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Some Ice
Description:	Reverse normals after you apply hair to an object and you get some cool looking ice. I learned this technique from one of the blenderheads. I used one of the sample scenes that came with carrara. Rendered with caustics, soft shadows, and 2-2 Good AA. http://www.cgsphere.com/gallery/details/?submission_id=1846
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Date:	09.08.2007 15:27
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gat
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Oh, and I also used the new scattering shader or what ever it is called.

09.08.2007 15:28

rashadcarter1
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Wow. Those veins are very legitimate looking. Dynamic hair in Carrara6 is brilliant and for me it places Carrara in a league it never before occupied.

Now you just need to figure out how to make it look wet. Perhaps reflection and specularity.

09.08.2007 15:47

gat
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thanks rashadcarter

hmmm carrara doesn't have specularity, after all specularity is just blurred reflection. and there is reflection in here, sooo

09.08.2007 15:51

spektyr
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I WANT 6.0 BUT I CAN'T AFFORD IT YET!!!!!

WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

hehe

09.08.2007 17:36

gat
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not a problem, just download blender! ;)

09.08.2007 17:45

spektyr
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But I don't want Blender. I want Carrara 6 Pro. <Spek whines like a petulant child>

09.08.2007 17:48

richter
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Extremely clever way to make ice! Thanks for showing that to us, Gat. If there'll be a next version of that precious Ice, I'll suggest you to render it on a blue- or white-tined metal surface and similar environment plus a bit of liqud beneath the ice. It'll be a killer. Right now it looks more like a special kind of mineral.

09.09.2007 03:53

davidbrinnen
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Very interesting use of the hair feature - what a good idea!

09.09.2007 07:59

rashadcarter1
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I had not noticed any specularity controls in Carrara, but as my experience with it is limited I thought that maybe it was just me. In light of the lack of this option I think that Richter's suggestion is nothing short of brilliant. Finding a way to get some blue in there would be great.

You say to download blender, but I do not understand what blender has to do with Carrara 6. I assume blender has dynamic hair also? That is a really cool feature for a free application. Please set me straight.

09.09.2007 09:58

gat
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blender has particles, hair, liquids, softbodies, physics engine, soon it will have dynamic cloth, etc....

09.09.2007 10:16

rashadcarter1
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Okay. Blender it seems has alot to offer in general. not to mention for free! So if blender were for sale, how much do you think it's price would be considering the features it offers? Also, I always assumed blender was mostly a modeller, but how is it as a render engine? Does it have GI, or at least ambient occlusion and radiosity? please elaborate. Thanks

09.09.2007 10:55

gat
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blender doesn't have GI but it does have AO, and radiosity, area lights, and a fast render engine, plus it has a compositor using nodes, and nodes for materials. It has powerful animation tools. If you need GI you can download YafRay, from inside blender you can switch render engines, but there are a lot of small things to know, the learning curve tough, carrara is much easier to learn.

09.09.2007 11:28

Horo
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Yup - more mineral than ice from the colours. The cracks, however, look very icy. Less yellow and brown and there you are. Difficult for me to appreciate because I'm far behind schedule with fooling around with C6. How about putting it into some context? Good job in any case.

09.09.2007 13:01

rashadcarter1
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Thanks for the clarification. I will download it soon before it goes off the net as a free program. It cannot remain free forever with these kinds of features.

09.09.2007 13:15

gat
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oh don't worry about that it will always be free, blender community is one of the strongest once around, plus the blender foundation has ways of making money in order to support the progress.

09.09.2007 13:44

krickerd
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Good trick! I'll have to remember that one! You could also use the particle generator to create some bubbles inside. Nice job!

09.10.2007 13:55

gat
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thanks krickerd, thats a good point

09.10.2007 14:33

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