Sunday, January 25, 2009

E-on Software Releases Vue 7 Personal Learning Edition!

FREE, FULLY-FUNCTIONAL SOLUTION FOR PROFESSIONAL 3D ENVIRONMENTS

January 22, 2009. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software, maker of the leading solutions for natural 3D environments, today announced the immediate availability of a free Personal Learning Edition (PLE) of its flagship products, Vue 7 xStream and Vue 7 Infinite.

Vue 7 xStream and Infinite are the industry-leading solutions for the creation, animation, rendering and integration of natural 3D environments for movie, broadcast and architecture.

The Vue 7 PLE is a fully functional version of Vue 7 xStream/Infinite. With the PLE, users can:

  • Create complete projects,
  • Save their work and export to other applications,
  • Render stills and animations without size/length limit,
  • Experience Vue’s power directly inside Max/Maya/XSI/LightWave/Cinema4D,
  • Learn at their own pace (the PLE never expires)!

The Personal Learning Edition ships with a wide selection of Vue 7 presets, as well as the complete PDF Reference manual.

With the free Vue 7 PLE, CG professionals will experience how Vue's natural environments can become a determining asset of their production “ says Nicholas Phelps, president of e-on software. “Students shouldn't miss this opportunity to learn one of the key tools of the CG industry!

Key technologies available in the Vue 7 PLE:

  • Full integration of Vue features inside of Max/Maya/XSI/LightWave/Cinema4D

  • EcoSystem™ 3 automatically populates environments with millions of wind-swept trees,
  • Hyper-realistic Spectral 2 atmosphere engine and MetaCloud technology,
  • State-of-the-art indoor and outdoor Radiosity renderer,
  • Flicker-free, hyper detailed SolidGrowth™4 3D plant technology, and many more…

Users can download the Vue 7 PLE free of charge from www.vue7.com/ple

The Vue 7 PLE performs under all versions of Windows XP and Vista (32 and 64 bit), and is Universal Binary for Macintosh OSX.

The PLE is for personal, non-commercial use only, files created with the PLE cannot be exchanged with other PLE users and are not compatible with other versions of Vue, and renders may be watermarked and carry a logo.

Vue Complete Update

Vue 7 Complete - Build 38774 released on 15th January - available from e-on's web site.

Tutorial: Veggi! Venti! SFXI

Silverblade has posted a new tutorial for on SFX plants Vue Veggi! Venti! SFXI.

Chipp Walters Sci-Fi Tutorials

Chipp has posted 3 video tutorial on creating a Sci-Fi model and scene using the beta version of Vue 7 Pioneer.

Elfguy's Free Stuff (and Store)

All of Elfguy's free stuff (and paid for stuff) for Vue can now be found on his site.

Two New Tutorials from Silverblade

Silverblade has posted two new tutorials for Vue:

#30 Poser character tips

#34 Creating a scene

Digital Arts: February 2009

Digital Arts: February 2009 apparently includes a review of Vue 7 (not sure which flavour). I've not seen a copy so you now know as much as I do (if not more).

Free Vue 6 Atmospheres

These turned up in a web search and even though they've apparently been available I thought I'd feature them. 35 free atmospheres for Vue 6 by Filip. Part of Filip's Vue 6 Atmosphere Pro Pack, available from Renderosity.

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Free MetaPeeps for Vue

Chipp Walters is giving away a set of six free MetaPeeps, vaguely people shaped metablobs. Usable with all versions of Vue 7 their cloathing's colour varies depending on where they are in the scene greatly increasing the apparent variety when used in a crowd.

Vue 7 Infinite Water Plane Guide

Richard Potter has posted a two part guide to the effect of varying the various parameters in Vue 7's new infinite water plane:

Water Editor - Guide Part 1

Water Editor - Guide Part 2