I have bryce5, poser4 with the pro pack. But my artistic abilities still seem somewhat limited. I was wondering what other software programs or suites I should get and why. Thanx for your help.

Me i am using Bryce 5, Ray Dream Studio 5, Painter 3D and CorelDraw! Graphics suite 10. I use RDS for doing object for Bryce when i think in simpler to do it. Painter 3D is for doing some textures map on object, like doing a planet. But directly on the object . A Small but good program. Corel Photo-Paint 10 i use it for doing textures, elevation map for the terrain editor. Why then for you??? RDS is now Carrara Studio from Eovia at www.eovia.com. You can ask question for this one in the Carrara & Ray Dream Studio forum for better anwser. You can then have the choice of Photoshop or CorelDraw Graphics suite. The choice is personnel, i prefer the Corel interface and i have been working with it a lot of years. Photoshop is very good too. Anyway, that's it for me. Pleiades

I use Posers for Characters, Amorphium Pro and I.E. Universe for modeling, Photoshop & Photo Impact along with KPT 5 & 6 for post.

I use Bryce5, Poser4 w/pro pack, Rhino3D, Photoshop6, Photo Impact 6 which also imports photoshop plugins, and many more. Eventually you'll get into a niche with your favorites. ICM

I'm getting into animation on Bryce 5, so I use Media Studio Pro to add a soundtrack and sound effects to my animations. MSP also has a paint program so I can do lasers, lightsabers etc. I also am trying to learn 3d studio max which makes bryce look like a breeze. Myk Tk1138

I use Poser Pro Pack, trueSpace 5, Paint Shop Pro 7, Painter 6, Amapi, Strata3D, sPatch, and anything else I need to get the job done, especially if its free. -darlisa