E-on Software Announces Plant Factory

THE BEST 3D PLANT TECHNOLOGY ON EARTH IS SHIPPING!

e-on software yesterday announced the immediate availability of Plant Factory, its revolutionary new technology for creating and rendering high-quality 3D plants.

Watch the Plant Factory presentation video on Youtube

Plant Factory is designed for the CG, SFX, Architecture and Gaming communities. It offers solutions custom-tailored for all audiences. The technology available in Plant Factory represents the culmination of e-on software's decades of expertise in the field of digital nature and delivers unsurpassed realism and performance.

With Plant Factory users can:

• Create any kind of vegetation, from simple grass to super elaborate hero trees
• Create vegetation by painting it, assembling simple building blocks, or completely graphing all plant properties
• Generate procedural geometry and materials of unlimited detail
• Animate all plant aspects using precise wind and breeze algorithms
• Export 3D vegetation to any 3D application as standard .OBJ, .3DS or animated .FBX
• Render stills and animations for compositing jobs or for use as billboards
• Expand their plant library through a dedicated 3D plant model store

More information about the Plant Factory technology is available on the newly redesigned website: www.plantfactory-tech.com

Product Lineup

The Plant Factory product line comprises 3 main products, plus 2 specialty versions, each of which addresses specific customer needs and budgets:

Plant Factory Producer ($1,495): for Production and SFX Facilities.

Author fully custom intricate 3D plant models in concert with your production workflow. Hand-draw your plants, assemble pre-made components or build plants from scratch using the node graph. With expanded collaboration and composition capabilities, advanced artistic control, and unbelievable productivity, Plant Factory Producer is the perfect vegetation solution for special effects and production studios.

Plant Factory Studio ($995): for CG Professionals and Small Studios.

Designed for CG professionals and small studios, this feature-rich version of Plant Factory creates richly detailed custom plants. Hand-draw your plants, assemble pre-made components or build plants from scratch using the node graph. Produce high-quality 3D plants with unprecedented ease-of-use and export them to any other 3D application - including Vue EcoSystems.

Plant Factory Designer ($495): Static Plants for CG Professionals.

Designed for CG Professionals, Plant Factory Designer lets you hand-draw your plants, assemble pre-made components or build plants from scratch. Produce high-quality 3D plants with unprecedented ease-of-use and add them directly to your Vue Scenes and Vue EcoSystems or export them as static 3D meshes for use in other applications.

Specialty versions:

Plant Factory Artist ($199): Plant Customization for Vue Artists.

This entry level version of Plant Factory allows users of Vue Esprit, Studio and Complete to create amazing 3D plants by hand-drawing or assembling pre-made components. Plants can be customized using an extensive set of parameters and exported directly into Vue Complete, Vue Studio or Vue Esprit (with Botanica module).

Plant Factory Converter ($99): Tweak Plants and Export as Standard 3D Meshes.

Designed for CG artists using any 3D application (such as 3DS Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, Softimage, LightWave, Modo, etc).

This very simple version of Plant lets the users purchase exactly the plant species they need, generate variations, adjust global settings and export as static 3D meshes.

A comprehensive comparative feature chart and full purchasing options are available on the product’s website: www.plantfactory-tech.com/purchase

A Plant Factory Personal Learning Edition is scheduled for release later on in the year.

Plant Factory Bundles and Special Offers

For a limited time only*, customers can save up to $700 on Plant Factory + Vue bundles.

• Plant Factory Producer + Vue 11.5 xStream: $700 discount using the voucher code xstream_producer
• Plant Factory Studio + Vue 11.5 Infinite: $400 discount using the voucher code infinite_studio
• Plant Factory Designer + Vue 11 Complete: $200 discount using the voucher code complete_designer

Vouchers are only applicable to orders of full license for both Plant Factory and Vue.

Users of e-on software’s Vue 11 product line will also receive a discount. Users of older versions of Vue will get a further incentive to upgrade to Vue 11.

More information and a detailed price list is available online at: www.plantfactory-tech.com/purchase/#Bundles

*All special offer are valid until September 30, 2013

Product Specifications

Plant Factory is a 32 & 64 bits application, designed for the Windows® 32/64 bits XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8, as well as Intel Mac OS X 10.5+ platforms. For better performance, a good video board with a minimum of 1GB of video RAM is recommended. A 64 bit system is highly recommended.

E-on Software Announces The Plant Factory

e-on software, the leader in Digital Nature technologies and makers of Vue and LumenRT, today announced they will soon release a revolutionary new plant modeling and rendering technology, called The Plant Factory (TPF).

This new technology represents the culmination of e-on software's decades of expertise in the field of digital nature and delivers unsurpassed realism and performance.

As a next generation vegetation platform, The Plant Factory incorporates four foundational elements:

• Multi-Platform/Multi-Discipline – operates across all CG platforms including real-time, streaming, and offline rendering systems and caters to the needs of CG, SFX, Landscaping, GeoDesign, Architecture and Gaming communities
• Botanical Coherency – allows the creation of more botanically accurate plant appearances and behaviors
• Precise Control – users can create plants of any desired shape, appearance, and behavior using simple building blocks
• Massive Populations – building on e-on’s leadership in EcoSystems™ to create landscapes containing millions of plants

"After years of research and consultation with our valued customers, we are very excited to bring this amazing plant technology to the market", said Nicholas Phelps, President of e-on software. "We believe The Plant Factory offers a comprehensive solution for creating vegetation populations of any size and complexity that will run efficiently on any platform, including real-time and offline rendering systems."

Stay Tuned!

While e-on software finalizes the preparation of the first commercial applications of this technology, they will publish details on the upcoming products regularly at www.plantfactory-tech.com.

Vue 11 xStream with 3DS Max Nitrous

New video from E-on software: Vue 11 xStream with 3DS Max Nitrous

E-on Software Ships Vue 11 xStream and Vue 11 Infinite

VUE 11 FOR 3D ARTISTS AND 3D ENTHUSIASTS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE MID NOVEMBER

November 05, 2012. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software, the leader in 3D Digital Nature technologies, today announced the immediate availability of Vue 11 xStream and Vue 11 Infinite, its newest Digital Nature solutions for CG Professionals.

In order to ensure a smooth transition, and to avoid order processing congestion, e-on software will be releasing the other products in the Vue 11 product line – Pioneer & Theme-packs, Frontier, Esprit, Studio and Complete – mid November 2012.

Vue 11 xStream – The Integrated Solution:

Vue xStream, e-on’s flagship solution, offers CG professionals the premiere solution for creating exceptionally rich and realistic Digital Nature environments, fully immersed within Autodesk 3ds Max, Maya, and Softimage, Maxon Cinema 4D or Newtek LightWave. All Vue tools are fully integrated in the host application as menus and toolbars and directly accessible from within the host interface, providing immediate access to the most advanced 3D environment creation technologies.

Vue 11 Infinite – The Standalone Solution:

Vue Infinite offers CG professionals the premiere solution for creating exceptionally rich and realistic Digital Nature environments in a stand-alone package. Vue 10 Infinite is the ideal tool for multimedia and entertainment professionals, architects and graphics designers.

New features of Vue 11

Key features of Vue 11 include faster rendering, illumination caching, terrain and EcoPainter improvements, 360° population, interactive EcoSystem population, as well as EcoParticles, e-on software's revolutionary approach to particles:

With EcoParticles, users can do all the standard stuff that particles are good at, but they can also do a lot more. Rather than creating simple emitters, and having particles grow out of them, e-on software designed a new way of handling particles that is specifically well suited for Digital Nature.

The Vue 11 Particle system is a direct extension of the production proven EcoSystem™ technology that is a key player in Vue’s success for the film, television, architecture, game, science, educational and entertainment industries.

