I am a new Carrara user, nothing before Carrara 5. I sat in Borders and browsed this book for while. Aside from not covering the fetures of Carrara 5 that I was interested in it is really poorly written. Some sections paragraphs I was really confused and had to reread 3 or 4 times to understand what the author was saying to do. saved my self $50 bucks and can spend that on a plug. Thanks to all the people who help in this forum with tutorials and screen shots to help people. KInda disapointed as I was looking forward to this book, but not now.