Quote - Bryce 6 is not that difficult to learn..  like ricky said there is a lot to it.... Good mate for Poser

I wonder if Bryce 6 now has similar shortcuts as Carrara, I mean for interactive viewing while managing and assembling the scene? That is one whing I like about Carrara, using both hands for viewing and modeling or placemnt of objects is a snap, using shortcuts like

e for examine
d for dolly
t for translate
r for rotate
s for scale
w for window move

I end up using d and e a lot, with the left hand, while the mouse is busy in the right hand with click and drag and stuff.

The renderer is also an important thing: Carrara has had HDRI since version 3 at least. That's 4 years back. And it has a terrain editor too, and great landscape, plants/trees and skies.... not a whole lot that Bryce can do which Carrara can't. The thing is Carrara has much more on the modeling side. It can certainly save you money if you want to make your own props instead of buying them - in the end when you render you might enjoy a very fast renderer, aka Carrara's renderer. Italso rocks for animations. But that's prolly beyond your needs, or is it?