Getting Started with Carrara

Tutorial 1 - Rendering Your First Scene
In this section, we will walk through the basic process of rending a scene in Carrara. We will be following the same basic steps that are described in the section Creating, Editing, and Rendering Still Scenes, so you will become familiar with the basic process of creating scenes. In this first scene, you will learn how to: 
 * Load a predefined landscape as a starting point for your scene
 * Add a few objects to the scene
 * Alter some of the objects' shaders using some of the predefined shaders that come with Carrara
 * Add an additional light source
 * Render the scene

Tips and Techniques for Getting Started


More on Carrara Basics
Daz3D Documentation Support

Carrara 7 User's Guide - pp. xx - xx.

Carrara 8 User's Guide - pp. xx - xx.

Video Tutorials
Carrara Rooms:

The following video tutorial walks through the basics of the various Carrara "rooms" in which you will do work.



Carrara Basics:

A two-part video on the basics of Carrara.

Views and Layouts:

This short video tutorial describes the various views and how to lay out your scenes.



Article on personalizing Carrara's content browser:
For an introduction to Carrara's Browser, and creating your own filing system for content management, read Dartanbeck's article here.

Daz3D Forum Materials