Here is a shortlist of some of the important new features included in Release 11 of Vue:

• EcoParticles: This new technology is ideal for the creation of animated rain, snow, waterfalls, explosions, fire, smoke, tornadoes, falling leaves, swarm of insects and more. Any object can be set as a particle source (emitter).
• EcoParticles as EcoSystems: EcoParticles are added to any material like a regular EcoSystem material layer. But with EcoParticles, users get in depth control over the way the particles will evolve over time. Users can define the speed, direction, collision properties and duration of life of the particles, as well as subject them to external influences. On top of these new physical settings, all of the classic EcoSystem configuration parameters are used for particle instance population.
• EcoParticles Effectors: Effectors are special objects that will influence the EcoParticles in the scene. Effects like tornadoes, jittering, attraction, etc. are easily created this way.
• Automatic Weather Effects - Rain and Snow: These new atmospheric effects enable artists to create anything from gentle spring rain to a tropical storm, a gentle falling snow to a blizzard, with just a few simple clicks. The heaviness, shape, drop size, speed and falling angle of the precipitation is user controllable. Motion blur can be added if desired too. Weather Effects are available for all types of atmospheres.
• EcoPainter Improvements: The EcoSystem Painter is completely redesigned to allow even more control and flexibility. Users can now create their own brushes using a combination of effectors. For instance, brushes that will resize and align instances at the same time. There are a number of new brush effects to boot, including the ability to lean or rotate instances, raise or lower them, move them around, etc.
• Customizable EcoPainter Brushes: Like the brushes in the Terrain Editor, each EcoPainter brush now has its own dialog that displays all of the parameters that can be adjusted. If users want to display a specific brush parameter directly in the main EcoPainter dialog, they can do so with a click on the corresponding Publish icon. The EcoSystem Selection function is now part of the EcoPainter. This way, users can use the select function to define the instances to work with, directly in the EcoSystem Painter dialog. EcoSystem Instance Selection is now also available in xStream for 3ds Max, Cinema4D and Softimage.
• EcoSystem Fast Population: Thanks to a special population mode, Vue can now refresh the EcoSystem population interactively, without the need of any re-population action
• EcoSystem 360° Population: Vue can now automatically populate EcoSystems from all directions including below objects. This feature works on any kind of object from basic spheres to complex geometry such as rocks, cars, houses... and all applicable EcoSystem settings are supported.
• Up to 30% Faster Rendering Speed*: Significant internal optimizations made to Vue 11’s rendering engine will result in dramatically accelerated rendering especially on very dense EcoSystem scenes.
• Illumination Caching: This technology lets the user re-use GI information over the course of an entire animation thus eliminating the need to re-render the GI pre-pass for every frame. This will dramatically reduce the rendering times of Architectural animations, for instance.
• Many other improvements such as Shared Material layers, Nitrous accelerated graphics core support in 3ds Max, support for latest releases of the Autodesk 2013 products and Cinema4D R14, and more...

* Compared to the same render settings in Vue 10.5

More details on the new features are available on the product description pages at:

www.e-onsoftware.com/infinite and www.e-onsoftware.com/xstream

Pricing and Availability

Standard Retail Price:

Vue 11 xStream retails for $1,995 (with one year maintenance), and upgrades from Vue 10 xStream starting at $439. Vue 11 Infinite retails for $1,495 (with one year maintenance), with upgrades from Vue 10.x Infinite starting at $359. Upgrades from Vue 9.x Infinite and Vue 9.x xStream are also available (see full product pricelist at http://www.e-onsoftware.com/pricelist for details).

Annual subscriptions for Educational licenses of Vue xStream and Infinite are available respectively for $149 and $99 per seat and per year. Upgrades to Vue 11 are free for owners of active educational licenses.
Following the terms of the complimentary 30 day maintenance included with each new purchase, customers who purchased Vue 10.5 xStream or Vue 10.5 Infinite after October 05, 2012 will automatically receive their upgrade to Vue 11 at no charge.

Yearly maintenance plans are available for both products. More information on e-on software’s maintenance plans can be found at: www.e-onsoftware.com/maintenance

Availability:

Vue 11 xStream and Vue 11 Infinite are available in English for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, and on Mac OSX 10.5+ (Mac Intel only) for both 32 and 64 bit.

Vue 11 xStream is compatible with the following renderers:

• 3ds Max 2008 to 2013: MentalRay (integrated and MR satellites), V-Ray
• Maya 2008 to 2013: MentalRay (integrated and MR satellites), V-Ray*, Maya Software
• Softimage | XSI 7 to 2013: MentalRay (integrated and MR satellites)
• Cinema 4D R11.0 to R14*: native renderer
• LightWave 9.3 to 11: native renderer

Other renderers are under consideration.

* the Vue 11 initial Mac OSX build does not include support for Cinema4D R14 and Vray for Maya 2013.
Support for these applications will be released later this November.

Personal Learning Editions:

E-on software will be releasing a Personal Learning Edition of Vue 11 Infinite and xStream later in the year.

Vue 11 - Interactive 360° Population

New video from e-on software...

E-on Software Unveils Vue 11

VUE 11 PRE RELEASE AVAILABLE FOR USERS UNDER MAINTENANCE
October 23, 2012. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software, the leader in 3D Digital Nature technologies, today announced the formal unveiling of its upcoming Vue 11 product line - scheduled for release November, 2012.

Concurrently, the company is offering its professional users under maintenance a pre-release version of Vue 11 xStream and Infinite, the latest production-driven version of its professional solutions for the creation, animation and rendering of natural 3D environments.

New features of Vue 11
Key features of Vue 11 include faster rendering, illumination caching, terrain and EcoPainter improvements, 360° population, interactive EcoSystem population, as well as EcoParticles, e-on software's revolutionary approach to particles:

With EcoParticles, users can do all the standard stuff that particles are good at, but they can also do a lot more. Rather than creating simple emitters, and having particles grow out of them, e-on software designed a new way of handling particles that is specifically well suited for Digital Nature.

The Vue 11 Particle system is a direct extension of the production proven EcoSystem™ technology that is a key player in Vue’s success for the film, television, architecture, game, science, educational and entertainment industries.

Here is a shortlist of some of the important new features included in Release 11 of Vue:

• EcoParticles: This new technology is ideal for the creation of animated rain, snow, waterfalls, explosions, fire, smoke, tornadoes, falling leaves, swarm of insects and more. Any object can be set as a particle source (emitter).
• EcoParticles as EcoSystems: EcoParticles are added to any material like a regular EcoSystem material layer. But with EcoParticles, users get in depth control over the way the particles will evolve over time. Users can define the speed, direction, collision properties and duration of life of the particles, as well as subject them to external influences. On top of these new physical settings, all of the classic EcoSystem configuration parameters are used for particle instance population.
• EcoParticles Effectors: Effectors are special objects that will influence the EcoParticles in the scene. Effects like tornadoes, jittering, attraction, etc. are easily created this way.
• Automatic Weather Effects - Rain and Snow: These new atmospheric effects enable artists to create anything from gentle spring rain to a tropical storm, a gentle falling snow to a blizzard, with just a few simple clicks. The heaviness, shape, drop size, speed and falling angle of the precipitation is user controllable. Motion blur can be added if desired too. Weather Effects are available for all types of atmospheres.
• EcoPainter Improvements: The EcoSystem Painter is completely redesigned to allow even more control and flexibility. Users can now create their own brushes using a combination of effectors. For instance, brushes that will resize and align instances at the same time. There are a number of new brush effects to boot, including the ability to lean or rotate instances, raise or lower them, move them around, etc.
• Customizable EcoPainter Brushes: Like the brushes in the Terrain Editor, each EcoPainter brush now has its own dialog that displays all of the parameters that can be adjusted. If users want to display a specific brush parameter directly in the main EcoPainter dialog, they can do so with a click on the corresponding Publish icon. The EcoSystem Selection function is now part of the EcoPainter. This way, users can use the select function to define the instances to work with, directly in the EcoSystem Painter dialog. EcoSystem Instance Selection is now also available in xStream for 3ds Max, Cinema4D and Softimage.
• EcoSystem Fast Population: Thanks to a special population mode, Vue can now refresh the EcoSystem population interactively, without the need of any re-population action
• EcoSystem 360° Population: Vue can now automatically populate EcoSystems from all directions including below objects. This feature works on any kind of object from basic spheres to complex geometry such as rocks, cars, houses... and all applicable EcoSystem settings are supported.
• Faster Rendering Speed: Significant internal optimizations made to Vue 11’s rendering engine will result in dramatically accelerated rendering especially on very dense EcoSystem scenes.
• Illumination Caching: This technology lets the user re-use GI information over the course of an entire animation thus eliminating the need to re-render the GI pre-pass for every frame. This will dramatically reduce the rendering times of Architectural animations, for instance.
• Many other improvements such as Shared Material layers, Nitrous accelerated graphics core support in 3ds Max, support for latest releases of the Autodesk 2013 products and Cinema4D R14, and more...

A complete and detailed list of features will be made available at the time of final release.

