okapi
If you were really involved with 3D texturing/ rendering perhaps a different understanding?---as a long term Photoshop (Now CS3 Extended) user-------I am talking about KPT stuff on 3D drugs!

And, it's not that other apps can not do these things---more that the range of things cost/value/ease of using/learning etc is good with Carrara. (I have Lightwave/XSI etc)

Texturing in 2D compared with 3D-------chalk and cheese.

What 2d paint programme can apply real, 3D, displacement with ease?

Brian

(It's all a great learning curve----whacco stuff!)