I can't say that this is was a surprise to me - from metacreations, an off the wall, out there, and ingenious company to...well...Corel! - didn't think it would work, and Bryce 5 kinda proved it. Here's the good news - You still have Bryce 4 & 5, they'll never get faster at rendering (other than with better processors), but they'll still work as they ever did - so no actual loss there! Sure, somebody paying attention, ironing out bugs, and actually trying to make it better would be ideal, but that requires a company with vision, creativity OR previous experience with this market. I for one wont stop using Bryce, it's still my favourite app for 3D image creation, but equally, once you have learned enough to realise it's real limitations, and see how much better it CAN be elsewhere, Bryce may start to become a warm fuzzy memory! :)

Adam Benton | www.kromekat.com