I agree with the Carrara recommendations above. If you do a lot of landscape Carrara can hang with Vue 5 infinate and it has better rendering options that Vue won't support until version 6. Go to the galleries in this forum and see the Carrara landscape section and compare it to the best Vue stuff. You tell me which is better? They are both excellent. Carrara however has more sophistocated modeling capabilities than Vue. If ytou can afford both get them. If you only have the $ for one then get Carrara 5 PRO.