Ok, there is a new Scene Wizard with alot of options so you can build scenes in no time. I think it's much faster the v2 and the tesselation has been improved overall. Rendering is awesome, some of the features are Raytracing, Global Illumination and Caustics. There is a Draft Render for Wireframes and to check out your animations. And the NPR (Non-Photo-Realistic) render wich has effects like sketches and painting effects. The renderer is also very fast! As for texturing, I think it has improved and v3 now has UV Mapping built in. Like I said in the previous post the Tree Editor is cool also, you can even make custom leaves. There is a $15 plugin that allows you to apply morphs to your models for character animation. Its a great program and keeps getting better. I think you would be very happy upgrading to v3.