Greetings all! I am a very very newbie to this community. I am an AutoCad user of 13 years and I want to branch out into other software. I have had my eye on bryce for some time. However, I cannot find any information (even from Corel website) that Bryce is a stand alone software. It almost seems as though you must have Corel in some fashion before Bryce will work, but maybe I am reading things that aren't actually there (it's been a long month!) I have read alot of the posts, but nothing (so far) has given me the info I need. The price almost scares me. Three years ago Bryce was about $150 from a mag I used to get. Current price on Corel site is $80. US. Thats why I figure there is something missing! HA! I can't wait to try out the software. I am into marrionette puppets and the wife & I have a web site as we are puppeteers & storytellers. I would like to use Bryce & (so far at least) Carrara (any other animation software suggestions would be appreciated) to make digital pics of the 150 puppets we have (so far). Thanks in advance for any and all help and I look forward to working with al of you in the future. Only recently did I find this website and so far it Rocks! Thanks, Dave