BEAVERTON, OR, Apr 1, 2015 – e-on software, the leader in 3D digital nature technologies, today announced the immediate availability of VUE xStream 2015 and VUE Infinite 2015, its newest digital nature solutions for CG Professionals.
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Other products in the VUE 2015 product line – Pioneer, Esprit, Studio and Complete – will be released later in Q2 2015.
New features of VUE 2015
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The improvements in VUE 2015 are expansive: from faster rendering, improved overall performance, a new non-photo-realistic renderer, a redesigned interface that users can customize to their liking, a new displacement mapping engine and more.
There are also a number of features making it ideal for all production environments, including easy exchange of data with ZBrush, support for Alembic and Disney’s PTex, and tighter integration with compositing pipelines.
Here is a shortlist of some of the important new features included in VUE 2015:
- High-amplitude displacement mapping
- Faster rendering
- Non-Photo-Real engine analyzes renders like an artist to create stylized artwork
- Generate Ambient Occlusion passes(1)
- Energy Conservative AntiAliasing
- Exchange geometry with ZBrush using GoZ
- Import and export scenes, objects or camera paths as Alembic
- Export materials using the Ptex standard(1)
- Horizontal and vertical film offsets
- Export Rocks and baked HyperBlobs
- Reorganize the layout of the interface at will
- Fast content browser with large previews, search and more
- Double-sided materials
- Auto-scale clouds with altitude
- Modulate Spectral clouds sharpness using a function graph
(1) VUE xStream only
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.
Pricing and Availability
Standard Retail Price
VUE xStream 2015 retails for $1,995 (with one year maintenance), and upgrades start at $659. VUE Infinite 2015 retails for $1,495 (with one year maintenance), with upgrades starting at $539. Upgrades starting from VUE 7.x are also available (see full product pricelist at http://www.e-onsoftware.com/pricelist for details).
Maintenance is the most cost effective solution for staying up-to-date with your products. Yearly maintenance is available for both products – see www.e-onsoftware.com/maintenance for details.
The company is currently offering a time limited introductory special offer. Full licenses are discounted by 40% and upgrades by 25%. A comprehensive comparative feature chart and full purchasing options are available on the product’s website: www.e-onsoftware.com/xstream?page=features
The VUE 2015 Personal Learning Edition is scheduled for release in the coming month to date.
Availability
VUE xStream 2015 and VUE Infinite 2015 are available in English for Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 and Mac OSX 10.6-10.10 for 64-bit systems only.
VUE xStream 2015 is compatible with the following renderers:
- 3ds Max 2010 to 2015: MentalRay (integrated and MR satellites), V-Ray
- Maya 2010 to 2015: MentalRay (integrated and MR satellites), V-Ray, Maya Software
- Softimage 2010 to 2015: MentalRay (integrated and MR satellites)
- Cinema 4D R12 to R16: native renderer
- LightWave 9.6 to 2015: native renderer
Other renderers are under consideration.
About e-on software
E-on software is the leading developer of solutions for the creation, animation, rendering and integration of natural 3D environments (VUE, PlantFactory, CloudFactory Ozone and Carbon Scatter), as well as real-time immersive visualization tools for Architecture and GeoDesign (LumenRT). Offering a wide array of Digital Nature products and applications, e-on software provides solutions adapted to every project and budget. E-on software products are used worldwide by the film, television, architecture, game, science, educational and entertainment industries.
E-on software products were used in feature films such as “The Croods”, “Dragons 1&2”, “Hunger Games”, “Hugo”, “Tintin”, “Super 8”, “Thor”, “Avatar”, “Clash of the Titans”, “Sucker Punch”, “Despicable Me 1&2”, “The Wolf Man”, “2012”, “Lovely Bones”, “GI Joe – The Rise of the Cobra”, “Land of the Lost”, “Terminator 4, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, “Indiana Jones 4”, “Monster Vs Aliens”, “Australia”, “The Spiderwick Chronicles”, “KungFu Panda”, “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” and TV series such as “Spartacus”, “Smallville”, “Battlestar Gallactica”, “Caprica”, “Stargate Atlantis”, “Stargate Continuum”, “The Vampire Diaries” and more. Read more on these stories in e-on software’s Spotlights section: www.e-onsoftware.com/spotlight.
E-on software was founded on the premise that powerful graphics tools should never get in the way of the designer’s creativity. By investing significant resources into research and development, e-on software is able to deliver cutting-edge, user friendly technologies that produce stunning Digital Nature scenery.
E-on software is based in Beaverton, Oregon with an European office in Paris, France.
Visit their website at http://www.e-onsoftware.com.
