I love Bryce. I have tons of models and thousands of mats. I got to the point of upgrading to Bryce 5.5 or upgrading to Vue 5 (I got Vue 4 for 99 a little while ago). I finally said to myself that I want the advanced features. Bryce has not gone anywhere in years. I am still having small issues with the workflow of Vue but I am sure I will get used to them. I even removed Bryce from my system. I am not sorry. Sure they both have positives and negatives but Vue has features Bryce does not have. Its nice not having to fake radiosity or HDRI anymore. Also Solidgrowth plants are tons better than Bryce trees. Try the demos but I would recommend going with a product that is still growing like Vue. Bryce is nice and it will make you happy but it just has not grown in years, even with the DAZ update.