Hi,
Welcome to carrara.
Well...not as much as for some programs, but still things available. pdf's included w/ product have movies, these can be good. Should at least take a look at the interface section of the manual. Lynda.com, DAZ, polyloop.net (has tuts, but can get all the 3dxtract mags free, I think this is still there, anyway) awbenson.com also may find digitalpainters.net helpful. Also, there is one book,(on amazon and elsewhere) which would be ok for beginners or new people...not comprehensive of all the new features in other words.

No need to think outside the box....
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