I do wonder what Eovia will do with Carrara. For a moment there they had the catbird seat; they were the first low-end program to get out a nice GI and HDRI render engine. Then the rest caught up. What seems to be hot at the moment in low-end modellers is better modelling tools, particularly various flavors of poly modellers. I think that unless Carrara makes the sideways jump and makes a more powerful modelling core integrated to the software it is going to get left behind. And I think they have made their problem much worse by restaging the price. Carrara is a great render engine and decent "beginner" modeller at two hundred bucks. At four hundred and change (the Pro version), it has much more serious competition. If they want to play in that price range they need to add tools and functions that put in in competition with Cinema4D and Animation Master. I am assuming they restaged the price because they intended to flagship the "pro" version and add to the functionality. I am worried that they restaged the price with no intentions of making large changes -- they only changed it to LOOK more professional.