 | | | Re: text | Re: text 2005-09-21 - By ccoles_avengers
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Oh, I stand corrected: the ZPA standalone version has a new price.
It used to be about $895 as of early this year but is now $645.
Still, ZPA is a bit higher than CS and is limited to mainly
text-oriented features.
Cheers.
Claudia
"Selocic"
- 3D: when 'Flat' just isn't good enough! -
--- In Carrara@(protected), "ccoles_avengers" <ccoles_shado@(protected)>
wrote:
> Hi Ken,
>
> It is fairly easy to accomplish, however, your logos would need to be
> in an Illustrator format to import them into Carrara.
>
> What I have been experimenting with is marrying Zaxwerks Pro Animator
> text with Carrara and it seems to be a really good combination.
> Zaxwerks really shines with its fast edge features. It also
> facilitates certain preset text animation, although I think it is
> sometimes a trade-off depending what is needed, due to ZPA's not so
> straight forward animation interface and controls.
>
> Carrara on the other hand is extremely powerful with both shading and
> rendering, so if it is at all possible, I would snatch both. The only
> problem is that ZPA cost *much* more than Carrara and can do only a
> fraction of what Carrara can accomplish: basically just text modeling
> and animation. So if you are really in pinch, you can do just as good
> of a job in Carrara as in ZPA, except there is more upfront work in
> Illustrator that a person has to do with edging to yield the same
> results.
>
> Some Examples:
>
> Here is a ZPA render:
>
>
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Carrara/files/Selocic/azuma_zpa_render.jpg>
>
> And here is a render done in Carrara with the same text exported
from ZPA:
>
>
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Carrara/files/Selocic/azuma_carrara_render_of
_ZPA_exported_text.jpg>
>
> Notice the difference?
>
> There is no support for GI and other types of rendering options in
> ZPA, and although ZPA can produce some nice results
> <http://www.zaxwerks.com/>, you pay a hefty price for it. [I am also
> not sure of how much is actually ZPA and how much is other
> plugins/packages creating some of their demos on their site. I have
> the package and have not seen many of the things demonstrated there.
> So I think that it is safe to say that some may have also used ZPA as
> a text creation tool and exported the text models to other 3D
> animation packages, etc.].
>
> IMO, whichever way you go, if you purchase Carrara, you will have a
> standalone package that can not only do text work, but other types of
> 3D modeling as well as animation. If Carrara Studio Pro is going to be
> put into a small to midsize editing suite, I think that Carrara will
> help boost it to a new level.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Claudia
> "Selocic"
> - 3D: when 'Flat' just isn't good enough! -
>
>
> --- In Carrara@(protected), "Ken Adolph" <ken@(protected)> wrote:
> > I am just about to order Carrara 4 for some simple 3d work for
video and
> > just wanted to know how easy it is to create 3D text in Carrara.
> Also, can I
> > take a clients logo and paste it onto an object to get it 3D. I am
> assuming
> > it will do this!!
> >
> > Ken Adolph
> > Editor/Post Supervisor
> > Media Group
> > www.mg.ca
> >
> > All incoming/outgoing mail is scanned for viruses and spam.
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