I can't find anything that tells me what the differences are between Bryce 4 and 5. Some stores still have a few copies of B4 at cut rate prices so it would be nice to save some money if I can (for a change!). I'd want to be able to import my poser scenes for rendering, so I'd want to be sure that wouldn't be a problem.

Either version of Bryce cannot import Poser scenes directly, you would have to exoprt models out of Poser and then import it into Bryce. As far as I know only Vue 4 can import whole Poser scenes, so you may want to check that program out. (http://www.e-onsoftware.com/) Review of Bryce software: http://bryce-alive.net/bryce5review/ Comparison of Bryce 4 Vs. 5 rendering times: http://www.castironflamingo.com/tutorial/B5Bench/index.html Agent Smith

If you can get b4 at a cut rate ,i would buy it.Im still on b4 and for the things im doing , its ok. b5 has the treelab and some improvements in the renderquality , but the improvents slow renderspeed down.

Oh wow, I didn't know Vue could do that. Knowing what all these programs can do sure is confusing LOL! I think I'll download the demo and see if I like it. The review links were helpful too, thanks.

I was lucky, I had Bryce 4 and upgraded for only $100, and I'm happy I have Bryce 5. The lights, trees, and metaballs make it worth the extra money. It can import Poser figures, but of course not the whole scene. If you put all of your textures in the same folder as the .obj version of your Poser model it will import all of the textures too. You would have to adjust the transparency map settings though. I think it's worth it. I've used Bryce for 4 years and Poser for 2 to 3 years and I like how they work together. Boni