Peggy Walters is teaching a six week, self-paced, online course on using Vue 6 Infinite or Vue 6 xStream. According to the course description much of the material will be of use to Vue 6 Easel, Vue 6 Esprit and Vue 6 Pro Studio users.
For more information see the LVS course description.
Two pieces of interest for Vue users in the latest 3D World magazine. The first is a short tutorial on using Maya's Paint Effects with Vue. The second is a very positive review of Vue 6 Easel which gives it 9 for Range of Features, 10 for Value for Money and 8 Overall.
The Daily Toreador reports that Texas Tech's University Library has opened a new 3-D animation lab which includes Vue Infinite. You can read the whole story on the Toreador's web site.
The Vue News Blogs' first poll results are now in. The question was Which Versions of Vue have you used?
AsileFX have released three new training CDs "Advanced Terrain Creation", "Advanced Material Creation" and "Advanced Effects - Fire". More information available from e-on software's web site.
Softimage|XSI compatibility is now available in the free Vue 6 PLE. Existing users of the PLE will need to download a new copy to use it with Softimage|XSI.
e-on has posted a new newsletter to their web site including:
You can see the newsletter at e-on softwares site.
e-on software, the makers of Vue, and e frontier, the makers of poser, are offering a bundle deal on the English version of Poser 7 and Vue 6 Esprit. The regular price for both packages would be $478.99 but with the bundle you save $179 so you can get Poser 7 and Vue 6 Esprit for $299.99
For more details and to place orders see either the e-on software web site or the e frontier web site.
Chipp Walters has a new 6 minute video tutorial on creating a solid coloured plant.
A new Beta update for Vue 6 Infinite is now available from e-on's site.
e-on software, makers of Vue, have announced they will be at Siggraph 2007 San Diego, California USA in August (booth #623). They are also giving away 200 free registration passes for the event (follow the link to their site for details).
Frédéric Louguet has posted a new utility for Vue 6 Infinite running on a PC. Here is his description of it...
I have developed a small utility (in two parts) which might help to detect the problematic areas in your scenes, that is the areas which are the slowest to render.
Feel free to download it and experiment with it. As for its real usefulness, you tell me 
(at least it's free)
They August 2007 issue of Imagine FX (issue 20) includes an article on creating a sci-fi image in the style of Chris Moore using Vue 6 Infinite, Cinema 4D and Photoshop. There is a review of the Gnomon Workshop DVD Vue Infinite: Interface and Workflow and on the magazine DVD there is a nine minute sample video from the DVD.
Posted by PhotonVFX on Cornucopia 3D :
We have an exciting job opportunity at our New Zealand office. We're looking to build our Vue team.
Photon is in development of a new Animated Series in progress in Auckland, NZ. We currently have an opening for a Vue environment modeller. Think deep dark forests, dappled light etc.
Please email the Photon's HR Manager Marcus Wells on hr@photonvfx.com or call immediately +61 7 5502 5222
A new C3D newsletter is available at Cornucopia 3D including details of a chance to get vouchers for Cornucopia3D content and news on 10,000 images in the C3D galleries.
From Chipp:
Many of you may know of Monsoon's SeaVue kit for Vue. I've had it for awhile, but wasn't quite sure how Mark Lawson (Monsoon) was able to squeeze such incredible images from it. So, I asked him to show me, and then I created this 28 minute tutorial based upon his generous tutelage.
You may also wish to download the ZIP version of this instead of watching it LIVE.
Hope you find it helpful.
I've just posted a work in progress of a tutorial on how to cut shapes from cloud layers to create clouds that look like things. If your interested pop over to my blog and have a read of Vue Tutorial: Cloud Layer Sculpting.
Mark Caldwell has a new python script for Vue Infinte users that will find the distance between two objects. You can get the Vue Tape Measure from his blog.
To give your camera movement in an animation the hand held camera look you can use the vibration controls in the animation tools. You can change the magnitude of the vibration over time to vary the effect or to simulate outside forces acting on the operator or the operator moving.
July 2, 2006. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software, makers of Vue, the leading solutions for natural 3D environments, in association with Softimage, Cornucopia3D and 3D World Magazine, today announced the second edition of the "Vue 3D Environment Competition", designed to showcase the capabilities of 3D technology for CG environments.
Any version of Vue - including the free Vue 6 Personal Learning Edition (PLE) - can be used to enter the competition. Judging will be based solely on the quality, realism and artistic merit of the entries, not on the version of Vue used to create them.
With a group of 8 prestigious judges representing the different fields of the 3D Entertainment Industry, this competition is a unique chance for anybody to see their work exposed to the eyes of industry experts, as well as to win over $5,000 in prizes.
Get Noticed!
The "Vue 3D Environment Competition 2007" judges are all leading figures in the world of 3D graphics, from the Game, Broadcast and Media to the Motion Picture industries:
Over $5,000 in Prizes!
The winner of the “Vue 3D Environment Competition 2007” will receive Softimage XSI Essentials (worth $1,995), Vue 6 xStream (worth $1,035) and one year subscription to 3D World magazine (worth $150).
The first runner up will receive Vue 6 Infinite (worth $735), Softimage XSI Foundation (worth $495), one year subscription to 3D World magazine ($150), while the second runner up will receive a $200 voucher on Cornucopia3D content.
Submissions start Monday July 2, and end Tuesday July 31, 2007.
The winners of the competition will be announced at the Siggraph show, in San Diego, on August 7, 2007.
More information is available at:
www.e-onsoftware.com/3dec07.html