Yeh Im starting to hate the shader system in Carrara. Just when I think I have a skin texture set up to wrap properly onto an element, zap, its all skewed and warped. They should have a function to export some kind of template for a skin based on the shape of a given object, either that or build in a better 2D texture painting system. Student versions are great for saving money, thats IF you're a student, us poor working slobs however, still get overcharged.