Well, one thing if you're leaning towards Vue Esprit - if you have the money, go for Vue Infinite instead, simply because of the Ecosystem feature. It adds so much to the program, it really is worth the jump in price. It's also the little things, like save render settings, hyperVue for stills, that make it better. From my experience with Bryce, it renders really slowly, so if you value/need speed to meed deadlines, go for Vue. Vue does import Poser 5 files, but sometimes loses the textures - it's kind of finnicky. Vue is probably the easiest program to learn. A newb at 3d, like I was 6 months ago, learned it in a flash - easy as pie, piece of cake. The advantage ofBryce is that many models on the net are only in obp format, and those can only be read by Bryce and can't be converted. My advice: Go for Vue.

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