I've seen it on the DAZ site and that's all I know of it. I personally found Bryce easy to get up to speed with, and when I started with it I had no experience with 3D apps other than CAD ones. For me I find Bryce easy to use, and there are many tutorials around and this forum. All my questions tend to be answered in some way. It is a difficult question to answer. If the DVD has animation how-to's, that might be worth it.. but I never had to use Bryce's animation features... Difficult question to answer. Hrm....