Since Agiel locked the other thread on "Maybe a reason to buy Carrara"- and then sent me an IM with the message that-

" you don't see me in the Carrara forum, inviting people to ditch carrara for vue. - agiel

...and so I replied to Agiel by IM-- (since the thread was locked...)

Actually I am not trying to get anyone to ditch Vue! I plan to continue using it for what it's good for- plants and ecosystems primarily. That is, I think, the general consensus among those who have become Carrara users- using Carrara for what is good for- AND using Vue also...

I realize now that my hopes for what E-on might have added to Vue 5 have been too idealistic. And Vue 6 will only cover enough ground to try to get people to buy and ungrade.

I probably should have bought Carrara sooner- and let off more of my steam then- but DAZ's sale finally tempted me- and once I saw what I wanted in Vue- was in CARRARA- that DID IT for me.

I only wish E-on could have done some of these things- instead of seeking to become primarily a plug-in for MAX, LW, etc.

With DAZ taking over Carrara- and the likely bundles, sales, deals etc that will make Carrara a marketing powerhouse --and with Eovia's software team which seems that they really can NOW pull off fixing Bryce, DAZ Studio-- maybe E-on's plan to be a high end plug-in is their BEST and maybe ONLY HOPE for survivial in what is now going to be an extremely TOUGHER sales and marketing environment.

It would probably be a really good thing if E-on could find a partner that would give it the SALES-MARKETING and PR lift up that it really needs. The only likely partner is e-frontier I guess. I think marketing-wise DAZ is the 800 pound Gorilla in the room...

Veritas

...Toon picture done with Carrara's built-in Toon Render..