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                EECS Instructional & Electronics Support Group
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							         Jan 5, 2004

Carrara
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  (Apr 2001) "Infini-D" has evolved into "Carrara", and Eovia Corp is taking 
  over the development of Carrara.  A new product release was expected around 
  May 2001.

  Infini-D was a 3-D modeling, rendering and animation system from MetaCreations
  Inc (http://www.metacreations.com).  It was last available in Fall 1999, when
  it was used by CS39A.

  (Fall 1999) Infini-D 4.5 was installed in all Mac and WinNT systems in 111
  Cory.  There is an incompatibility between Infini-D 4.5 and Quicktime 
  4.0 Pro that prevented rendering to the Quicktime format under Windows 4.0.
  MetaCreations (former owner) did not provided any help for this.  It was 
  still possible to render to .AVI format on the Windows NT systems.

  This was our problem report (Oct 1999):
  
  | When trying to render to QuickTime 4 Pro movie format, using Infini-D 4.5 
  | on Windows NT 4.0, Infini-D stops with the error
  |
  |   The instruction at "0x66a428f7" referenced memory
  |   at "0x00000022".  The memory could not be "read".
  |
  | A debugger further identifies the cause as an "access violation" on the 
  | file c:\Winnt\system32\quicktime.qts".  This happens even if the user has 
  | full admin privileges on the computer (ie full access to all folders and 
  | files.)
  |
  | We are able to render to .AVI without a problem, and we are able to read 
  | and save a QuickTime movie using QuickTime 4 Pro.  We checked the Meta-
  | Creations WEB site for any related info.  

  Questions to "inst@berkeley.edu".

   
Licensing
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  In July 1999, Instruction upgraded 5 existing licenses and purchased 10 more 
  licenses for Infini-D 4.5, for use in 111 Cory and 564 Soda.   The vendor is
 
	MetaCreations
	6303 Carpinteria Ave
	Carpinteria  CA  93013
	(805) 566-6200
	(805) 566-6385 (FAX)

Manuals
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  A set of manuals is 

	Infini-D User's Manual ($19.95)
	Infini-D Tutorial Manual ($19.95)

  There will be 1 set of manuals in 564 Soda and 2 sets in 111 Cory.
  Students may purchase additional sets directly from MetaCreations at
  1-800-846-0111.

				EECS Instructional & Electronics Support
                                386 & 377 Cory, 333 Soda
                                inst@eecs.berkeley.edu