"They want to Turn Bryce6 into a Higer end software that will eventually rival Max or maya Or Lightwave...The first thing they have said they will change is the Rendering Engine..." They definitely need to change the rendering engine regardless of who they're trying to compete with. But as for making Bryce into a higher end software... that might be a BAD move. With more features comes a higher pricetag, and they'll lose their base market. The higher end software are very expensive as you know (Lightwave is the cheapest of the high end stuff), and are so packed with features, it would take Bryce another 4 or 5 upgrades to catch up to where those programs are at now. I don't think that's a great idea at all for the software. I use 3dsMax almost exclusively now, and for all the stuff it can do, it's well worth the heafty pricetag for professionals. I don't see why Bryce would want to go that direction when their core user base is probably not going to be interested in most of the features. Faster rendering (up to 10x faster or more is possible now with the new generation of raytrace engines like Brazil or Vray or Mental Ray), and true GI would probably be the holy grail for most users. Then they can keep the price relatively low to please everyone. But I'm not even a user now, so maybe things have changed a lot since I used it. You guys know what you want. ;-) Later/