I started out going to the Colorado Institute of Art a little over 3 years ago for Interactive Multimedia Programming. We got a taste of 3D early on with Bryce, so I rushed out and bought Bryce, and realised that I loved 3D. 11 years ago I went to school for mechanical drafting, I didn't realise it then but it was a prelude to the 3D world I would be entering. now Autocad is part of my life, and then I found Rhino, which combines the best of Autocad and 3D software into one envirnment. But Bryce was what got me hooked, it was so wasy to use, the first time i sat down with it, it was like I had seen it somewhere before and just knew what to do with it. I too bought Carrara just as it was being sold off, and was left feeling mighty pissed off. I am a struggling professional trying to eek out an existence in the Multimedia world,here in Denver where I live the demand isn't that high(for now that is). I'm trying to get a full time job using my 3D and Multimedia skills, but for now I am a freelance worker. I have made money with Carrara though, I did some spinning logo animations that went on CD-Rom's for a real estate company. I've also done album artwork and some video work with it. I bought Carrara because of the price and because I had bought so many other Metacreations products and loved working in them.Ray Dream Studio was what I had used for modelling before Carrara, so it seemed like a logical step to buy it. Now with the new patch I'm much happier with Carrara, and hope for continued support, and many new useful plugins.I found renderosity in a search engine while looking for Carrara help and tips, thank god I found this place. kaom