yow..mebbe I should keep a lower profile..such hostility..;) At $79, Bryce is currently one of the cheapest good 3d landscape/texturing/animation packages for the buck, and currently costs less than some Poser models I've seen out there (things that make ya go 'hmmm'..;). If I could go in Poser, choose an area, and apply a material (out of hundreds) without either buying/downloading/uvmapping/acquiring somehow the texture to an area in it..I might see the logic. I can apply any material to any object exported out of Poser, so I don't have to make sure it can find 'x.jpg' in whatever folder it got stuck in..;)
I'm just really starting to play with Poser (what a good name for a website..;), so I can't speak to all of this..but remember folks, these are tools, there are those who will tell you you can do anything with a hammer, and some who will tell you all you need is a screwdriver..but I have both (packages and tools..;). Bryce is good at what it does, and Poser is good at what it does..and Daz will be good at whatever it does once it's released..;) no harm in having more than one..;)

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)