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Hi, I just started working with carrara 4 pro. It definitely has it's pluses, however, I am a little bothered that I have to purchase so many plugins for things I feel the program should do(especially at that price point). Anyway, I don't want this to be negative,tho it sounds like it. But the 2 packs they have really seem a must to do quality work. Veloute especially. The materials are not up to snuff in c4p,(along with other things). That is another $200(on sale) I am looking at VUE 5, Modo which seems to include a lot more.(No plugins) or heck Cin4d intro level. Though it appears they don't do everything carrara can do, seperately. So give me a sales pitch...concrete points. I am considering cutting my loses before plunking more cash into plugins.

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