i dont know if i have any friends here but without this community and carrara there would be no 3d for me,Brian is right when he say that you can get something done faster in carrara then in a big boy app,i also can say that this is true cause i have one of the big boy thing.i always include carrara in my workflow cause it makes a lot easier and painless.you cant say this software is better than that or better than this the only thing you could say is carrara cant do this or maybe cant do this but there are much great plugins for carrara out there that makes the software better and better and also eovia is looking for the good stuff.another thing i really like here is that here is no this is a hobbyist and this is a pro,if you know what i mean.i learned so much from this community it really rocks and also carrara.:)