Once again:  Carrara might be headed towards becoming a D|S-only (or D|S primarily) associated software.  If you are looking to the future of going with Poser, then you should keep this fact in mind.

Xenophonz, I (unfortunally) can't argue that. DAZ does have a very destructive tendency  when it comes to applications and D/S integration. But, I'm pretty sure Carrara 6 will not be in the danger zone, Carrara 7 will be.

But lately I've been wondering about this constant drive and urge and demand and pressure to upgrade. Carrara 5 fits my needs so well. Vue does not interest me anymore, it's adding so much features I'm never ever going to touch and lack so many good modeling features I'd love to have, that I'm not going to upgrade. I've read the specs on Vue 6 and saw nothing that even caught my attention. If DAZ will destroy Carrara, it's sad but I can live without a new version.

I'm very content with the software I do own and serving me well, I rather spent my money on something else then on yet another upgrade.

I also do fail to see that you need them all as people do claim, you don't. I don't need Carrara, Bryce and Vue. I don't need TrueSpace, Lightwave and Cinema4D. I make my choice and stick to it.

It was Poser, TrueSpace 6.6 and Vue 5. Vue drove me crazy due to the bugs and it's resource hungryness. So when DAZ offered a great deal on Carrara I took it (always wanted it).

No need for Vue and TrueSpace anymore. So now I'm only using Poser 6 and Carrara. One less application to use, better workflow, solid performance. Sold Vue to someone else, I was actually glad to press the uninstall button.

So, I'm going to spent my money at something else, enough upgrades, satisfied with what I've got and I do hope that everyone will find what suits him/her the best.

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Food for thought.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYZw0dfLmLk