the light flares are actually postworked by Carrara so one could theoretically render them separately with other layers such as a depth map at a lower resolution to add in another program like Photoshop or Gimp with upscaling applied, or just add lens flares in another program in post for that matter

Ok, now the good comment has disappeared. I am not going to rewrite it all, but

I posted my Easter card in the Show us your renders.
I noticed an issue: the lens flares are directly made by Carrara, but they were supposed to be stronger than what I posted at first. They were ok while I was rendering at small sizes, but my final renders are 4096x2304 (from which I then get the smaller ones)
It seems that, the higher the resolution, the weaker the lens flares become.
So, for the final renders I raised the streaks intensity (of the lights with lens flares) a lot. Now the render looks like it was meant to be since the beginning.

Here you can see both images in two separate posts
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/9494326/#Comment_9494326

Stezza said:

I started my basic render off in Carrara..... then Gemini finished it off

nice work Stezza, I did one the other day and ai  improved it ....

I started my basic render off in Carrara..... then Gemini finished it off

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get their whole catalogue for $20us

should be fine for Carrara 

Headwax said:

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 :) ?

 

And  is  he  part  of  the  Bucket  Brigade  ??  +  Thanx 

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