Oh, displacemet maps, didn't touch on that. You mean transmaps? Like alpha channels in a .jpg or bitmap? Bryce does that. Look for tutorials on hair transmaps when importing Poser objects to Bryce. its not as tough as it sounds. I've been playing with a Darktree demo and quite frankly, other than the ease of interface and ability to tweak and use stock procedurals that Bryce doesn't have, it really doesn't offer a lot more than the DTE. Well, it does, but for the money, I'll stay with the DTE and keep at the learning curve.