Release Schedule and Product Lineup
E-on software expects to release the entire Vue 11 product line November 2012*.
The Vue 11 product line is built around the same three-tiered structure:

• Vue 11 for CG Professionals: Vue Infinite and Vue xStream.
  
  Offers CG professionals premiere solutions for creating exceptionally rich and realistic Digital Nature environments with seamless integration into any production workflow.
• Vue 11 for 3D Artists: Vue Esprit, Vue Studio and Vue Complete.
  
  Provides 3D artists with powerful modular applications to create rich 3D Digital Nature scenery and landscapes.
• Vue 11 for 3D Enthusiasts: Vue Pioneer and Theme-Packs, and Vue Frontier.
  
  Published by Cornucopia3D and powered by e-on software, these products feature content-filled, easy-to-use scenic nature creation for home and family use, with Vue Frontier specifically dedicated to Poser™ and Daz|Studio™ users.

*Professional solutions will ship first, followed closely by products for 3D Artists and 3D Enthusiasts.

Vue 11 Available as Pre-release
Vue 11 is available free of charge for all users under maintenance. Users of Vue 10 who are not under maintenance and wish to advance to Vue 11 should purchase maintenance today (they will receive Vue 11 and the following upgrades free of charge for one year).

If they wish, users under maintenance can immediately download a pre-release version of Vue 11. Users of Vue 10 who subscribe to a maintenance plan today will also be granted access to this pre-release version.

Vue 11 xStream and Vue 11 Infinite are expected to ship November 2012. Customers who purchased Vue 10.5 xStream or Infinite within 30 days of the release of Vue 11 will receive Vue 11 at no cost as part of the Free 30 Day Maintenance included with all new purchases.
More information on e-on software's maintenance plans can be found at: www.e-onsoftware.com/maintenance

Vue 10 Esprit, Studio or Complete users who enrolled in e-on's product subscription program will receive their upgrade to Vue 11 for free as soon as the product is released.

E-on Software Upgrades Immersive Media for Architecture

LUMENRT 3 ADDS INSTANT PREVIEWING + DIGITAL LIFE AND NATURE!

August 09, 2012. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software the leader in 3D Digital Nature technologies, today announced the immediate availability of LumenRT 3 Review.

LumenRT 3 Review represents a solid advancement in the 3 core aspects of the product:

• Immersive Media
• Digital Life and Nature
• No CG Skills Required

E-on software also released an optional pack of high-quality, pre-optimized content including animated trees, animals, characters, vehicles, buildings, and backgrounds that extend the new Digital Life and Nature capabilities of LumenRT 3.

New presentation videos are available on the company's Youtube channel at www.youtube.com/eonsoftware.

A free Trial Version of LumenRT 3 Review is available at try.lumenrt.com.

Current LumenRT 1 and LumenRT 2 users can upgrade to LumenRT 3 Review free of charge.

Immersive Media - Experience Designs In Real-Time 3D

Immersive Media is a next generation medium that extends traditional visualization and animation capabilities into the realm of "interactive experiences".

Instead of canned graphics and animations, the client becomes part of the action by navigating and interacting with models and scene elements.

With high fidelity features such as accurate natural lighting, real-time reflections, soft shadows and motion blur, designs are brought to life with vivid realism and breathtaking artistry.

Digital Life and Nature - Enrich Designs with Natural Elements

Digital Nature allows designs to be placed in a "natural context" surrounded by landscape elements (e.g. skies, terrains, vegetation, and water) and objects/characters (e.g. cars, humans, and animals). Fully animated with natural motions and behaviors, Digital Nature delivers a more inviting and engaging user experience while adding clarity and context for a design's "look and feel".

The new LumenRT 3 Content Pack ships with hundreds of pre-optimized content such as animated vegetation, natural motion characters and animals, high-fidelity objects, 100+ materials (wood, metal, water, reflective, refractive, luminous...), backgrounds and a lot more.

3D For Everyone – Collaboration Made Easy

Architectural rendering is no longer exclusive to CG specialists who master the black art of complex rendering systems.

LumenRT 3 allows Architects, Designers and Engineers to author their designs into lifelike immersive media (LiveCubes™), directly from their CAD systems through One-click processing. This media can be shared with anyone, without any special viewing software or CG graphics skills, for both Mac and Windows platforms.

What's new in LumenRT 3

• Natural elements (trees blowing in the breeze, sitting-walking-talking characters, shiny cars, animals, etc)
• Faster processing (high-quality indirect lighting is generated up to 10 times faster!)
• Super-simple operation and navigation with added Fly-Thru mode and Real-time enhancements
• One-click instant previewing
• Rich material effects
• Better real-time navigation on less capable platforms including laptops and entry-level video boards

Visit www.lumenrt.com for more information and try.lumenrt.com to download the free LumenRT 3 trial version.

Pricing, Availability, Special Offers and Free Upgrades

LumenRT 3 Review retails for $295 and the Content Pack for $195 if purchased separately. LumenRT 3 Review is also available bundled with the Content Pack for $395 (a $100 savings).

Educational licenses of LumenRT 3 Review + Content Pack are available for $39/year. Contact e-on software for site licenses.

LumenRT is a 32 & 64 bits application, designed for Windows 32/64 bits XP, Vista and 7 as well as Intel Mac OS X platforms (v10.6+). LumenRT 3 Review works with both SketchUp Free and SketchUp Pro (7 and 8). A version for Autodesk Revit and Autodesk 3ds Max is in development and is expected to be released in Q3 2012.

Users of LumenRT 1 & 2 Review are eligible for a free upgrade to LumenRT 3 Review until September 15, 2012. Ordering and download instructions are sent individually.

Visit www.lumenrt.com/purchase for detailed system requirements and purchasing options.

E-on Software Releases the Vue 10.5 Personal Learning Edition

TEST DRIVE THE LEADING SOLUTION FOR DIGITAL NATURE AT NO CHARGE

June 12, 2012. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software, makers of Vue and LumenRT, the leading solutions for Digital Nature and Immersive Architectural Visualization, today announced the immediate availability of the free Vue 10.5 xStream and Vue 10.5 Infinite Personal Learning Editions.

Vue 10.5 Personal Learning Edition (PLE)

Vue 10.5 Infinite and Vue 10.5 xStream are the latest production-driven versions of e-on software’s professional solutions for the creation, animation and rendering of natural 3D environments. Both programs offer CG professionals the premiere solution for creating exceptionally rich and realistic Digital Nature environments with seamless integration into any production workflow.

While Vue Infinite is a standalone application, Vue xStream operates seamlessly inside of 3ds Max, Maya, LightWave, Cinema4D and Softimage.

Key new technologies available in the Vue 10.5 PLE:

• Directional Light Matching,
• Multiple Vue Camera Import,
• Spline Roll,
• Spline Resampling,
• EcoSystem Stacking,
• Rock Convexity,
• Terrain Fractal 2,
• And more...

Learn more about the new technologies in Vue 10.5 at www.e-onsoftware.com/xstream/?page=new.

The Vue 10.5 PLE is a fully functional version of Vue 10.5 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 3ds Max/Maya/Softimage/LightWave/Cinema4D,
• Learn at their own pace (the PLE never expires)!

The Personal Learning Edition ships with a wide selection of Vue 10.5 presets, as well as the full PDF Reference manual.

Users can download the Vue 10.5 PLE at no charge from www.vue10.com/ple.

PLE Requirements and Restrictions:

The Vue 10.5 Personal Learning Edition is available in English for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, and on Mac OSX 10.5+ (Mac Intel only) for both 32 and 64 bit.

Scene files created and saved with the PLE cannot be exchanged with other PLE users and are not compatible with other versions of Vue.

The PLE is for personal, non-commercial use only. Network rendering is disabled, and renders may be watermarked and carry a logo.

E-on Software Unveils Vue 10.5

VUE 10.5 PRE RELEASE AVAILABLE FOR USERS UNDER MAINTENANCE

April 26, 2012. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software, maker of the leading solutions for Digital Nature, pre-released today Vue 10.5 xStream and Infinite, the latest production-driven version of its professional solutions for the creation, animation and rendering of natural 3D environments.

New features of Vue 10.5

Specifically designed for graphics professionals, Vue xStream and Vue Infinite combine a multitude of cutting edge features that easily integrate into existing production pipelines. Vue Infinite operates as a standalone application while Vue xStream works seamlessly inside 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage, LightWave and Cinema4D.

The Vue 10.5 feature set was designed following production feedback from e-on software’s professional users. This new version includes many feature and interface optimizations, leading to a better, faster and more streamlined workflow.

