hi all.. painter 3d and raydream 5 ,could some one please tell me what these programs are good for ,or should i just stick with bryce4? thanks..

Painter 3D lets you paint directly onto 3d objects. It makes your textures and stuff for you.

I haven''t used Bryce much, but I know that is more suited for scenary (in my opinion) than Ray Dream. Ray Dream works good (compared to Bryce) for modeling objects, and animating them.

Yes, I have used all of these programs, although I haven''t used bryce much. If you really want to do good 3d modeling/animation, you need something like Maya, 3D Studio Max, or Lightwave.

Drakonite

--Don''t quote me on that, unless I''m right...

thanks Drakonite...iv got 3d max,but my pc is to small to run it thow..bummer!if you can give me some ideas to get me started on painter 3d and rdream,i can help you find your way around bryce as there is more to it than you might think,only problem i have with bryce is i have animations that i cant render as it would take a week..come to think of it could i render a mesh in RD5 and inport it to bryce as a renderd object???
thanks for your time
craig