Personally, I often find that "total production time" is worth a bit of thought. You can get utilities that make Bryce as Poser-friendly as Vue, But jumping between apps takes time. So does scene-building in Bryce and Vue - and Poser, of course. 2D backgrounds used within Poser is the probably the fastest way to do a scene. Scratch-building in Bryce, Vue (or another model/render app) is the most flexible. Using stock props and sets (in whatever app) is somewhere in between. Depending on how many images you want to get out of your head, you have to decide on a trade-off between those factors. Even the Final Fantasy movie used matte paintings - I was a bit disappointed when I realized that, but I can understand why. As some editor used to say way back in my freelance illustrator days : "I don't want it to be ART, I want it to be FINISHED!" ;o)