Among other new features version 10.5 includes the following:

• Multiple Vue Camera Import: All Vue cameras present in the scene can be imported to the host application (Vue xStream specific).
• Directional Light Matching: The Vue sun may now be tied to any directional light from the native scene in the host application (Vue xStream specific).
• Spline Roll: It is now possible to add roll to spline keypoints using the local rotation gizmo e.g. to create leaning roads or roller coaster rails that bank along bends.
• Spline Resampling: To complement Vue's Automatic Path Finding, Vue 10.5 introduces Spline Resampling that creates new spline keys while keeping the original spline path to better hug the underlying surface.
• EcoSystem Stacking: Users will now be able to stack EcoSystem instances on top of each other. This new feature is available both while painting an EcoSystem or directly from the material editor.
• Rock Convexity: the Rock Convexity material node changes the look of the rocks based on their actual geometry, for instance to create dirty insets or polished edges.
• TerrainFractal 2: Vue 10.5 introduces a new version of the original Terrain Fractal node with optional stratification. Terrain Fractal 2 generates a higher diversity of natural looking shapes, and rough areas of rocks and cliffs are more convincingly integrated in the relief.
• Deeper customization thanks to new Python functions: Vue 10.5 adds several new commands to the Python library, such as: Add/remove/move spline points or modify spline effects, Add or modify cloud layers, Manage object animation functions, Hide objects from render, Enable or disable dialogs to popup or set callbacks, and a lot more...
• Network rendering improvements: RenderCow CPU affinity is automatically synchronized with the Windows task manager, RenderCows can be paused directly from the tray icon, the scene render size can be overwritten directly via a RenderNode command line...
• Many other improvements such as angular splines, Terrain Color Pattern node, EcoSystem manipulation and customization improvements, Render Stack management improvements, cloud layer dummies grouping and more.

A complete and detailed list of features will be made available at the time of final release.

Vue 10.5 Available as Pre-release
Vue 10.5 is available free of charge for all users under maintenance. Users of Vue 10 who are not under maintenance and wish to advance to Vue 10.5 should purchase maintenance today (they will receive Vue 10.5 and the Vue 11 upgrade free of charge).
If they wish, users under maintenance can immediately download a pre-release version of Vue 10.5. Users of Vue 10 who subscribe to a maintenance plan today will also be granted access to this pre-release version.
Vue 10.5 xStream and Vue 10.5 Infinite are expected to ship during Q2 2012. Customers who purchased Vue 10 xStream or Infinite within 30 days of the release of Vue 10.5 will receive Vue 10.5 at no cost as part of the Free 30 Day Maintenance included with all new purchases.
More information on e-on software’s maintenance plans can be found at:

www.e-onsoftware.com/maintenance

Standard Retail Price:

Vue 10.5 xStream will retail for $1,790 with one year maintenance ($1495 without maintenance). A one year standard maintenance plan for xStream costs $395 (renewal: $295 only!).
Vue 10.5 Infinite will retail for $1,190 with one year maintenance ($995 without maintenance). A one year standard maintenance plan for Infinite costs $295 (renewal: $195 only!).
Upgrades from Vue 9.x xStream to Vue 10.5 xStream will be available for $495. Upgrades from Vue 9.x Infinite to Vue 10.5 Infinite will be available for $395 (upgrades from Vue 8.x will also be available). Full pricing information will be disclosed at the time of release.
Annual subscriptions for Educational licenses of Vue xStream and Infinite are available respectively for $149/year/seat and $99/year/seat. Upgrades to Vue 10.5 are free for owners of active educational licenses of Vue 10.

Availability:

Vue 10.5 xStream and Vue 10.5 Infinite are available in English for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, and on Mac OSX 10.5+ (Mac Intel only), for both 32 and 64 bit.
Vue 10.5 xStream is compatible with the following renderers:

• 3ds Max 2008 to 2013: MentalRay (integrated and MR satellites), V-Ray
• Maya 2008 to 2013: MentalRay (integrated and MR satellites), V-Ray, Maya Software
• Softimage | XSI 7.0 to 2013: MentalRay (integrated and MR satellites)
• Cinema 4D R11 to R13: native renderer
• LightWave 9.3 to 11: native renderer

Other renderers are under consideration.

E-on Software Ships LumenRT 2 Review for SketchUp

January 31, 2012. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software the leader in 3D sky, light and nature technologies, today announced the immediate availability of LumenRT 2 Review, the second generation of the company’s revolutionary product for the interactive visualization of architectural projects with full physical lighting. The product, currently compatible with SketchUp, is being ported to other platforms. To support this major release, e-on software also publishes a free trial version of LumenRT 2 for Macintosh and Windows, immediately available for download from try.lumenrt.com.

E-on software invites all architects and designers to watch the LumenRT 2 Review presentation video, showcasing the true real-time power of LumenRT 2. This video, entirely rendered with LumenRT 2 is visible on the company’s YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/eonsoftware.

Last but not least, e-on software is happy to announce that the upgrade to LumenRT 2 is available for free to all registered users of LumenRT 1. However, because this offer is limited in time, e-on software indicates that current users should upgrade without delay.

LumenRT 2 Review: A New Media for Architects Is Born!

With last year’s successful introduction of LumenRT, e-on software made a noticeable entry into the real-time market. This first version was immediately recognized as a significant advance by the architectural industry (including a nomination to 3D World CG Awards 2011 for Plugin of the Year), leading to many prominent ArchViz companies embracing LumenRT’s revolutionary approach. The ability to create accurately lit, immersive 3D visualizations of their projects and to share them with their clients was indeed considered a substantial asset.

LumenRT is the only solution that combines real-time rendering with a full, physical simulation of light, letting architects and their clients accurately experience the true volume and lighting of their designs.

Thanks to LumenRT 2 Review, architects no longer have to choose between high-quality images and real-time visualization. They can create high quality real-time visualizations of their models, explore them with any standard or 3D mouse and share them with their clients as self contained executables.

With a completely new, state-of-the-art real-time engine, LumenRT 2 hoards a plentiful number of new features and enhancements:

• Complete physical simulation of light,
• Physically accurate reflections,
• Adjustable time of day,
• Precise anti-aliasing and motion blur,
• Soft shadows with varying softness,
• Superb water and underwater effects,
• Advanced material rendering,
• Photo-realistic skies,
• Low quality mode for optimized performance on slower boards,
• And a lot more

The complete list of new features in LumenRT 2 Review for SketchUp is available at: www.lumenrt.com/overview/#Release 2.

Sample LiveCubes™, pictures and videos are available on the lumenrt.com website, showcasing the amazing quality of the real-time visualizations produced by this software.

Visit www.lumenrt.com for more information.

Pricing, Availability, Special Offers and Free Upgrades

LumenRT 2 Review for SketchUp works with both the free and the Pro versions of SketchUp.

LumenRT 2 Review for SketchUp is immediately available from e-on software’s online store and currently retails for $195 (introductory price – SRP: $295).

LumenRT is a 32 & 64 bits application, designed for the Windows® 32/64 bits XP, Vista and 7 as well as Intel Mac OS X platforms (v10.6+).

Users of the first generation of LumenRT Review for SketchUp are eligible for a free upgrade to LumenRT 2 until February 29, 2012. Ordering and download instructions are sent individually.

Visit www.lumenrt.com/purchase for detailed system requirements and purchasing options.

LumenRT 2 Review Trial Version

The release of LumenRT 2 also marks the release of the first Trial Version of LumenRT, immediately available from try.lumenrt.com

The trial version of LumenRT 2 Review for SketchUp is a fully functional version of LumenRT 2, valid for 15 days. Output from the trial version is watermarked and not valid for commercial use. The trial version enables all SketchUp users to check how their communication could benefit from e-on software’s cutting-edge technology! The trial version can easily be converted into a full commercial license by purchasing the product directly from within the plug-in or a LiveCube.

Those who don’t use SketchUp can still experience the visual quality of LumenRT LiveCubes right away by downloading a set of sample LumenRT 2 LiveCubes at www.lumenrt.com/download and explore them live on their computer while they wait for support of their favorite application. The complete electronic documentation is also available for download from that page.

E-on Software Ships Vue 10 Linux Rendering Solutions!

DREAMWORKS ANIMATION ALREADY UP TO SPEED WITH VUE LINUX NODES

January 16, 2012. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on the leader in Digital Nature solutions, today announced the immediate availability of Vue 10 RenderNodes for Linux, the company's first Linux based rendering solution.

