The "Modeler"(The form of 3D Applicaton you're getting into)Carrara was made by the former owners od Poser, Bryce, and a few other great programs, thus carries with it the same communities. There are several tuts in the Carrara Forum. Though it is'nt equiped with a Bones system(Like many heavy end 3D Apps i.e. Maya, 3D Studio Max, Lightwave, Softimage, Rhino...) It's learning curve is still very useful in conjunction with Poser and Bryce. I few days of searching for links there will explain how much of what needs to be done in the modeler, and then where Poser comes in. I have Carrara and find it very usefull. The real marketing gimmik, as I see it, as far as Modellers go will be when one of them finally allows the import of drawn/photographic images to aid in the modelling process. None do this as far as I know. Carrara will pick up this eventually I'm sure. For now you need to look forward to mapping an image to a 2d plane, then positioning it behind your polygons. Either that of by making several vector paths of silouette then lathing/something them together. All of which can be done in Carrara. Then it's off to Poser's grouping tool, to make sure body parts are named correctly. There are other steps, but I' have'nt finished my tutorial yet. Carrara(Aside from the free modelers.) Is also the the best priced at about $200-$300 depending on which version you buy, compared to $1,000-$15,000 for the Hollywood caliber modelers I mentioned. You can find MC's Carrara 1 on e-bay pretty cheap, and then upgrade it to Eovia C1 free. Then there's Eovies Carrara 2 that just came out a few months back.

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