I have been using Bryce for a couple of years now. At the time I got it, it was what I could afford. I worked with it many hours a day to learn how to do things and make things look as good as they could with it. Sometimes it took days to get the effect I wanted and sometimes I was unable to at all. Needless to say, it is the 3D prog I learned on.
Lately I have been reading alot of ugly things about Bryce. To be honest it pissed me off. Not everyone can afford the more expensive programs like Vue, Maya and others. I thought how horrible it was to judge something poorly because it was cheaper than the rest.
Then I came across a good deal on Vue so I took it. I started playing around with it and found that it is very much a superior program. With just a couple clicks of the mouse I could achieve things it took days to achieve in Bryce, if I was able to at all. So, I began to understand (to a point) why all the ugly comments about Bryce.
Then it struck me about the unfairness of what that attitude led to. People who had created something very nice with Bryce being rejected or insulted with a low rating from the mods because it was done in Bryce or what they thought was done in Bryce and not one of the more expensive ones.
Now that I have both programs and have been able to create with them both, I need to make a statement about how unfair the judging of work is around here.
Does it not dawn on the moderators that any work created in Bryce that looks half way decent is a far greater achievement than a good or great looking piece created in Vue or other higher quality program? After all, the work that went into creating the decent wall with Bryce (which leaves most of the work up to the artist), in my humble opinion takes much more patience and talent than it does to create something great with a program that does almost everything for the artist with a click of the mouse.
Maybe next time a piece done in Bryce comes along, you will look at it from a point of view of talent and effort and not what is more expensive or styled to suit your eyes. Should peoples work be judge so harshly because it is not made on a more desirable program? I think not.
And before the attack begins, I would like to say one more thing. There are literally hundreds if not thousands of works on this site with thousands of downloads that were created in Bryce. Lets not let the cost of the program or style of work determine the ratings, but the talent.