My suggestion for a Carrara newbie? 1. Read the manual thoroughly. 2. Get the Carrara Bible(If you can find it). 3. Read,read,read 4. Practice,practice,practice. 5. I'm not sure but I think there a few good tutorials here at renderosity, in the tutorials section. 6. Maybe litst(the moderator of this forum) can help you out he's in France. 7. When you have a question, post it in this forum, and you will get lots of help from everyone. Good Luck and have fun with it, Carrara will reward you quickly for your work, it's on of the easiest programs to get to know, you'll catch on faster than you think. Enjoy, and welcome to the forum. kaom