High profile VFX facilities such as Dreamworks Animation, Weta Digital and ILM have been requesting Linux based Vue RenderNodes for years. E-on software is happy to announce that this option is now available to any production facility, big or small, that uses a Linux based renderfarm.

"Vue is an important component of the production workflow of many studios for the creation and enriching of digital nature scenery. We are delighted to add Linux support to the wide range of production options that Vue offers. This will give Linux-based facilities a major boost in production power and turnaround time!", said Nicholas Phelps, President of e-on software.

Linux RenderNodes

RenderNodes are e-on's standalone network rendering solution that allows for the rendering of 3D scenes at a fraction of a full license cost.

The new Linux RenderNodes are able to render any Vue scene including those with content from Cornucopia3D. The development of an xStream Linux RenderNode, compatible with Linux versions of Maya, Softimage and Cinema4D, will be considered if market demands.

More information is available at: www.e-onsoftware.com/products/network.php.

Porting the Vue application to Linux is not planned at this date.

Requirements and Pricing

The Vue Linux RenderNodes retail for $300/seat and licenses are immediately available from e-on software's online store. Linux RenderNodes are subject to a 20% yearly renewal fee.

Linux RenderNodes currently run on CentOS 64 bit Linux distribution, Kernel 2.6. Facilities interested in purchasing Vue RenderNodes for other Linux distributions should contact e-on software for availability.

Linux RenderNode licenses require the use of the e-on software license server 3.5. RenderNodes also require the use of any 3rd party network rendering application to manage and distribute the rendering of Vue scene files over the network of computers.

Contact linux@e-onsoftware.com for more information.

E-on Software Ships Vue 10 Digital Nature Solutions for 3D Artists and 3D Enthusiasts

FREE UPGRADES AND INTRODUCTORY DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE

November 24, 2011. Beaverton, Oregon: following the release of its Vue 10 Digital Nature solutions for CG Professionals, e-on software announced today the immediate availability of its full line of Vue 10 products for 3D Enthusiasts and 3D Artists: Vue 10 Pioneer and Theme-Packs, Vue 3D SuperHero, Vue 10 Frontier, Vue 10 Esprit, Vue 10 Studio and Vue 10 Complete.

Today’s announcement finalizes the successful introduction to the market of the tenth generation of Vue, the leading solution for natural 3D environments.

Vue 10 Product Lines for 3D Artists and 3D Enthusiasts

• Vue 3D Artist Products: Vue 10 Esprit, Vue 10 Studio and Vue 10 Complete.
  Provides artists with powerful modular applications to create richly natural 3D Digital Nature scenery and landscapes.
• Vue 3D Enthusiast Products: Vue Pioneer & Theme-Packs, Vue 3D SuperHero and Vue 10 Frontier.
  Powered by e-on software for Cornucopia3D, these products feature content-filled, easy-to-use scenic nature creation for home and family use, with Vue 10 Frontier specifically dedicated to Poser™ and Daz|Studio™ users.

Vue For 3D Artists

Vue 10 Complete is the most advanced solution for Digital Nature artists. It combines into a single package a multitude of cutting-edge features that let 3D artists easily create and control rich EcoSystems™ of wind-swept trees and plants, hyper-realistic spectral atmospheres and detailed terrains in fully animated scenes.

More information is available at: www.e-onsoftware.com/complete

Vue 10 Studio is the advanced Digital Nature application with powerful vegetation and rendering features for dedicated 3D artists. Focused on enhanced natural vegetation capabilities, advanced rendering features and extended Poser integration, Vue 10 Studio provides comprehensive control over the creation of complex scenes, while maintaining an intuitive workflow.

More information is available at: www.e-onsoftware.com/studio

Vue 10 Esprit is the enhanced Digital Nature application with extended import and scenery control features for serious 3D artists. It is focused on intuitive workflow, advanced rendering features and Poser integration. With a clear, uncluttered interface and state of the art features, Vue 10 Esprit combines sophistication with ease of use. With Vue’s renowned natural 3D tools and unique render quality, 3D artists can create inspiring 3D art in any style.

More information is available at: www.e-onsoftware.com/esprit

Cornucopia3D, the Home for Vue Enthusiasts!

The Vue 10 product line for 3D Enthusiasts is an essential part of Cornucopia3D's software arsenal! Customers will find the full product descriptions, download and purchase information for Vue Pioneer and Theme-Packs, Vue 3D SuperHero and Vue 10 Frontier directly at www.cornucopia3d.com.

Vue For 3D Enthusiasts – Powered by e-on software, published by Cornucopia3D

Vue 10 Pioneer – Still Free: Newcomers to 3D and casual artists will find in Vue Pioneer all the landscape-creation tools they need to easily create and render amazing images of their own 3D worlds. Vue Pioneer is the perfect introduction to the world of 3D. Despite the addition of revolutionary new technologies for the creation and rendering of natural 3D environments, e-on software also announces that Vue 10 Pioneer, its entry-level product will remain available for free.

More information is available at: www.cornucopia3d.com/pioneer

Vue 3D SuperHero – Starts at $19.95: Vue 3D SuperHero is the perfect way to start in 3D: with this product, users receive both the software and a full color book of instructions to get going the fun way! Vue 3D SuperHero combines Vue Pioneer SE* with a 120-page, full color starter guide in electronic format (ESD orders) or printed on high-quality glossy paper (Physical orders).

More information is available at: www.cornucopia3d.com/superhero

Vue Theme-Packs – $49.95: Vue Theme-Packs include the software application and ready-made content for the creation and animation of themed 3D images and video clips. There are 3 different Vue Theme-Packs: Vue Science Fiction, Vue Fairy Tale and Vue Fantasy. Each Theme-Pack includes over $100 worth of exclusive content – 3D virtual sets, models (plants, pre-animated meshes, etc.), atmosphere presets and more.

More information is available at: www.cornucopia3d.com/tpack

Vue 10 Frontier – $99: Vue 10 Frontier provides scenic nature and Digital character rendering for 3D enthusiasts to easily compose character-filled images and video clips. Based on the Vue 10 Pioneer Core application, Vue 10 Frontier adds all the character rendering features dedicated to the Poser and Daz|Studio applications. Vue 10 Frontier also adds the ability to enhance human skin realism using the SkinVue Elite skin shader. A VuePython powered utility, SkinVue Elite quickly and easily transforms Poser and Daz|Studio characters into vivid, realistic models.

More information is available at: www.cornucopia3d.com/frontier

Additional Modules for Vue 10: All products for 3D Enthusiasts can be extended with 12 optional modules that add specific functionality to the base application. Thanks to this modular approach, users can progressively upgrade all the way up to Vue Complete.

More information on the Vue product line for 3D Enthusiasts is available at: www.cornucopia3d.com

*Vue Pioneer SE is a special edition of Vue Pioneer that renders without logo or watermarks.

Pricing and availability

Vue 10 Pioneer, the Vue Theme-Packs, Vue 3D SuperHero, Vue 10 Frontier as well as Vue 10 Esprit, Studio and Complete are available in English for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, and on Mac OSX 10.5+ (Mac Intel only) for both 32 and 64 bit.

Vue 10 Esprit retails for $199, Vue 10 Studio for $399 and Vue 10 Complete at $599. Upgrades and sidegrades from Vue 9 and Vue 8 are also available (see pricelist for full details).

A comprehensive comparative chart is available at: www.e-onsoftware.com/products/chart.php

A comprehensive price list is available at: www.e-onsoftware.com/pricelist

E-on software will be releasing a Trial version of Vue 10 Esprit, Studio and Complete later in the year.

Free upgrades and time limited introductory special offers:

Vue 9 Esprit, Studio or Complete users who chose to place their product under Cornucopia3D Product subscription program will receive their upgrade to Vue 10 at no charge.

Vue 9 Frontier users who are or become a C.Club member will receive their upgrade to Vue 10 Frontier for free.

Until December 5, 2011, any user who is or becomes a member of the Cornucopia3D C.Club is entitled to a 20% discount on full licenses of Vue 10 Esprit, Vue 10 Studio or Vue 10 Complete

Customers who purchased the Theme-Packs for Vue 9 get access to the equivalent Vue 10 Theme-pack at no charge.

