I,m a regular RDS user mostly to work on poser figures. There is an offer to "upgrade" to carrara 1 for $69 and 2 for $199. Is this worth it ? I like to get some advice from someone who knows RDS and Carrara 1&2. I get the impression that carrara has an more modern interface, is a bit faster but offers the same as RDS.

Attached Link: http://www.eovia.com/carrara/product_info_car.jsp

It is a big step forward, especially the rendering (C2). That Global Illumination thing everybody raves about is beautifull to use on Poser figures. You should not throw away your old RDS if you buy Carrara if you love to do Boolean stuff. That got worse. I still am sad I actually DID delete the prog, for that reason. Subdivision smoothing is cool. And tons more. You could check the specs at the link. The difference between RDS and Carrara 1.1 was not very big, if I remember correctly.

If it were me I would go straight to C2. that is a great price. I think even those that purchased Carrara Studio 1.1 and then upgraded to C2 only saved like another $50 if I recall. Get it while you can at that price. The differences between 1.1 and 2 are many. GI, Caustics, Bones, Subdivision, Better Poser import (well sorta), better OpenGL. If you have a Mac and run OSX then C2 is a must over 1. For OSX it features dual Processor support and much faster OpenGL support then 1.1, it is also more stable then 1.1 in os9 get the 2.1 update though. Regards, Paul

I just upgraded to CS2 from RD5, if you call Eovia you can get the upgrade for 169 plus shipping . There are a lot similarities in many of the basic operations, but wait until you load one of your textured poser girls into CS2; WOW, it will match up the skin perfectly and the superior lighting in CS2 is amazing. poser on the left CS2 on the right

Thanks for the answer, C2 is the choice. I.m a bit surprised about calling them like you did but will try the same or mail them. When I order through the site the total cost to get it here (Europe) is $ 255, and that is bit much.