I've been using Vue since version 2 first came out. Here are it's strong points: 1. Very easy interface - You can make great pictures in only a couple of hours. 2. Well written manual - good, practial tutorials 3. Fast, powerful rendering engine - Much faster than Bryce on all systems, soft shadows, blur, excellent anti-aliasing 4. Ability to import texture mapped 3DS, LWO, and OBJ files - Gives you access to thousands of free online props, works well with Poser (definitely better than Bryce) 5. Native Vegetation generation - More than 20 different types of vegetation can be created by Vue. Native vegetation renders much faster than imported vegetation in bryce. Outside of the above and the fact the color in Vue pictures just seems to look better, Vue and bryce are similar. Vue is the cheaper of the two. Hope this helps

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