I'm afraid you'll have to be a bit open-minded with the Bryce 5 demo. The real thing renders MUCH faster...so don't be discouraged by the render times which are very slow in the demo. I've use Vue myself, but much prefer Bryce. I find it easier and much more versatile. And to get the same quality of render in Vue as Bryce it usually takes longer in Vue. Though Bryce 5 has many extra render options that can slow things down. With the latest version of Grouper making it so easy to go between Poser and Bryce, Vue's got little advantage there. You still have to load the transparencies yourself, but Grouper will gather up all the textures and Bryce loads them on import.