"Pre-order LW 9.5 and get Vue 5 for free "

Correction, it's VUE 5 INFINITE, different from plain Vue 5.

Anyway, my vote goes to Lightwave. I've tried the demos of all the biggies, and still nothing has come close to making me want to leave LW.
It's not particularly hard to learn, and there's a gazillion gigabytes of tutorials available for it, not to mention many good, inexpensive books.
And it's already got one of the best render engines on the planet, but according to Newtek, LW 9 will be quicker.

Message edited on: 11/22/2005 04:57