 | | | Re: Q About C4 and Amapi | Re: Q About C4 and Amapi 2005-11-05 - By Patrick Tuten
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C4Pro with Amapi is a really good combo for the money. I don't know
how familar you are with Amapi, some people don't care for it. I,
personally really learned how to model in Amapi 6 and it is very
capable. C4Pro is a really good to use also. You could gradually
pick up some plugins to do a good bit of what is new in C5, such as
Shader Ops and Replica. If you learn Amapi then when you can get
Hexagon you won't miss a beat in transitioning to it. Hexagon is
quicker and easier to use than Amapi, but they have much of the
toolset in common. As far as bringing object into Carrara that works
well.
Patrick
--- In Carrara@(protected), Donald Watson <hyperdon@(protected)> wrote:
>
> Hello Carrara Gurus,
>
> I am thinking about upgrading to Carrara Pro 4 from Studio 3. I
have
> read as much as I could from Eovia's site, as well as reviews from
> several sources which may or may not know what they are talking
about.
> I am especially interested in Amapi Designer 7. Has anyone here
used it
> extensively with Carrara?
>
> How well does the importer bridge software work with carrara? Does
it
> play well on Mac OS X? I don't have system 9 anymore which is why
I
> can't use version 5.5 that came with CS3 and I also can't use
version
> 6.1 that is available from Eovia as a free download. I can't speak
for
> Version 6.1 but version 5.5 does not run smoothly in classic on X.
>
> In your opinion how well does Amapi fill the gap left by C4 in the
> things it can't do?( I have no idea yet what those might be!). I
know
> it does not come with a paper manual but, and without starting a
PDF
> war, how close does the pdf manual come to what a real manual
might be
> like similar to what we have come to expect in the Carrara manuals?
>
> I know some might say these questions are better asked on the
Amapi
> list but I am interested in your experience in how the two apps
Amapi
> and Carrara fit together. Unfortunately I can't see myself
upgrading to
> C5 pro and Hexagon, with the Holidays on the way, my youngest
still in
> college, and 6 grand children, dollars will be a little tight. I
am
> thinking that $ 169 for C4 Pro with Amapi is more attainable than
$299
> for CS5 pro and $299 for Hex.
>
> I appreciate any and all constructive remarks and apologize for
the
> rambling.
>
>
>
> Macintosh G4 1GHZ
> OSX 10.3.8
> Carrara Studio 3
> Bryce 5.5
> Mojoworld 2
> Blender 2.37
>
>
> .........."Permissions! Permissions! We don't need no stinking
> Permissions!"..........
>
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