E-on Software Newsletter - February 26, 2010 |
Dear Vue-er, dear friend,
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Exciting news in this letter:
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Vue 8.4 For Esprit, Studio and Complete
We are pleased to let you know that the free Vue 8.4 update is now available for the Vue 8 product line for 3D Artists!
Vue 8.4 adds many new features together with significant improvements to existing breakthrough technologies, and overall productivity and workflow enhancements.
What's New in Vue 8.4?
The new Vue 8.4 update adds the following new functionality to Vue 8:
- Improved Displacement Mapping: computation and rendering of displaced materials on standard terrains is significantly faster and more memory efficient.
- Multi-Materials: new Multi-materials allow you to change all materials of any given object in a single operation. Multi-materials can be saved for future use, copy-pasted or drag-dropped between different objects in the scene.
- New Material Control: new "Relative to sea" material mapping option, and "Sea level" input node. (Requires AdvancedGraph)
- User-definable units in Function Graphs: "External Dependency", "Distance to object below", "Distance from camera", and other position-related nodes now express object dimensions in user-definable real-world units. (Requires AdvancedGraph)
- Easier Pose/Motion Handling: the new Motion Browser lets you visually select and interactively preview preset poses and motions for rigged meshes.
- EcoSystem Display Improvements: the rendering of shaded EcoSystem billboards is improved to provide more accurate coloring and reduce flickering when moving around the scene.
- Other Artistic Control Improvements: the render area and the collections browser can be locked to avoid accidental modifications, materials mapped in World coordinates are now accurately previewed in OpenGL, GPU resources can be easily monitored in the status bar, objects can be copy-pasted to hidden or locked layers, and more...
- Other Performance Improvements: faster high quality previewing in OpenGL, automatic resizing of render buckets to maximize use of all cores on small renders, faster handling of complicated group hierarchies, default views are automatically resized to adjust according to internal units, and more...
>> Read more information on the new features here!
Availability
Vue 8.4 for Vue 8 Esprit, Vue 8 Studio and Vue 8 Complete is initially released as a beta update in English only. If you have a Vue product in French or German, applying this beta update will give you the new features' desciptions in English. The French and German language packs for Vue 8.4 will be released in the coming days.
Vue 8.4 is immediately available for download through the software update page.
Tourism Ireland Ad Campain by Taylor James
Advertising agency JWT, London, commissioned Taylor James to create multiple 3D maps characterising Ireland’s iconic landscape and famous landmarks for Tourism Ireland’s latest campaign. The maps depict journeys across its different regions with key attractions represented along the way.
The flat images are up to 24,000 x 21,000 pixel files, described by one Taylor James artist as "the equivalent of lining up 13 full HD TVs and stacking them 20 high to view the image at 100%".
The Tourism Ireland maps can currently be seen on billboards, in magazines and international press plus on massive digital displays in public venues such as train stations across Europe!
>> Read all about Taylor James' work with Vue for "Tourism Ireland" here!
2 New Training Material for Vue 8
QuadSpinner - Mesa Mastery: Erosion
Erosion is kicking off QuadSpinner's new Mesa Mastery series, that will help you become the Chieftain of nature's mystical mesas.
In this video, presented by Dax Pandhi, you will learn how to merge the sophistication of Vue and WorldMachine, how to create authentic natural erosion in WorldMachine for Vue's Procedural Terrains, how to produce stratified terrains by employing the mutually exclusive features of Vue and WorldMachine, how to maximize the power of Vue's terrain fractals and stratification when combined with WorldMachine's detailed erosion process, or tip the scales with Vue's Strata Tilting for superior erosion effects, and a lot more.
Remember - it's not about learning features, it's about learning proven techniques for practical and realistic results.
>> Get this training video now for $27 only!
AsileFx - Spectral Atmospherics and Cloud Creation Techniques
In this new training from AsileFX, learn everything about atmospheric lighting and cloud creation in Vue Infinite and xStream.
AsileFX covers topics such as: Anatomy of cloud layer shapes and lighting, understanding cloud density vs. detail, Cloud and atmospheric lighting, Ambient lighting techniques and effects, Making a stormy atmosphere, Designing a turbulence metanode, Making a cloud front and rain layer, Night sky setups and clouds lighting, Fast rendering fog cloud layers, Wispy cloud creation, Animation techniques, punching a hole through a cloud layer, Understanding material space and cloud detail origins, and more...
Note: This training can be used with Vue versions 7 and up, and also with Ozone 4.
>> Get this training video now for $40 only!
Create Your Own Personalized Art and Content Website
Have you ever wanted an easy way to show off your Vue images to friends and family?
Wouldn't it be great to make a super first impression with prospective schools or employers by having a professional-looking online portfolio of your Vue work?
Wait no longer! The Cornucopia3D team proudly announce the start of the open Beta for the Cornucopia3D Artist Portfolios! Your artistic home at Cornucopia3D and on the web, manage and display your Vue work, and keep track of friends and other artists, and more!
Key benefits of Cornucopia3D portfolios are:
- present custom tailored portfolios for business or friends and family,
- direct access to your portfolio using personalized URL,
- easy to use interface to setup portfolios and organize content,
- manage the look and feel of the page with simple one-click administration,
- built in interaction with other members through integrated networking,
- promote better visibility of your artwork and content.
With ease-of-use in mind, the Cornucopia3D team designed an excellent way for you to display and arrange your work. Please join the open Beta, and provide constructive feedback, ideas and suggestions to make your Cornucopia3D Artist Portfolios your artistic home on the internet!
>> Create your personal portfolio now!
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