Captain Marlowe's Free Medieval Fortification Pack for Vue

Captain Marlowe has launched a free medieval fortifications pack for creating fortified medieval towns in Vue. The package contains two types of gates, a square tower, a half-rounded tower and a modular wall section.

More Geekatplay Video Tutorials

New Geekatplay video tutorials for Vue:

• Customizing Views
• Creating two sided leaf
• Fixing bump textures
• Workflow : Poser->Vue->Particle Illusion->After Effect (in two parts)

Vue 7 Video Presentation

Well they snuck the Vue 7 teaser out without any fanfare on YouTube. Since I can't find a link on the e-on web site I'm assuming this is the genuine Vue 7 Infinite / Vue 7 xStream teaser trailer.

Edit: To see a better quality, high resolution version of the Vue 7 Video Presentation go to YouTube (thanks to synergy543 for the tip on Renderosity).

Vue 3D Environment Competition 2008

e-on software have announced the winners of the Vue 3D Environment Competition 2008:

• Competition Winner - Back home by Daniel RESPAUD
• First Runner Up - Dry Season in NASA by Psz3d
• Second Runner Up - Glosoli by Daggie

Free Table Model for Vue

Christian Koehler has two free table models for Vue:

1. Glass Topped Table Model 1
2. Glass Topped Table Model 2

Z Depth, Environment Mapping and HDRI Tutorials for Vue

New tutorials from www.geekatplay.com include video tutorials on Z-Depth and Environment mapping & HDRI

Free Vue Dystopia Dirigible Model

Jacob Charles Dietz has a new free Vue Dystopian Dirigible model available from Team-Dystopia.com. The model is fully textured and illuminated and appears in artwork on Jacob's site. To download the model you will need to be registered for the Team Dystopia website. Once registered and logged in you can be downloaded the Dystopia Dirigible model from the site.

Rock Concert Tips

Monsoon has posted some tips on using his Rock Concert pack.

Vue "Summer 2008 Blockbuster" Roundup

August 13, 2008. Siggraph Los Angeles, California: e-on software, maker of Vue, the leading solution for natural 3D environments announced that its products were used in the following summer 2008 blockbuster movies:

ILM’s "Indiana Jones And the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"

©LucasFilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved. Photo Credits: Industrial Light & Magic, Used Under Permission.

"Creating entire vistas was a first in my playbook and that's just been wonderful. Vue was my only option and it turned out to be the best option!" Yanick Dusseault, Digital Matte Supervisor, Industrial Light & Magic.

DreamWork’s "KungFu Panda"

Click on image to watch the trailer.



Kung Fu Panda TM & ©2008 DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved.

The following is an excerpt from an online Interview from Markus Manninen, VFX Supervisor on KungFu Panda, made by CGSociety. Republished under Dreamworks’ exclusive permission.

"A lot of our large locations went through a process where the world was created roughly in Vue by our matte painting lead Scott Brisbane. Then the renders out of that were painted on by our matte painters to define the finished detail and push the look and lighting further. The final matte paintings were then projected back on geometry by our matte painting compositors and rendered on the farm. […]

The matte paintings on our film were the most advanced and the most shots that we'd done to date. Even larger than some of the live action films that depend heavily on them. I was truly inspired by their work. The Production Designer and I had planned to rely heavily on matte painting on the film, and we were extatic when the process worked out so well."

Production IG and Poligon Picture’s "The Skycrawlers"

© MH/NI, BWDVYHDYCH

"For a CG artist like me, creating an extremely detailed landscape image is the greatest challenge, but at the same time, it's something you always dream of doing. With Vue, you can easily create even elements such as a sea of clouds , woods, and oceans, which wouldn't be feasible with conventional methods. I can say Vue is the one and only tool that makes it possible to realize the superbly detailed landscapes you'll ever imagine!" Takashi Nagasaki - CTO - Polygon Pictures

E-on Software Previews Vue 7 Professional Solutions

August 12, 2008. Siggraph Los Angeles, California: e-on software, makers of Vue, the leading solution for natural 3D environments started showcasing key new features of its Vue 7 professional solutions, Vue 7 xStream and Vue 7 Infinite (scheduled for release later this year), at booth 1129.

Vue 7: Digital Nature

All Vue assets are directly accessible from within the host application’s interface.

3ds Max Mosque model, rendered with Vue environments using MentalRay Sun and Sky.

