Bryce's ease of use and short learning curve does make it attractive as a ‘beginners app’ and it is true that Vue and Carrara have advantages over Bryce in some areas. But the things that can be created in these apps can also be created in Bryce with just alittle more patience and time as evidenced by some of the first rate artists using Bryce today. As far as finding content to use in Bryce, Renderosity does have a large offering and another place that has an even larger offering is 3dcommune (www.3dcommune.com). I go there quit often looking for mats and textures.