I hope I'm not opening a new world war by asking this here, I need your advice. I will post the same question in the Carrara forum.

I'm working with Poser more than a year now, as a hobby, and I have pretty much Poser stuff that I want to keep using. My biggest problem with Poser is it has no landscape, sky and water support, not good as I want anyway. I decided to dedicate some time to learn to operate a 3D software that will help me with these issues. I have found many solutions, but most of them are for pro and probably demands too much time that I don't have (3D Max, Maya etc). Eventually, I decreased the options and it's now Bryce vs Carrara.

I want your advice, and I prefer people who know both of them. I want to be able to construct a large landscape area, containing water (lake, sea, river...), trees (grass, flowers, forest) etc, I want to be able to move in the landscape (animation) and of course I want to be able to use my Poser skills and models.

I'm assuming the learning curve is fairly the same, and that there are a lot of tutorials and support forums for both options. Assuming the hardware requirements are the same, what do you recommend, Bryce or Carrara?

Thanks for helping