More information on Cornucopia3D Product Subscription program is available at www.cornucopia3d.com/annualsubscription.php

More information about the C.Club membership and benefits is available at www.cornucopia3d.com/cclub

E-on Software Ships Vue 10 Infinite and Vue 10 xStream

VUE 10 FOR 3D ARTISTS AND 3D ENTHUSIASTS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE MID NOVEMBER

November 03, 2011. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software, the leader in Digital Nature solutions today announced the immediate availability of the tenth generation of its Vue line of products for CG Professionals.

"Vue 10 represents a significant milestone in our continuous delivery of leading-edge Digital Nature technologies", said Nicholas Phelps, President of e-on Software. "High-resolution rocks, physical water and spline-driven effects together with faster rendering and advanced render stacking are some examples of the many new technologies in Vue 10".

In order to ensure a smooth transition, and to avoid order processing congestion, e-on software also announced that it will release the rest of the Vue 10 product line – Pioneer & Theme-packs, Frontier, Esprit, Studio and Complete – mid November 2011.

Vue 10 xStream – The Integrated Solution:

Vue 10 xStream, e-on’s flagship solution, offers CG professionals the premiere solution for creating exceptionally rich and realistic Digital Nature environments, fully immersed within Autodesk 3ds Max, Maya, and Softimage, Maxon Cinema 4D or Newtek LightWave. All Vue tools are fully integrated in the host application as menus and toolbars and directly accessible from within the host interface, providing immediate access to the most advanced 3D environment creation technologies.

Vue 10 Infinite – The Standalone Solution:

Vue 10 Infinite offers CG professionals the premiere solution for creating exceptionally rich and realistic Digital Nature environments in a stand-alone package. Vue 10 Infinite is the ideal tool for multimedia and entertainment professionals, architects and graphics designers.

Next Generation Features

Among other significant advances, this new release introduces a number of major enhancements such as spline and road tools, a new rock technology, streamlined terrain editing, a physical water shading engine along with significant improvements in overall rendering performance and artistic control.

Capitalizing on breakthrough technologies introduced in previous versions, Vue 10 adds a number of new and extended features such as:

Spline and Road Tools: Vue 10 includes a comprehensive spline toolkit that can be used for EcoSystems, terrain effects, building roads or creating objects. An automatic path-finding algorithm can also be used to build realistic roads at the surface of terrains. Watch the new spline tools in action!

Dynamic Rocks: Vue 10 features a library of dynamic rock templates that can be used to instantly create single rocks, groups of rocks, or use them in EcoSystems. Each time the user creates a rock from a template, a new and unique variation will be generated.

Physical Transparency and Water Shaders: Physical transparency adds absorption and scattering parameters to allow for realistic light absorption in glass or in a body of water. Ocean waves now accurately affect incident light to produce realistic underwater caustics.

Render Comparison: The new render display dialog now lets the user stack and compare previous renders. Users can overlay and compare 2 renders (including multi-pass layers) and use HDR difference tools for in depth analysis. Lightweight render clones can be created to test various postprocessing effects, without altering the original render.

EcoSystem Phase and Lean-out Control: Vue 10 lets the user individually control the phase (animation offset) of animated elements inside EcoSystem populations for creating more natural animations. Phase is totally user-controllable on a per instance basis, using the function graph. Watch EcoSystem Phasing in action! EcoSystem Lean-out Control lets the user define how the EcoSystem instances lean out towards zones of lower density.

Terrain Editing Improvements: Users can now precisely preview the active zones when painting with a brush that has Environment Constraints applied. Watch this feature in action! A new Custom 3D terrain brush is added to the brush collection. Mask rotation can also be enabled/disabled when painting in the terrain editor. Material painting in the terrain editor is markedly improved. A new Strata3D node is added for the creation of realistic canyon walls and stratified rock formations. And much more!

Edge-based Anti-Aliasing: A new edge-based anti-aliasing algorithm is added to complement the previous color-based anti-aliasing strategy. Both AA settings can be configured independently.

Improved Depth of Field and Motion Blur.

Up to 30% Faster Rendering Speed*: Significant internal optimizations made to Vue 10’s rendering engine will result in dramatically accelerated rendering.

And much more: new "Main View Defined" Aspect Ratio, Multiple Camera Aspect Ratio Variation, Improved Render Area, Texture Projection Node, Mixed Materials Alpha Channel, Collada Morph Targets...

Plus all the new features introduced in Vue 9.5 such as GPU Anti-Aliasing, FastHybrid Depth of Field, Atmosphere Relighting, Localized Cloud Layers, Advanced Cloud Control, Interactive Texture Placement, Custom Star Maps and more.

More details on the new features are available on the e-on software website, at:
www.e-onsoftware.com/infinite and www.e-onsoftware.com/xstream

* Compared to the same render settings in Vue 9.5

Pricing and Availability

Standard Retail Price:

Vue 10 xStream retails for $1,790 (with one year maintenance), and upgrades from Vue 9 xStream starting at $395. Vue 9 Infinite retails for $1,190 (with one year maintenance), with upgrades from Vue 9 Infinite starting at $295. Upgrades from Vue 8 Infinite and Vue 8 xStream are also available (see full product pricelist at http://www.e-onsoftware.com/pricelist for details).

Annual subscriptions for Educational licenses of Vue xStream and Infinite are available respectively for $149 and $99 per seat and per year. Upgrades to Vue 10 are free for owners of active educational licenses.

Following the terms of the complimentary 30 day maintenance included with each new purchase, customers who purchased Vue 9.5 xStream or Vue 9.5 Infinite after October 02, 2011 will automatically receive their upgrade to Vue 10 at no charge.

Yearly maintenance plans are available for both products. More information on e-on software’s maintenance plans can be found at: www.e-onsoftware.com/maintenance

Availability:

Vue 10 xStream and Vue 10 Infinite are available in English for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, and on Mac OSX 10.5+ (Mac Intel only) for both 32 and 64 bit.

Vue 10 xStream is compatible with the following renderers:

• 3ds Max 2008 to 2012: MentalRay (integrated and MR satellites), V-Ray
• Maya 2008 to 2012: MentalRay (integrated and MR satellites), V-Ray, Maya Software
• Softimage | XSI 7 to 2012: MentalRay (integrated and MR satellites)
• Cinema 4D R11.0 to R13: native renderer
• LightWave 9.3 to 10: native renderer

Other renderers are under consideration.

Personal Learning Editions:

E-on software will be releasing a Personal Learning Edition of Vue 10 Infinite and xStream later in the year.

E-on Software to Ship Vue 10 Early November

VUE 10 PRE RELEASE AVAILABLE FOR USERS UNDER MAINTENANCE

October 12, 2011. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software, the leader in Digital Nature solutions today announced the formal unveiling of its upcoming Vue 10 product line - scheduled for release early November, 2011.

Among other significant advances, this new release introduces a number of major enhancements such as spline and road tools, a new rock technology, streamlined terrain editing, a physical water shading engine along with significant improvements in overall rendering performance and artistic control.

Release Schedule and Product Lineup

E-on software expects to release the entire Vue 10 product line early November 2011*.

The Vue 10 product line is built around the same three-tiered structure:

• Vue 10 for CG Professionals: Vue Infinite and Vue xStream.
  Offers CG professionals premiere solutions for creating exceptionally rich and realistic Digital Nature environments with seamless integration into any production workflow.
• Vue 10 for 3D Artists: Vue Esprit, Vue Studio and Vue Complete.
  Provides 3D artists with powerful modular applications to create rich 3D Digital Nature scenery and landscapes.
• Vue 10 for 3D Enthusiasts: Vue Pioneer and Theme-Packs, Vue 3D SuperHero and Vue Frontier.
  Published by Cornucopia3D and powered by e-on software, these products feature content-filled, easy-to-use scenic nature creation for home and family use, with Vue Frontier specifically dedicated to Poser™ and Daz|Studio™ users.

*Professional solutions will ship first, followed closely by products for 3D Artists and 3D Enthusiasts.

