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I have always found the Carrara terrain generator difficult - the tools are like trying to sculpt ice with a sledge hammer.  Does Bryce do a better job at this?

I had about given up  on Carrara terrains, but Brian used to push me to try - he always took my complaints and ran circles around them.

Anyway - I would be very interested if Bryce handles this better.  I have it, but also haven't bothered to install.  I looked at it years ago and the interface scared me off.

You mentioned multiple bitmaps - are they combined somehow in Bryce to provide different terrain layers?

Thanks.

Lotus 123 ~ S-Render ~ OS/2 WARP ~ IBM 8088 / 4.77 Mhz ~ Hercules Ultima graphics, Hitachi 10 MB HDD, 64K RAM, 12 in diagonal CRT Monitor (16 colors / 60 Hz refresh rate), 240 Watt PS, Dual 1.44 MB Floppies, 2 button mouse input device.  Beige horizontal case.  I don't display my unit.