Steve K said:

Headwax said:

letz try that again - ai must be killing daz as a company...

and killing illustrators, what takes me a few days to to in carrara takes ten seconds typing 

"I have a bad feeling about this."   

me too , can you do pics of George washingup here? Note the photorealism of the last image :)

Stezza said:

I'm using Carrara to do this.... 

and using Gemini to fix up.... time taken approx.. from setting up in Carrara to image ---> about 10 minutes  

 

 

 

crackup! better than mine :0 or ai's i mean

Headwax said:

letz try that again - ai must be killing daz as a company...

and killing illustrators, what takes me a few days to to in carrara takes ten seconds typing 

"I have a bad feeling about this."   

I'm using Carrara to do this.... 

and using Gemini to fix up.... time taken approx.. from setting up in Carrara to image ---> about 10 minutes  

TAFA (Timothy Albee's Facial Animation) tool originally cost $500 but is completely free now.  Originally a Lightwave 3D friendly tool, I believe it is a standalone software with some Poser compatibility which presumably gives it some Carrara compatibility.  The original TAFA sales site still contains useful at-a-glance information:-

https://www.ta-animation.com/tafa.php

Free download from below link (because the developer, Mac Reiter, lost his original proper installation file on his own site):-

https://archive.org/details/tafa-character-animation-lip-sync-tool

Serial number is TAFA-1313-1859-2051

Below is the link to the source confirming he released TAFA free:-

https://forum.vizrt.com/index.php?threads/if-you-love-something-set-it-free-tafa.246778/

Another TAFA general interest link:-

https://forum.winworldpc.com/discussion/15232/offer-tafa-character-animation-lip-sync-tool

If anyone does get around to testing and a Carrara workflow please do share any findings on the forum.  Little known but apparently quite powerful, I guess the oldies are still the goodies in many cases... 

Stezza said:

thems iPads have a mind of their own!

anyways.... feel like the world is getting your Runtime down? 

then you need the Truckit Bucket! 

modelled from the Carrara Cube for you to use to your hearts content.... it's in the zip file 

beaut stuff,  what crap do you mean :) ?

letz try that again - ai must be killing daz as a company...

and killing illustrators, what takes me a few days to to in carrara takes ten seconds typing 

well 'killing' is overused as a metaphor thing I guess

LoRez LoRenzos et al with the Truckit Bucket 
more....Wacky Modelling ~ In Carrara ~ - Page 59 - Daz 3D Forums

thems iPads have a mind of their own!

anyways.... feel like the world is getting your Runtime down? 

then you need the Truckit Bucket! 

modelled from the Carrara Cube for you to use to your hearts content.... it's in the zip file 

- Thank you, Master @Stezza! What's this thread without you 
- Ahh, the famous frog rain scene from "Magnolia", @SteveK. I saw that movie so many years ago, maybe it's time to rewatch it.
- @Wendy, you know that, at least for the moment, I don't like to use AI in my images; but of course I realize that there is a difference between having an image completely made by AI and doing your image by yourself and then having the AI helping with filters, animations or something like that. So, if you think it can be animated that way and really want to see that (I wouldn't know where to start), Chocorabbits grant you a special permission to animate the scene with AI. We can also provide you with higher resolution renders ;-)
By the way, I noticed an issue and maybe I should post it in the thread about tips on using stuff in Carrara. So, the lens flares are directly made by Carrara, but they were supposed to be stronger than what I posted. They were ok while I was rendering at small sizes, but my final renders are 4096x2304, and the higher the resolution, the weaker the lens flares become. So I raised the streaks intensity to 100 and here it is again, but like it was meant to be since the beginning.

therixx said:

Even though the meaning and origin of the strange monolith (aka ChocoPortal, from now on) are still shrouded in mystery, the Chocorabbits want, nevertheless, to take advantage of this convenient and funny discovery.
But any new technology should be used with caution, avoiding misuse before understanding it enough to be safe.
Otherwise, unwanted and potentially dangerous effects may occur.
Best wishes for a…
TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY EASTER 2026!

...

Carrara 8.5 Pro render. No A.I. was annoyed by asking it to do this for me.

Cool, pretty surreal.  If you go the dangerous, scary route to animation, you might find inspiration here:

therixx said:

 

Carrara 8.5 Pro render. No A.I. was annoyed by asking it to do this for me.

OMG but I want to see an AI animate it  

Even though the meaning and origin of the strange monolith (aka ChocoPortal, from now on) are still shrouded in mystery, the Chocorabbits want, nevertheless, to take advantage of this convenient and funny discovery.
But any new technology should be used with caution, avoiding misuse before understanding it enough to be safe.
Otherwise, unwanted and potentially dangerous effects may occur.
Best wishes for a…
TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY EASTER 2026!
 

P.S. The Chocorabbits Saga can be found here:
The Land of the ChocoRabbits
P.P.S. In case the presence of the human hand puzzles you, please review the crossover with the Winter Saga (year 2025)
Winter Holidays

Carrara 8.5 Pro render. No A.I. was annoyed by asking it to do this for me.

thesorasere22 said:

Just tried rendering a scene in Carrara with Octane and it's being stubborn with the emitters. Anyone else run into this? Might need to dig into those settings again.

I don't use path tracing because as I do animations it's too slow so use Direct lighting, the Denoiser, texture instead of blackbody and slide the sampling rate right up 

anything else is fireflies galore

Carrara Mayhem

Daz Free Items
Balloon Dog Figure | Daz 3D - although showing $10,499.30 I got it for free 

News | Nubbles Freebie - from 3DUniverse website

Carrara Free Models I modelled for Carrara 
tic tac toe blue
Grumpy Pigeon membership card
HeartRate
Cat Wheel Pro
Art Button
Tom Cat boned

Bought Items
Carrara 8.5 Pro

A new round of RRRR. no Aprils fool version this time.
The theme for this round is Remake or Sequel 
Think movies or TV-series, a remake or a new sequel that never made it, but would in the world of RRRR.
Check the entries only thread, first post, for an example on how to post an entry.

