I've been using Bryce for few years now and I really love it!! Simple to learn the basics but still so much to discover and I can't wait to have my new PC. Maybe then I could finally use some more detailed lighting and so and improve my renderings:) In school we started to study 3Dmax now because it'll be our primary tool. And within this few weeks I've been using it all the time I miss Bryce:) Max seems so difficult and... boring? But I can't deny that it's much powerful in some areas than Bryce. I personally love Bryce because I want to create more epic scenes and landscapes... I don't have patience to model fork&spoon vertex by vertex, polygon by polygon:) With Bryce I think you really need to know some photoshopping.. but then you can create still images as good as with any other apps. But it's sucks that everyone basically laughs at me because I'm the only brycer in my class:P Oh God.. give me strength to carry on on my chosen path!