As a friend of mine once said "the best [software program] is the one you already know how to use" If you cut your 3d-teeth on Bryce & followed every upgrade and know all the tricks then Bryce might be more comfortable to you. I myself had a demo of Bryce and got totally lost among the little spheres & arcane icons & hidden controls. I like software to have an intuitive interface. I want to be able to look at a control & know what it is & how it works. I also use TrueSpace4 altho I learned 3D modeling on an ancient DOS version of 3D Studio. But TS4 is cheaper and non-modular (i.e. you don't have to open separate screens for different things) It just "feels" right to me. I guess the best advice is just to try the demos, do a comparison. My personal opinion is that unless you already know your way around in Bryce you'll prefer Vue d'Esprit. For me it's more intuitive, easier to use, and more flexible than what I've seen of Bryce. As for output... Well, it's the artist, not the medium. An oil painting and a watercolor of the same landscape won't look the same. The artist merely adapts his style of rendering things to fit the medium. To me, Bryce & Vue are two different ways of getting the same thing done.