I agree with all you said. But I would add one more to the list. Antialias. The antaialis in Carrara is really bad (from RayDream renderer...) Infini-d's antialias and alpha channel - mask (when you open it in photoshop) was much better and cleaner. ____ Yes, placing texture maps (jps, gifs) is very very difficult (and when you place a mask it looks pretty bad...) I would say unacceptable