Next Generation Features

Capitalizing on breakthrough technologies introduced in previous versions, Vue 10 adds a number of new and extended features such as:

• Spline and Road Tools: Vue 10 includes a comprehensive spline toolkit that can be used for EcoSystems, terrain effects, building roads or creating objects. An automatic Path-finding algorithm can also be used to build realistic roads at the surface of terrains.
• Dynamic Rocks: Vue 10 features a library of dynamic rock templates that can be used to instantly create single rocks, groups of rocks, or use them in EcoSystems. Each time the user creates a rock from a template, a new and unique variation will be generated.
• Water Shading Engine and Physical Transparency: Physical water adds absorption and scattering parameters to allow for realistic light absorption in the body of water. Ocean waves now accurately affect incident light to produce realistic underwater caustics.
• Render Comparison: The new render display dialog now lets the user stack and compare previous renders. Users can overlay and compare 2 renders (including multi-pass layers) and use HDR difference tools for in depth analysis. Lightweight render clones can be created to test various postprocessing effects, without altering the original render.
• EcoSystem Phase and Lean-out Control: Vue 10 lets the user individually control the phase (animation offset) of animated elements inside EcoSystem populations for creating more natural animations. Phase is totally user-controllable on a per instance basis, using the function graph. EcoSystem Lean-out Control lets the user define how the EcoSystem instances lean out towards zones of lower density.
• Terrain Editing Improvements: Users can now precisely preview the active zones when painting with a brush that has Environment Constraints applied. A new Custom 3D terrain brush is added to the brush collection. Mask rotation can also be enabled/disabled when painting in the terrain editor. Material painting in the terrain editor is markedly improved. A new Strata3D node is added for the creation of realistic canyon walls and stratified rock formations. And much more!
• Edge-based Anti-Aliasing: A new edge-based anti-aliasing algorithm is added to complement the previous color-based anti-aliasing strategy. Both AA settings can be configured independently.
• Improved Depth of Field and Motion Blur.
• Up to 30% Faster Rendering Speed: Significant internal optimizations made to Vue 10’s rendering engine will result in dramatically accelerated rendering.
• And much more: new "Main View Defined" Aspect Ratio, Multiple Camera Aspect Ratio Variation, Improved Render Area, Texture Projection Node, Mixed Materials Alpha Channel, Collada Morph Targets...
• Plus all the new features introduced in Vue 9.5 such as GPU Anti-Aliasing, FastHybrid Depth of Field, Atmosphere Relighting, Localized Cloud Layers, Advanced Cloud Control, Interactive Texture Placement, Custom Star Maps and more.

More details on the new features as well as the complete description pages will be published at the time of release.

Vue 10 xStream / Infinite Pre-Release Versions Immediately Available

Users of Vue xStream or Vue Infinite under maintenance will receive the upgrade to the corresponding Vue 10 product at no charge, and if desired, can download a pre-release version of their Vue 10 upgrade immediately.

More information on e-on software’s maintenance plans can be found at:
www.e-onsoftware.com/maintenance

Vue 10 xStream and Vue 10 Infinite are expected to ship in the first half of November 2011. Customers who purchased Vue 9.5 xStream or Infinite within 30 days of the release of Vue 10 will receive Vue 10 at no cost as part of the Free 30 Day Maintenance included with all new purchases.

Vue 9 Esprit, Studio or Complete users who enrolled in e-on's product subscription program will receive their upgrade to Vue 10 for free as soon as the product is released (early November).

E-on Software Ships LumenRT Review for SketchUp

HIGH FIDELITY, IMMERSIVE VISUALIZATION FOR SKETCHUP - SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE!

May 26, 2011. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software the leader in 3D sky, light and nature technologies, today announced introductory pricing and immediate availability of LumenRT Review for SketchUp, the company's revolutionary new product for the visualization of architectural projects in real-time 3D with accurately simulated lighting.

LumenRT Review for SketchUp works with both the free and the Pro versions of SketchUp. Sample LiveCubes™, pictures and videos uploaded to the lumenrt.com website showcase the amazing quality of the real-time visualizations produced by the product.

Beyond Static Renders: High Fidelity Immersive Visualization

Thanks to LumenRT, architects no longer have to choose between high-quality images and real-time visualization: They can walk or fly through their designs and experience the true quality of light in fully interactive 3D!

Designed to provide high fidelity visualization with accurately simulated lighting including Global Illumination, shadows and reflections, LumenRT is the ideal solution for:

• Creating exciting virtual interactive showrooms
• Demonstrating and sharing design concepts with associates and customers
• Creating attention-grabbing client presentations
• Exposing projects in fully real-time photo-realistic 3D

Revolutionary Capabilities

LumenRT provides a number of revolutionary capabilities to breathe life into 3D designs including:

• A More Engaging User Experience which allow clients and co-workers to interact with designs in a much more immersive and exciting manner.
• No Need for Specialized Viewing Software since LumenRT LiveCubes™ are shared as self running files that play on PC and Mac platforms. Just click and run – it's as simple as that.
• Seamless Background Processing allows models to be transformed into LumenRT LiveCubes with a single mouse click, rendering in the background while you continue to work.

Technological Revolution

Accurate lighting, shadows and reflections are an essential component of most architectural projects. LumenRT captures all the subtleties of natural illumination by performing a physically accurate simulation of the light in the scene which produces vivid, life-like results.

LumenRT's incredible ease-of-use, immersive navigation, and high-fidelity imagery is the result of many years of intensive research at e-on software. E-on holds a number of patents on the key underlying technologies which serve as the framework for LumenRT.

Pricing and Availability

LumenRT Review for SketchUp and SketchUp Pro currently retails for $195 (introductory price – SRP: $295).

LumenRT is a 32 & 64 bits application, designed for the Windows® 32/64 bits XP, Vista and 7 as well as Intel Mac OS X platforms (v10.6+).

Visit www.lumenrt.com/purchase for detailed system requirements and purchasing options.

Download Sample LiveCubes on lumenrt.com

The new lumenrt.com website provides the latest, most up-to-date information on LumenRT, showcasing capabilities, tutorials, and user spotlights.

To gain better insight into how LumenRT operates, a set of sample LumenRT LiveCubes™ and electronic documentation is available for download directly from the download section.

The showcase section provides a look at the first videos and images which highlight the power and key features of LumenRT.

Visit www.lumenrt.com for more information.

Carbon Scatter: The Power Of EcoSystems With Native Instancing

CALLING MAYA AND CINEMA 4D USERS FOR BETA TESTING PROGRAM

April 27, 2011. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software, the leader in 3D sky, light and nature technologies, today announced the upcoming availability of Carbon Scatter for Cinema 4D and Maya.

Carbon Scatter is the most simple and straightforward solution for creating complex and detailed populations using the native instancing technologies of leading DCC applications.

The Carbon Scatter plug-ins integrates e-on's powerful EcoSystem™ algorithms directly into the host applications, allowing users to populate native scenes with millions of instances, and render them with their renderer of choice.

Carbon Scatter for Maya and Cinema 4D Testers Wanted

Following the successful release of Carbon Scatter for 3ds Max, e-on software is now looking for talented Maya and Cinema 4D users willing to take part in the beta testing of Carbon Scatter.

• Carbon Scatter for Maya will initially work with the mental ray™ and V-Ray™ renderers.
• Carbon Scatter for Cinema 4D will work with the native renderer.

Carbon Scatter will operate inside of Maya 2009 to 2012 and Cinema 4D R11.5 and R12, for 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows and Macintosh OS.

No knowledge of e-on software's other products (such as Vue, Ozone or LumenRT) is required in order to become a qualified beta tester. However, candidates must possess the following qualities: persistence, imagination, and a desire to influence the final product, time, and of course testers should be proficient with Cinema 4D or Maya together with either the V-Ray or mental ray renderers.

Artists interested in beta-testing Carbon Scatter, should send an e-mail with samples and a description of their work to carbonscatter@e-onsoftware.com.

More information on Carbon Scatter is available at: www.carbonscatter.com

E-on Software Showcases LumenRT Videos

LUMENRT REVIEW FOR SKETCHUP COMING SOON

April 15, 2011. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software the leader in 3D sky, light and nature technologies, today announced the imminent release of LumenRT, the company’s revolutionary new product for the visualization of architectural projects in real-time 3D with photo-real illumination.

LumenRT Review for SketchUp, the first product of the line, will work with both the free and the Pro versions of SketchUp. Sample pictures and videos uploaded to the lumenrt.com website showcase the amazing quality of the real-time visualizations produced by the product.

Beyond Static Renders: High Fidelity Real-Time Visualization

Thanks to LumenRT, architects no longer have to choose between high-quality images and real-time visualization: They can walk or fly through their designs and experience the true quality of light in fully interactive 3D!

