Carrara 6 Tutorial

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Creating Scenes
Using the Universal Manipulator
Primitive Objects
Creating Text Objects
Formula Objects
Creating Plants
Ocean Primitive
Exploring the Scene Wizard and Browser
Creating Your Own Carrara Library of Objects
Importing 3D Models

Managing Scene Elements
Setting Up a Scene
Grouping / Nesting and Hotpoints
Moving / Scaling and Rotating
Aligning / Duplicating / Distributing and Spacing Objects
Using the Eye Dropper
Advanced Scene Management

Lighting a Scene
Scene Lighting Controls
Using the Distant Light
Using the Spot Light - Lesson 1
Using the Spot Light - Lesson 2
Using the Bulb Light
Using the Anything Glows Light
Environment Light Tool
Using the Shape and Tube Light
Master Lights
Moon and Sun Light
Best Methods For Lighting
Advanced Special Lighting Effects
Advanced HDRI and IBL lighting - Lesson 1
Advanced HDRI and IBL lighting - Lesson 2
Advanced Ambient Occlusion

Modifiers and Behaviors
Using Modifiers and Behaviors
Behaviors for Animation - Lesson 1
Behaviors for Animation - Lesson 2

The Carrara 6 Modelers
Comparing Spline / Vertex and Metaball Modelers

Spline Modeler
Creating Cross Sections
Creating a Jet Engine
Jet Engine Continued
Advanced Importing From Drawing Programs
Advanced Additional Imports
Extrusion Methods - Lesson 1
Extrusion Methods - Lesson 2 (with Compounds)

Vertex Modeler
Vertex Room Basics
Selecting Deleting Dissolving
Polylines Sweeps
Dynamic Extrusion
Lathing and Lofting
Tool Integration / Creasing / Smoothing
Linking / Polygon Tool / Tesselate and Add Tool
Boolean
Cut Tool
Subdivision Smoothing and Soft Selection
Symmetry Change and Drawing Plane
Edge Tools - Lesson 1
Edge Tools - Lesson 2
Pro Tool Modeling
Gordon / Coons / Ruled and Double
Bridge Tool
Advanced Displacement Painting - Lesson 1
Advanced Displacement Painting - Lesson 2
Advanced UV Mapping - Lesson 1
Advanced UV Mapping - Lesson 2
Advanced UV Mapping - Lesson 3
Advanced UV Mapping - Lesson 4
Advanced UV Mapping - Lesson 5
Advanced Morph Targets - Lesson 1
Advanced Morph Targets - Lesson 2

Metaball Modeler
Using the Metaball Modeler - Lesson 1
Using the Metaball Modeler - Lesson 2

Plant Modeler
Building Plants - Lesson 1
Building Plants - Lesson 2
Building Plants - Lesson 3
Building Plants - Lesson 4
Make a Bush
Advanced Custom Leaves - Lesson 1
Advanced Custom Leaves - Lesson 2

Creating Terrains and Skies
Introduction to Terrain Objects
Creating and Modifying a Terrain
Using the Map Editor
Terrain Shader
Creating Realistic Skies

Hair
Creating Hair - Lesson 1
Creating Hair - Lesson 2 (Groups)
Guide Hair and Density
Guide Hair and Curling
Guide Hair Addition Draping
Advanced Domain Selection
Advanced Symmetry and Hair Groups
Advanced Resets Styling Drapes
Advanced PostDrape Styling - Lesson 1
Advanced PostDrape Styling - Lesson 2
Advanced Shader Control
Advanced Texture Map Controls

Using the Replicators
What are the Two Replicators?
The Replicator - Lesson 1
The Replicator - Lesson 2
Animated Replicator
The Surface Replicator - Lesson 1
The Surface Replicator - Lesson 2
Advanced Shader Map Surface Rep

Using Shaders
Shader Introduction
Shader Tree and Basic Shader Functions
Using the Shader Tree and Applying Shaders
Mixer
Multichannel Mixer
Working With Texture Maps
Texture Maps / Reference Shader
Displacement Maps - Lesson 1
Displacement Maps - Lesson 2
Shader Domains and Layer Lists Domains - Lesson 1
Layer List Domains - Lesson 2
Layer List Domains - Lesson 3
Layer List Domains - Lesson 4
Layer List Domains - Lesson 5
Translucence
Subsurface Scattering - Lesson 1
Subsurface Scattering - Lesson 2
Transparency with Absorbtion - Lesson 1
Transparency with Absorbtion - Lesson 2
Advanced Complex Shader Development
Advanced Animated Displacement Mapping - Lesson 1
Advanced Animated Displacement Mapping - Lesson 2
Advanced Refraction and Reflection - Lesson 1
Advanced Refraction and Reflection - Lesson 2
Advanced The Terrain Shader - Lesson 1
Advanced The Terrain Shader - Lesson 2
Advanced Elevation controls
Advanced Shader Plug-ins - Lesson 1
Advanced Shader Plug-ins - Lesson 2

Adding Natural and Environmental Elements
Using Particles - Lesson 1
Using Particles - Lesson 2
Using Particles - Lesson 3
Advanced Animating Particle Maps
Fire
Fountains
Fog
Adding Volumetric Clouds

Animating a Scene
Working With Keyframes
Tweeners
Motion Paths
Using Physics
Advanced NonLinear Animation
Advanced Timeline Graph Editor
Advanced Camera Animation and Effects

Character Animation
Basic Rigging
Inverse Kinematics
Weightmap Painting
Bones with Symmetry - Lesson 1
Bones with Symmetry - Lesson 2
Motion for Organics - Lesson 1
Motion for Organics - Lesson 2
Motion Constraints For Robots
Advanced Rigging Morph Targets

Rendering
Best-methods For Rendering - Lesson 1
Best-methods For Rendering - Lesson 2
Choosing a Render Engine
Rendering Still Images
Rendering Animations
Rendering With Global Illumination
Ambient Occlusion
Rendering Irradiance Maps
Rendering Caustics
Rendering G-Buffers
Batch and Network Rendering

Conclusion
Wrap-Up and Resources
Contact Information