Dear fellow Forum members,

Bryce 6 and Vue 6 are coming out,  while LightWave 9  is now available for $795.

I plan to buy and learn a software that's great in creating landscapes, atmosphere, vegetation, with good rendering power/speed and nice modeling capability.

 I have about one grand to spend, and  I'd appreciate inputs from those who have used at least two of the aforementioned softwares.   My question is:  which software best suits my needs?

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Scales of Importance (for my needs):  (on 1~10)

Landscaping:  10

Atmosphere:  9

Rendering power/speed:  9

Modeling:  8

Lighting:  8

Vegetation:  7

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It seems strange to ask this question in this forum, but I thought that if I ask it in any of the forums that pertains to the aforementioned softwares, the forumed software will naturally be favored by that specific software members.   So I decided to ask it here.

Your input will greatly be appreciated! 

(PS:  If you have other suggestions that's better than any of the three softwares, that'll be great, too!)

3DVim

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