From what I've seen, VuePro looks a nice peice of software (assuming they've solved all the opengl probs that have plagued Vue on and off for a while) and is a lot better than normal Vue (though it costs more). Bryce on the other hand sells for $80US and in my opinion is the best thing going for the price. As for the poser import thing that Vue has - while it may sound really good (and in a lot of cases I'm sure it is pretty handy), I've heard quite a few people swearing "at" it more than "by" it, so be warned that things can go FUBARed from time to time. For a program with a definite future development plan, Vue wins over Bryce on that at the moment. I've only ever heard good things about C4D, both in the modelling and scene creation. There's my 2.5 post inflationary cents ;)

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