OK,.........being modeling challenged, I don't know about that end of things,.........I still like Bryce because it's easy to use, the lighting environment is a breeze,  especially with the implementation of HDRI (limited as it might be) and 3rd party systems like madmax's Zenith light rigs. I have used Byrce since V. 3,  it was virtually crash proof until V. 6, then Daz got a hold of it.  As far as the genre,........that's up to the individual, the artist is limited only by their imagination. As is the case with any 3D app. It's not a toy or just a landscape generator (I just happen to like landscapes and naked Vickies). Daz has done some good things,....HDRI's, multi-threading, slight improvement of the rendering engine, etc. I find that this news is distressing, however, I had already made the choice to use Vue and Carara Pro6, I am finding the learning curve a bit daunting with both. I will continue to use B6.1 just not as my main app. That's my story and I'm sticking to it !

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