More Robust, Seamless Integration with the Leading DCC Solutions

Vue 7 xStream, e-on’s flagship solution, represents a totally new paradigm in terms of integration and workflow. All Vue tools are now fully integrated in the host application, providing direct access to the most advanced 3D environment creation technologies (including EcoSystem Painting). Users of Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya, Softimage XSI, Maxon Cinema 4D and Newtek LightWave will greatly benefit from Vue xStream’s unprecedented and unmatched 3D Digital Nature creation power!

Next Generation Features

Capitalizing on breakthrough technologies introduced in previous versions, Vue 7 will also feature a number of important new features such as the 3rd generation of e-on's patented EcoSystem ™ technology, as well as Spectral 2 atmospheric engine, SolidGrowth 4 HD, a completely new indoor Radiosity engine and much more.

RenderTITAN SIGGRAPH Special

RenderTITAN is offering a 50% off sale in celebration of SIGGRAPH 2008. The sale will end August 17, 2008.

Two New Geekatplay Studio

Two new Geekatplay Studio video tutorials for Vue are now available: Small planet and Underwater

Renderosity Challenge - August 2008

The August Vue challenge at Renderosity is "Close-up and Macro".

Landscape and Wall Materials for Vue by Martin Frost

Martin Frost's Lonely Places Landscape Materials is a set of thirty hills, mountains, and meadows landscape materials for for Vue 6 Esprit. Martin also has a set of 37 texture based and procedural wall materials, Wall Materials For Vue D Esprit, for use with Vue 6 Esprit and above.

3D World - September 2008 and Vue

3D World Issue 108 (September 2008) is now available in the UK. This month there is a short tutorial in the Q&A section on making a wet road. There is a picture made using Vue in the Exhibition section too.

E-on Software News: August 6th 2008

E-on software's latest newsletter is now available including:

• Vue 7 - Digital Nature in Los Angeles
• Siggraph Presentation Schedule Now Available!
• Come and Meet Us - Free Passes!
• Vue 3D Environment Competition Finalists Announced!

Oriental Origins Contest

Hot on the heals of the Vue 3D Environment Competition 2008 Cornucopia 3D launches the Oriental Origins Contest.

Prizes:

• 1st prize: $25 content voucher for Cornucopia3D
• 2nd prize: $15 content voucher for Cornucopia3D
• 3rd prize: $10 content voucher for Cornucopia3D

The contest runs till Sunday 31st August 2008 (midnight, GMT) - see the competition page at Cornucopia 3D for more information.

E-on Software to Preview Vue 7 Professional Solutions at Siggraph 2008

August 5, 2008. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software, makers of Vue, the leading solution for natural 3D environments announced it will be showcasing key new features of its Vue 7 professional solutions (scheduled for release later this year) in Los Angeles, during the Siggraph show, August 12-14, 2008, at booth 1129.

Vue 7: Digital Nature

More Robust, Seamless Integration with the Leading DCC Solutions

Vue 7 xStream, e-on’s flagship solution, represents a totally new paradigm in terms of integration and workflow. All Vue tools are now fully integrated in the host application, providing direct access to the most advanced 3D environment creation technologies (including EcoSystem Painting). Users of Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya, Softimage XSI, Maxon Cinema 4D and Newtek LightWave will greatly benefit from Vue xStream’s unprecedented and unmatched 3D Digital Nature creation power!

Next Generation Features

Capitalizing on breakthrough technologies introduced in previous versions, Vue 7 will also feature a number of important new features such as the 3rd generation of e-on’s patented EcoSystem ™ technology, as well as Spectral 2 atmospheric engine, SolidGrowth 4 HD, a completely new indoor Radiosity engine and much more.

Come and meet the e-on software team in Los Angeles, at the Siggraph show, booth #1129 for further details and product demonstrations. To make it easier for people to come and visit, e-on software is giving away 300 free registration passes to the exhibition hall (click on the link below for instructions)!

www.e-onsoftware.com/about/event/Siggraph2008.php

Isometric view in Vue Tutorial

A new Geekatplay studio video tutorial for Vue covers creating an isometric view in Vue.

Vue 3D Environment Competition 2008 Entries

The 426 entries in this years Vue 3D Environment Competition 2008 can now be seen over at Cornucopia 3D.

Monsoon's Rock Concert Live!

Monsoon's new set for Vue 6 Infinite, Pro and Esprite Monsoon's Rock Concert is now available at the 3D Commune Store. It includes 72 procedural materials and 70 objects.