Designed to provide high fidelity visualization with accurate lighting including Global Illumination, shadows and reflections, LumenRT is the ideal solution for:

• Creating a virtual interactive showroom
• Demonstrating and sharing design concepts
• Visualizing 3D models in client presentations
• Exposing projects in fully real-time photo-realistic 3D

Revolutionary Capabilities

LumenRT provides a number of revolutionary capabilities to breathe life into 3D designs including:

• A More Engaging User Experience which allow clients and co-workers to interact with designs in a much more immersive and exciting manner.
• No Need for Specialized Viewing Software since LumenRT LiveCubes are shared as self running files that play on PC and Mac platforms. Just click and run – it’s as simple as that.
• Seamless Background Processing allows models to be transformed into LumenRT LiveCubes with a single mouse click, rendering in the background while you continue to work.

Visit lumenrt.com for the Latest News and Views

The new lumenrt.com website provides the latest, most up-to-date information on LumenRT, showcasing capabilities, tutorials, and user spotlights. The inaugural content provides a look at the first videos and images which highlight the power and key features of LumenRT. More content will be added regularly.

LumenRT Review for SketchUp and SketchUp Pro is scheduled for release very soon. Pricing information will be disclosed at the time of release.

Visit www.lumenrt.com for more information.

E-on Software 2011 Show Reel Call for Submissions

SHOWCASE YOUR PROJECTS IN E-ON SOFTWARE'S 2011 SHOW REEL

April 13, 2011. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software, maker of the leading solutions for natural 3D environments, today announced it is seeking submissions for its upcoming 2011 show reel.

Following the success of the 2009 and 2010 show reels, e-on software invites all Vue artists to submit recent commercial projects that involved Vue, Carbon Scatter or Ozone for inclusion in the 2011 show reel, whether film, commercial, TV show, broadcast, music video, game cinematic, architectural walkthrough, or any other form of commercial animation project.

All submissions included in the show reel will receive full credit in a standardized format during playback of the corresponding sequence (at submitter’s discretion: company logo, project title and/or client name).

E-on software’s 2011 show reel will be showcased throughout the year at different tradeshows and conventions, published on e-on software's website, and also on e-on’s Youtube channel.

Furthermore, submitted materials may also become the subject of online interviews and press advertising (if submitter agrees), providing permanent and worldwide exposure:

www.e-onsoftware.com/spotlight

E-on software is also interested in receiving high resolution imagery for inclusion in its marketing collateral.

Submission Process

The deadline for submitting video content for the 2011 show reel is June 01, 2011.

Entrants should send video excerpts, sample frames or web links to , with a small project description (including the name of the client, if appropriate), full contact information, and their company logo.

Preferably, final video material should be available in a format of at least 720p (other formats accepted).

There are no restrictions as to what third party application is used in combination with Carbon Scatter, Ozone or Vue (if any).

Carbon Scatter for 3ds Max Released

CARBON SCATTER – THE POWER OF ECOSYSTEM™ WITH NATIVE INSTANCING!

March 10, 2010. Beaverton, Oregon e-on software, the leader in Digital Nature solutions today announced the immediate availability of Carbon Scatter, the company's instancing plugin for the mental ray™ and V-Ray™ renderers for 3ds Max.

Carbon Scatter is the easiest and most straightforward solution for creating complex and detailed populations using the native instancing technologies of 3ds Max. Versions of Carbon Scatter for Maya and Cinema4D* will be available shortly (an Open Beta will be released in the coming weeks).

Carbon Scatter integrates e-on's patented EcoSystem™ algorithms directly inside the end user's favorite 3D application, allowing the population of native scenes with millions of instances and rendering them with the user's renderer of choice.

*Versions for Softimage and LightWave are under consideration.

Some of the key features of Carbon Scatter include:

• Automated Smart Scattering:
  Carbon Scatter does not merely scatter the objects randomly across the underlying surface, but actually computes where to place them according to the relief of the underlying geometry. For example, as in nature, more trees will grow on flat terrains than on steep slopes, and no objects will be placed where they are likely to "fall down".
• Paint Objects and Plants with the EcoPainter:
  The EcoSystem painter tool (EcoPainter) lets the user interactively paint instances over any surface (or group of surfaces). Painted instances can be attached to the underlying surface so they move together with the surface, or they can be independent. Painting can be performed with a mouse or with a tablet, which gives you the ability to control additional parameters through pressure.
• Advanced EcoSystem Control:
  Multiple plants can be dragged from the plant browser into the EcoSystem population list, making the preparation of complex EcoSystems much quicker. When painting EcoSystems, users can paint with the underlying EcoSystem material rules applied, so that, for instance, the influence of slope and altitude or the sizing rules are taken into account.
• Powerful Layered EcoSystem Materials and Function Graph
  EcoSystems behave just like regular materials. A single EcoSystem material can have any number of layers, each layer with its own population list and full set of controls.
  Users can easily influence EcoSystem populations according to altitude, slope or orientation, or even take advantage of Carbon Scatter's powerful function graph to control almost every aspect of the population. For example, artists can use a fractal noise generator to control the distribution instances, or use a bitmap to limit distribution to specific areas. On top of this, the population density can also depend on time.
• And more: compatibility with SolidGrowthCS plant technology, over 100 SolidGrowthCS plant species available, free unlimited network rendering nodes, support for animated proxies...

A complete and detailed list of features is available at www.carbonscatter.com.

Pricing and Availability

Carbon Scatter is available in English for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 for both 32 and 64 bit.

Carbon Scatter comes in 3 flavors: Carbon Scatter Single, Carbon Scatter Multi and Carbon Scatter Multi-CE (Content Edition).

• Carbon Scatter Single (SRP: $195) can be used with one of the compatible applications installed on your system (choice of the host application is done upon order). It will work with all compatible renderers for the selected host application (e.g. mental ray and V-Ray for 3ds Max).
• Carbon Scatter Multi (SRP: $295) can be used with all compatible applications and renderers installed on your system.
• Carbon Scatter Multi-CE (SRP: $395) includes over 100 SolidGrowthCS plants and can be used with all compatible applications and renderers installed on your system.

Carbon Scatter Single and Carbon Scatter Multi ship with a small collection of 8 SolidGrowthCS plant species. Carbon Scatter Multi-CE ships with an exclusive collection of 100+ SolidGrowthCS Plant Species (Carbon Scatter Multi-CE plant species cannot be read by Carbon Scatter Single or Multi).

Special Offers and Product Suites

Until April 11, 2011, e-on software is offering its Vue Infinite and xStream users a time limited $200 discount on Carbon Scatter Multi-CE (available for users of Vue from version 6 to version 9).

In the coming days, e-on software will be introducing Product Suites. Product Suites are cost-effective bundles of e-on software products designed to work together. The first two Product Suites to be released will include:

• Ozone 5 + Carbon Scatter Multi-CE Product Suite: $595 (instead of $690)
• Vue 9 xStream + Carbon Scatter Multi-CE Product Suite: $1695 (a saving of $195)

Cornucopia3D Sale to Celebrate New Design

Cornucopia3D, a division of e-on software and one of the leading CG artist communities on the web, is excited to announce a fresh new look for the Cornucopia3D website. To celebrate the new design, Cornucopia3D also announced that it will be offering a special 3D content bonanza!

In the past 5 years, Cornucopia3D has become the favorite online community for Vue users. Cornucopia3D members meet up in the forums, exchange ideas and knowledge on product features, and learn from each other as well as from acknowledged 3D experts. The Cornucopia3D store, with content ranging from basic 3D objects to complex scenes, is growing daily. Don’t miss the Cornucopia3D Portfolio, a personal homepage that users can customize and use as a professional presentation of their work: this has proven to be a huge hit with members.

"To celebrate the growth of the community and the start of a new era at Cornucopia3D, we've created a new website design that we think is modern, fresh and exciting!" said ChristieK, Cornucopia3D Manager. She adds: "One of the new features will be our brand new Classroom area, which will have some super surprises coming soon! Many other enhancements will be rolling out in the future, including features designed specifically for our Poser and Daz|Studio users!".

On top of many graphical updates, the new design proves to be more accessible with Member account options listed across the top of the screen, user images featured in the new page header and an overall gain in ease of navigation.

Content and Training Bonanza

To celebrate the introduction of the new Cornucopia3D website, Cornucopia3D is offering a one week 3D content bonanza, with up to 60% special discounts on popular items.

Additionally, QuadSpinner, one of the major Vue training material providers and one of the leading Cornucopia3D affiliates, joins the celebration by offering up to 60%* discount on all its training materials during a 24h flash sale.

More information is available at www.cornucopia3d.com