This is a tough issue. I think to sum up, Carrara in this latest incarnation is a pretty heavy hitting package. I have owned Bryce (a few incarnations ago) and I found it to be somewhat more clumsy than Carrara. It may be better now. The one thing about Bryce that really irked me was that you needed other packages to make an image and Carrara has a lot more stuff. Now that the rendering engine is getting even better, I'm getting even more confident in the pacakages capability to out do Bryce for many kinds of things. Always remember though, no single package can do it all. Knowing more than one package is always better. -Kix

-Kix