RRRR stands for Random Runtime Roulette Renders, and it's a contest that has been running for over twelve years now, on and off. We invite anyone to enter, specially all those new users who have shown up the past years. This is not the usual make a very nice render contest but more like tell a really great story, often fun, with your render!

How does it work?
Make your pull of 4 items, and if your any Lucky Bastards, you pull one extra item per LB.

Who can play?

Anyone can play!

How do you prepare yourself for play?

The rules are very simple, but first you need to have all your items in some kind of order in a text file, dumped from the itemized history into a text file or a spread sheet. Remove things like software, gift certs, and special plugins from the list and items that wil not work with the software you work with.
 For example if you have items for Poser, Bryce or Carrara, and want to use DAZ Studio, remove those other items from your list. If you have loads of older figures, M3, M4, a ton of non Iray stuff and you only want to use Studio with Iray, remove all the junk from you list. 

Then you use a randomizer to randomly pick items from your list (your Runtime/My Library) for your start pull . You can use items from any store. Now build a scene with those 4 items plus any other items you want to add to make a fun scene. For newcomers I heartly recommend looking at the previous contests below to get ideas how you can do this. 

Working randomizer:: https://www.random.org/integers

There are some situations where you allowed to redraw, these are:


- You pulled something that doesn’t work, broken thing, only works in a version / software not used etc etc, or you forgot to remove that item from you list even though you knew it wont work, or figure that out later.
- You pulled a software or add-on to a software or anything you should have filtered out from the list.
- You pulled only huge environment props and will not be able to render a scene without crashing.
- You pulled an item you already have been using in two RRRR renders in this content and that was picked randomly. Three is a curse - rule!

Lucky Bastard Rule!
I say this again: If you have Lucky Bastards, you pull one extra item for each LB you have, simple as that. 
Explaination of Lucky Bastards. 
Lucky Bastards, or LBs, are a form of handicap system which makes the contest a little more difficult for those who have won.

Current Lucky Bastards Standings

How to play?
You pull, you compose and you Render. You post your images and pulls in this thread (Don't miss that, entries without pulls and posts in this thread will be disqualified!!).
Then the entry should also be posted in the Entries only thread.

Bundles
If you pull a bundle, use two or three complete items from it, or more if you like, but you do not need to use all, but only picking a hairpin from Victoria 8 Pro Bundle is “too little”. Clarification: A bundle still counts as only one pulled item.

Poses, Expressions and textures/colors
If you pull a pose pack, an expression pack or a texture/color pack, you only need to use one of them, not all. For example if you pull 500 expressions for Genesis 8 Female, use one, if you pull 128 colors for Frappe Hair, use one.
Accidenty breaking the TOS
If your entry is removed by the forum mods because it accidentally, not deliberate, broke the TOS, you do not have to redo that entry but can move on and make a new pull. 

The rules of madness! 
Now you have successfully and randomly picked your items, make a scene, you can add other items as well but the one you picked should be prominent or cleverly used. Render it, post it and make us all laugh! Remember though that the renders must follow the TOS of the forum. As we have a theme on the contest, the render should in some way touch that theme. 

The contest categories! 
There are two categories Best and Funniest. Every image will compete in both categories.

Contest duration!
It starts now at Thursay April 2 - 2026, and will go on until Sunday June 7 2026 at 23:59:59 local DAZ time. 

This months sponsors so far:
Totte (Code 66) is sponsoring with two items from his store
Elliandra is sponsoring with two items from her store
3Diva is sponsoring with two items from thier store
Dartanbeck is sponsoring with items from his store

We want more sponsors!

Do you want to sponsor the RRRR?
Please chip in a gift card sponsorship, sponsors can play, they should play, they are even extra encouraged to play, as sponsors always plays for keeps.

Maximum number of entries? 
For this round it will be a maximum of 12 entries per player.

So, good luck and start your render engines!

Just tried rendering a scene in Carrara with Octane and it's being stubborn with the emitters. Anyone else run into this? Might need to dig into those settings again.

Nice to actually be able to use a $10,499.30 asset, thanks for the info.

"first you will need the Carrara Plugin called Daz Studio". 

I think that's the same plugin I use these days for Nano Banana Pro... 

this balloon dog for $10499.30 doesn't quite work right in Carrara but it is an easy excersise in getting it to work

first you will need the Carrara Plugin called Daz Studio

Open you expensive balloon dog in DS and then export in OBJ format and set for Carrara to your fav folder for doing stuff like this

then one at a time in DS apply the pose and export each time the same as before and name it the pose you have applied

when all that is done open Carrara

import the OBJ default balloon dog ... it will be a bit over size when imported so adjust it back to 100%

then into the modelling room... select all of the object and create morph

in the morph you created create a morph and call it one of the poses you saved, then import the balloon posed OBJ file and appy

do same for all the poses and then you will have a working balloon dog worth $10,499.30 working in Carrara 

then all that you need to do is create a balloon texture for the balloon dog

oooo.... a KA challenge.... 

Daz Free Items
Balloon Dog Figure | Daz 3D - although showing $10,499.30 I got it for free 

News | Nubbles Freebie - from 3DUniverse website

Carrara Free Models I modelled for Carrara 
tic tac toe blue
Grumpy Pigeon membership card
HeartRate
Cat Wheel Pro
Art Button
Tom Cat boned

Bought Items
Carrara 8.5 Pro