> Quote - > i'm not that far along yet. I hope to learn, but honestly, I have better things to do that apply textures to every material zone, of every item, that I bring into Carrara. I decided to try it because it was supposed to be able to use Poser-friendly content fairly well. Or so I thought. 

Sorry, no ofence meant but carrara is not a load and shot app.  For the best results you will have to get your hands dirty. Thing is once you have a shader set up; like a figure skin, you can save it and just drag and drop it next time. Also You don't have to do it with absolutly every shader zone, you can get carrara to consolidate duplicate shaders. But it is not a click, click, click, render app.