Thanks, Tsarist. You said about all I have been itching to type about this subject. Save me a lot of typing. :)

I'm just beginning my professional journey and I'm taking Carrara (8.1) along for the ride along with an assortment of other tools to get the jobs done.

No one here is bashing the software. We all think it's great or we wouldn't be here. Our problem is with broken promises and an apparently broken update. I have no use for Genesis in Carrara. Some do and more power to them, but I don't. I also don't have the money to throw at a .5 update that gives me virtually no value. If 9 ever comes along and it has some meaningful improvements beyond Genesis compatiblity I'll probably bite, but if not then I will stick with 8.1.

Notice I didn't say I would find a new software if 9 is not to my liking. I will stick with 8.1. I've had a great time with the software, and I can accomplish most of what I need to do in it with power to spare. In fact, now that I've got a few pennies to spare I'm starting to acquire some of the awesome Carrara plugins out there to enhance Carrara's already awesome capabilities.

Other than that, Tsarist said it all for me pretty well.

What was the topic of this thread anyway?