Quote: "Bryce has a better rendering engine it might not be updated like Vue but If I had a choice for doing just landscapes as old and out dated Bryce is, the renderings are better. period."

I tend not to agree with this statement at all. When I switched from Bryce 5 to Vue 4, I was so impressed with the Vue rendering engine. My images look so much better rendered in Vue 4 then they do in Bryce 5. Bryce landscapes and renders at times look very unrealistic, while I can achieve both realistic and artificial renders with Vue 4 easily. Never really got the hanf of creating realistic landscapes in Bryce 5. Now with the render engine improvements in Vue 5, I'm so glad I'm not using the ancient Bryce 5 rendering engine anymore.

Trees look so much better in Vue4 / 5 too. Direct Poser 5 support without any tricks and gimmicks is great too. Bryce 5.5 may have direct Poser support too, but it will not be Poser 5 support, only Poser 4 support. If it is as bad as the Poser support in DAZ Studio, I fear the worst....

Working with Vue 4 / 5 is so much more pleasant then working with Bryce 5. With all of the new improvements in Vue 5, I don't miss Bryce even a moment.

Also knowing DAZ owns Bryce now gives me mixed feelings about Bryce. As soon as I found out that that happened and when I noticed how much more joy Vue gives me, I sold Bryce 5. E-On has a great team of programmers, good tech support and a listening ear for their costumers. I'm afraid DAZ lacks most of these qualities. They have terrible support, tend to neglect costumers at large and judging from DAZ Studio (which I find a real joke) and it's many unresolved bugs, I fear Bryce will become a disaster.

I'll stick with Vue 5, since Bryce is lightyears behind at the moment. For me Vue is easy to use, great rendering engine, excellent plants and trees, excellent import abilities and great support.

Message edited on: 12/23/2004 07:47

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