This whole process is really simple as pie. I understand there is a lot of confusion but there is a way to make Carrara render great images everytime for print at the size you seek/need. This is the only thing I use Carrara for---CMYK print images. A. Go into Photoshop. Find out what the image size you are after is in pixels at 300 dpi. B. Then go inside Carrara/render/output and enter the pixels you got from Photoshop. Keep the resolution inside Carrara at 72 dpi and then select keep proportions. Pixel aspect ratio remains at 1. C. Then render. The output image will be a very large 72 dpi image. D. Open it in Photoshop (it will be a large 72 dpi image -- not 300 dpi [yet]) and set the inches to what you are after and E. then set it to 300 dpi. For press work don't use images below 300 dpi. It is better to stick with the STANDARD when going to press. I promise peoples eyes will pick-up the difference if you use lower resolution images for the press. Hey, but go ahead and experiment if you are into unexpected and less than perfect results. This method produces wonderful sharp images ready for print after you convert to CMYK of course. It works without fail everytime. No need for any extra confusion or effort. I feel the goal is the END RESULT (predictable and good). There is a lot to get confused about if you let it. Go to the thread: "Hard drive meltdown?" as this was dicussed in length Good Luck, steama