New Features of VUE and PlantFactory!

Press release 2016-11-04 10:09 article > Software

Accelerated modeling and animation.

E-on software announced the immediate availability of its VUE 2016 professional solutions, together with all commercial versions of PlantFactory 2016.

VUE 2016: Create Seamlessly Integrated Natural 3D Environments

VUE 2016 is packed with new features and advancements that accelerate modeling and animation, enabling computer graphics, artists, and others to seamlessly enrich their natural environment and standout visuals for their movies, games, and architectural landscape.

Key new features in VUE 2016 include:

Integration: Export almost any assets, including full scenes and EcoSystem populations
xStream Convert tool: render your scenes with any renderer such as RenderMan, Arnold, Octane, VRayRT, etc.
Hybrid GPU/CPU Interactive Path Tracer enabling GPU rendering

Heightfield Terrains: New Terrain Modeling technology, more flexible and a lot more Powerful!
Multiple Global EcoSystem Layers, that can be saved as EcoPainter Brushes
PlantFactory Variations: Easily and quickly add more realism to your scenes and improve productivity at the same time!
Fully customizable workspace and HiDPI display support

The VUE product line has been used in hundreds of feature films such as “Minions,” “Jupiter Ascending,” “The Avengers,” “Avatar,” “How to Train your Dragon,” “Kung Fun Panda,”; triple-A games such as “StarCraft Legacy of the Void” and “Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3,” and many other TV shows and commercials. VUE gained a worldwide reputation for its advanced technologies for the creation of Digital Nature.

More information on VUE 2016 is available at https://e-onsoftware.com/vue

PlantFactory 2016: “Create, Refine, and Export high-quality animated 3D Plants”

PlantFactory is an innovative 3D vegetation modeling, animation, and rendering software developed for the CG, SFX, architecture and gaming communities. Key new features in PlantFactory 2016 include:
Growth Simulation: Easily generate geometry using a biologically inspired growth simulation
PlantFactory Variations: Easily and quickly add more realism to your scenes and improve your productivity at the same time
Fully customizable Level of Detail (LOD)

More information on PlantFactory 2016 is available at https://www.plantfactory-tech.com

VUE xStream and Infinite 2016 are immediately available in English for 64 bit versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10, and on Mac OSX 10.6+ (Mac Intel only).
VUE xStream 2016 is natively compatible with the following renderers:

3ds Max 2011 to 2017: MentalRay (integrated and MR satellites), V-Ray
Maya 2011 to 2017: MentalRay (integrated and MR satellites), V-Ray, Maya Software
Softimage 2010 to 2015: MentalRay (integrated and MR satellites)
Cinema 4D R13 to R18: native renderer
LightWave 9.6 to 2015: native renderer
With the new Conversion tool in VUE xStream 2016, VUE xStream scenes can also be rendered with any non-natively supported renderer such as RenderMan, Arnold, Octane, VRayRT, etc.

Availability:

PlantFactory Producer, Studio, Designer, Artist and Exporter 2016 are immediately available in English for 64 bit versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10, and on Mac OSX 10.6+ (Mac Intel only).
The VUE 2016 and PlantFactory 2016 Personal Learning Editions are scheduled for release in the coming month to date.
The VUE 2016 Product line for 3D Artists (VUE Pioneer, Esprit, Studio and Complete 2016) are scheduled for release in Q4 2016.

Full pricing, including upgrade and sidegrade options, is available online at https://e-onsoftware.com/pricelist

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