To start to master Bryce... - Do tutorials - Read the threads here in the Bryce Forum - Ask questions here in the Bryce Forum - Get Susan Kitchens book.... Real World Bryce 4 (The Bryce Bible). All it doesn't cover is the Tree Lab, and Metaballs. That is what I would say about how to learn and master Bryce.

There are 10 kinds of people: Those who know binary, and those who don't. 

A whiner is about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.