I started with Bryce 3, then Bryce 4, upgraded to Bryce 5 only for the tree lab. I was a little disappointed with it; tends to hang my machine or have strange artifacts in the trees. But toddled on until a friend suggested I try Vue demo. I love the 4-pane view, and find Vue easier to work with. I do like Bryce, and I like Vue too. I am trying to go back to Bryce for some things, just to keep in practice, but have lost many of my Brycing skills (not that they were great to begin with, lol). Bryce 4/5 is much more complex (DTE, for example) and there's still tons I haven't learned about the program. I'm not one of those folks who thinks any program is the absolute zenith, though; I think Vue is somewhat buggy, just like Bryce. And for usability, I have Truespace installed for more than a year and still haven't figured out how to start in it!! I think Bryce and Vue both do different things very well, and I have fun with both of them, which for me is the object.

Sgiathalaich