hi faba,

in a few words my workflow is as follows:

vue 8 complete for backgrounds - unbeatable

hexagon 2 for mesh - intuitive and complete

bantam 3d and xfrog tune for some vegetation - affordable price

fast movie processor (now is called videomach i suppose) for post works - fast and effective

the web for textures

all the rest is by carrara and me

this is it

i hope i answered to what you asked me

ciao