I believe their initial philosophy was to make it a program for artist so they could pose and paint with out the expensive of hiring a model. Wasn't meant to be a rendering program. It has evolved that way at users request. Like Rhino, which began as a modeling app now they are expanding into a rendering app to. Even look at how Truespace has evolved. For that matter LightWave or Max. Hey by the way I still get my best stills out of Bryce bar none. Ron