That's for sure! LOL! Another nice thing is you'll be able to better control how things are composited, and you can use some of the other channels to create special effects. The depth channel gives you a greyscale representation of where things are placed in relation to the camera. (Somebody did a nice discussion of this recently.... I can't remember who.) You can use it to do a selection in Photoshop and then apply a blur. By adjusting it correctly, you can get a great depth of field effect, without the render hit, (or quality loss!) in Carrara. Do a search under 'buffer' or 'channel' within the last 2 weeks here and you might find it. Hope this helps!! :>