This procedure must be performed on your main node, and on any network rendering nodes! The password file may be copied from your main node, or you can run around and type it in on all your nodes the first time you try and render something using Shoestring Shaders.
1. Open the Carrara 5 application folder.
2. Ctrl-click on the Carrara application and select Show Package Contents.
3. In the newly opened Finder window, open the Contents folder then MacOS and finally the Extensions folder.
4. Copy the Shoestring_shaders.txt , Shoestring_shaders.dat and Shoestring_shaders.mcx files into this folder or within a subfolder that you create.
1. Open the Carrara 4 application folder.
2. Ctrl-click on the Carrara application and select Show Package Contents.
3. In the newly opened Finder window, open the Contents folder then MacOS and finally the Extensions folder.
4. Copy the Shoestring_shaders.dta and Shoestring_shaders.mcx files into this folder or within a subfolder that you create.
Copy the files Shoestring_shaders and Shoestring_shaders Data to your Carrara Studio 3.0\Extensions folder.
If you installed Carrara to the default location, this is \Applications\Carrara Studio 3.0\Extensions.
You can also place the extensions in a subfolder of the Extensions folder.
Render nodes are done just as above, except that the path is Applications\Carrara Studio {3.0, 4, 5} Render Node\Extensions. You do not need to put the password in on render nodes.
When you initially use one of the shaders, ie add it to a shader tree, a dialog box will open and ask for your password. To evaluate the software, just hit cancel, or ok. You can even guess at a password if you want. In evaluation mode, a random portion of the object you are shading will be black. Every time you open a file that includes a Shoestring shader, or add one, you will see the dialog. Once you have purchased the plugin, a password will be emailed to you- simply enter it in the box, and two things will happen. The black spots will go away, and the box will stop popping up. There will be a file called Shoestring_shader_password.txt created in your \Extensions directory. If this file is altered or moved, the plugin will ask for the password again! If you leave it alone, everything will be copacetic. ;-)
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