Look, there is no better program for making images. It's all down to how you use the program, and what you can do with it. I can work seemlessly between Photoshop and Paintshop Pro, others prefer just one, or hate the other because they arent used to it. Paintshop Pro, Photoshop, The Gimp and MS Paint can all be used for everything from airbrushed paintings to pixel work. Bryce is a very poor program, and shunned upon in the 3D community as its more of a drag drop application, rather than effort, although, experienced users of Bryce can put it to real use.