Looks like very nice improvements to the render engine. I used to be a "build elsewhere, render in Bryce" but the GI alone moved me to Carrara. Now it is a no-brainer! Whoops. I was about to complain that modelling hadn't improved much, but then I read up at Eovia's own site. There's still a certain dodging around about what was actually done, of course. But....in the vertex modeller (my usual home) a cut tool. Creasing in Sub-D's. Selection type (vertice/edge/poly) -- sounds a little like Wings3D, and is going to be a distinct improvement! Background image....oh, no need to read more; I'm there! The present offer is $149 pre-order, too! Is it just me, or does the new tree editor look a lot like the Tree Druid interface? Are we back to the old days of Ray Dream and other products (with sometimes unique interfaces) folded in?