Hello, I am making a post. WOW. I have to post for anyone that has tried DEMO after DEMO or purchased another program and is not happy. 2 years ago I laid in the big bucks for strata 3.o and upgraded to 3.5. built the top line pc at the time a 2.0 pent. went out and purchaced a elsa dcc for 700.00 (BIG MISTAKE IF I COULD HAVE READ THE FUTURE) and started my dream as a hobby 3d animate junky. I was nothing but UNHAPPY. Strata had nothing but ERROR> I could not even finish a small project without a problem. I had to save every 5 minutes to be safe, GOT THE VIDEOS FOR ^(>))< , still had problems, I GAVE UP. WELL, let me tell you what I did next, the past year I have tried many demos, built many new PC"S, tried to make strata work for me., CRY.. Tried Lightwave, cd4, maya, MAX, truespace. Well to start ahead I have started my new MONSTER PC to run strata and sold the other while I still could. So again I pulled out my stand by pent. 533 with 4 mb intergrated video card and for sheets and giggles I loaded up the carrara 3 demo to check it out. I HAVE FOUND IT>>>> I AM SO HAPPY, EASY LEARNING CURVE< I NEEDED NO FANCY VIDEOS< NO HOURS OF LEARNING< plus I am on my standby PC , THE 533,.. NO errors,, from Many multiple objects to my choice, to any angle, everything I tried WORKED>>>> All I can say is next pay day I will be getting carrara 3.. I am a guy that is just looking for something to start with and be happy. If that is what you are looking for try the Demo. I will be starting out learning soon and hope everyone will continue with posts on this product, thanks for all the nice info guys. I STILL CAN NOT BELIEVE WHAT I WAS DOING WITH THIS PRODUCT ON A JUNK PC 533 4 MB video.. Cool