I've had Bryce since version 3 ... Bryce is an incredibly versatile program, used by lots of artists for things other than just atmospheric images ... go check out the work of Peter Sharpe and do some searches on Bryce artists that could give you some insight on the program. I myself have Bryce 5.0 and love it ... but I have been thinking of investing in Vue as well ... what can I say, I'm a hoarder. :-) And I do love many of the Vue images I see in the galleries. Each probably has their own advantages and disadvantages over the other. I would suggest downloading trial versions of both and exploring tutorials and work of other artists on both programs before investing in either one. It's a crap shoot depending on other's opinions of programs sometimes.