Hi, Mark --

Thanks for the response.  It's what I figured.  Given the price that Daz is aiming to extract for the upgrade to 8.5 (just to get Carrara to WORK on a current OS Mac), plus the cost of Syntheyes, I might just as well jump over to C4D.  I already have a for it and its upgrade path is far less onerous than Carrara's has become.  Bummer, because, as you may recall, I really do love working with Carrara.  But it's probably time for me to jump to one of the more standard 3D packages, anyway.  

I'll miss hearing "you made that in Carrara?!?" though.

Thanks,
Dex