Quote - Bah, hum bug!! 

I started with Bryce because it was very inexpensive.. the price was right for something I was unsure about. Now, if let's say Maya was under $50 and that was the first 3D app I would get exposed to (intead of Bryce) then probably I'll do doing Maya stuff instead of Bryce.

My point is I've been works from Rochr, Orbital, AgentSmith who can make Bryce do things simply too amazing to even find the words to describe. A beginner's app could probably be any app if the price is low enough, and not from the app's ability.

 

There was a special free edition of Maya that I used for a little while, but it was a professional app all the same, and the learning curve to me was like a saw tooth. Bryce's learning curve was so much easier however. My point is Bryce is seen as a toy compared to the likes of Maya. 
All the tools are there in Bryce, and if used to it's fullest, can produce almost anything. It has nothing to do with being cheap, I just wish all 3D apps were as easy to use.

Take Blender for instance..... please, please take it LOL!. I found that software to be totally unintuitive.... the same goes for Terragen, I was simply hopeless at that too. 

With Bryce I feel in control of what i'm producing..... Terragen is like being at Bingo (and no, I don't go to bingo LOL, i'm not that long in th tooth yet) you never know what you're going to get till you render it.