Carrara is a well rounded program, Carrara 4 is a better choice for landscapes, If all you want to do is landscapes take a look at Vue 5 from www.eon-software.com, Bryce 3D from www.daz3d.com or Worldbuilder from www.digi-element.com. Hope this helps. P.S. You can buy Carrar Studio 3 from Purplus for $63.00 http://store.purplus.net/carrara3.html I bought mine from them and am very happy with there service, it renders better and has way more features then Carrar Studio 2.