Quote - Infinito plugin is out; the plugin + a content pack + plus a just released Pine for a total 83.77$ (if I did the sum right). For comparison, Bryce 7 is 99.95$.

I am not critizing the laying to rest of Bryce: it was something that should have been done years ago (I wrote several posts to this effect on DAZ forums in the far past). The problem I see with this move is that the sensible migration path from Bryce was towards Carrara and not towards Studio. Were I still a Carrara user I would feel very "uneasy".

...hey, I happen to like Bryce.  ; )

Yeah it's render engine (when using full HDRI) makes geologic time appear to move in fast forward, but even on my old duo core 32 bit notebook, I haven't ever experienced a render crash due to memory errors and it runs a lot cooler than 3Delight. I also happen to like the "look" of a Bryce render.  It may not be as "photoreal" as Vue and look more like a fine painting, but having worked in oils, watercolours, and pastels for most of my life, it's a non-issue for me.

Bryce was developed with scenery generation in mind and nothing more.  Yeah, Carrara can do it too but because in Daz's hands, Carrara has essentially become the "Swiss Army" version of a 3D application, it has to make compromises in the individual processes to get everything under one roof without relying on plugins like Daz Studio (and even to an extent, Poser) does.

Bryce works with fractals and booleans which are better for generating natural shapes than poly's or quads.  This is why for years it was "the standard" for terrain generation.

Yeah, Daz may eventually abandon Bryce in favour of Carrara (and watch out there with Infinito for Daz Studio) but as long as I have a backup (and backups of my backup) Bryce will always be on the HD, whether it is my notebook or a 64 bit render monster with gobs of RAM, because it works.

...and I wonder, why has Daz started handling Vue content and Vue Pioneer?

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