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Bryce 5 is the first full revision of the classic landscape software to come out of Corel Corporation since they putchased it from Metacreations. For those of us who have followed Bryce for some years, there has been a certain amount of concern as to whether Bryce would improve or degrade under the control of Corel.
Overall, some major improvements have been made under the hood of this latest release. There are some solid enhancements to the package, including network rendering and a couple of new interfaces such as Tree Lab and Light Lab. In addition, there is now a metaball object as well as improvements in the Terrain Editor and more in-depth rendering options.
Out of the box, you will find the Macintosh/Windows application disc and a support disc containing additional presets, tutorials, and some eye candy to help inspire the creative juices. One interesting side note is that all of the scene files are still in Bryce 4 format, which loads into Bryce 5 just fine, but implies that not as much time was devoted to this portion of the upgrade. The documentation has been downgraded to a single color manual and no quick reference card. I had an invalid serial number supplied with...