I received the C3 Beta today and my first impressions are positive. I really like the UI improvements it makes things much faster to navigate. I haven't yet tried the new modeling features but I did render a test scene that I did in C2 with a imported Poser character. I rendered the scene in C2 using Global Illumination, indirect lighting and it took about 8 minutes. I rendered the same scene in C3 and it took about 3 minutes. I changed nothing and it appears all the same settings were present. The only thing is that the image rendered in C3 was quite a bit darker. I am not sure why... Maybe I should post the two images... All in all this looks to be a solid upgrade and lots of new stuff in there. If you were holding off on that C2 upgrade, C3 may be a winner for you. Regards, Paul