara 5 is available in two versions: Carrara 5 and Carrara 5 Pro, making it more affordable than ever without compromising the market-leading features that professional designers demand.

The attractively-priced Carrara 5 offers a vast array of tools that any graphic artist needs to create stunning 3D still images and animations.

Carrara 5 Pro delivers a professional-level feature-set, lavishing speed and power that enable advanced users to deliver high-calibre results within the tightest deadlines without breaking budgets.

Check out below the comparative feature grid of Carrara 5:

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Feature Carrara 4 Std Carrara 4 Pro Carrara 5 Std Carrara 5 Pro
General        
Update Notification No No New New
New Presets No No New New
         
User Interface        
New User Interface No No New New
Redesigned Browser / Wizards Yes Yes Improved Improved
Custom Keyboard Shortcuts No No New New
OpenGL Support Yes Yes Improved Improved
         
Assembling        
Replicator No No New New
Surface Replicator No No New New
         
Animation        
Graph Editor No No No New
Skinning : weight painting tools No No New New
Joint orientation tool No No New New
Particle Engine Yes Yes New New
         
Nature Modeling        
Volumetric Clouds Yes Yes New New
         
Vertex Modeling        
Manipulators No No New New
Improved subdivision tools Yes Yes Improved Improved
Selection tools (lasso, soft, loop, ring, etc.) No No New New
Boolean tool Yes Yes New New
Bevel tool No No New New
Edge Tools No No No New
Advanced surface tools No No No New
         
Shading and Lighting        
Shader Editor Yes Yes Improved Improved
Anisotropic lighting model No No New New
Fresnel effect No No New New
         
Rendering        
Displacement Mapping No No New New
Subsurface Scattering No No New New
GI Fly through optimizations No No New New
Irradiance Maps loading/saving No No No New
Ambient Occlusion No No New New
Network Rendering No No No Yes
         
Import/Export        
Poser Characters Import (.pz3/.cr2) No No New New
RPF Export No No No New
FBX Import Plug-In Version 5 only No V. 5 & 6
FBX Export No No No New V. 5 & 6
BVH (motion capture) Import No Yes No Yes
COB (trueSpace) Import No Yes No Yes
MatchMover Pro Import No No No New
Syntheyes Import No No No New
After Effects Camera Export No No No New
CAD imports: IGES, STEP, DWG, STL, SAT, VDAFS, VRML, OIV, and OpenNURBS No No No Yes
         
Plug-Ins        
TransPoser 2 Plug-In Plug-In Plug-In Included
         
Moved from C4 Pro to Carrara 5        
Sound Support No Yes Yes Yes
Sound Scrubbing No Yes Yes Yes
Blurry Reflections No Yes Yes Yes
3D Motion Blur No Yes Yes Yes
LWO (Lightwave) Import Plug-In Yes Yes Yes