and a whop of pricing to go with it…
If your product is under Standard or Premium maintenance, you will receive your upgrade to Vue 7.5 at no charge. If you like, you can even download a pre-release version of Vue 7.5 immediately (your download instructions are sent in a separate e-mail). Also, if you purchase Vue 7 xStream or Infinite during the month preceding release of Vue 7.5, you will receive the upgrade to Vue 7.5 when it is released, at no cost.
Vue 7.5 xStream will retail for $1,495, with upgrades from Vue 7 xStream available for $495. Vue 7.5 Infinite will retail for $895, with upgrades from Vue 7 Infinite available for $295. Other upgrade paths from Vue 6 Infinite and Vue 6 xStream will be available at the time of release.
If you own network rendering licenses for Vue 7 (RenderCows or Rendernodes) and decide to upgrade to Vue 7.5, we will provide you with the corresponding Vue 7.5 licenses at no cost!
oh the joys of owning premium software…
some ehnancements
Following is the list of new features available in the upcoming 7.5 release:
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[li]Support of the V-Ray renderer for 3ds Max (xStream)[/li][li]Support of EcoSystem painting in XSI (xStream)[/li][li]Color and Alpha masks of single clouds and cloud layers in the multi-pass renderer[/li][li] Camera Mapping to dramatically cut animation render times[/li][li]Spherical and planetary procedural terrains with infinite level of detail (see above render)[/li][li]Spherical cloudscapes (procedural, or based on real-world/modified cloud maps - see above)[/li][li]Material Painting and effect-driven material mapping in the Terrain Editor[/li][li]Enhanced Multi-Processor usage for procedural terrains, dynamic EcoSystems and panoramic rendering[/li][li]EcoSystem populations that can evolve over time[/li][li]Cloud layers that cast and receive shadows from other cloud layers and objects in the scene[/li][li]Improved OpenGL sky and cloud preview, colored EcoSystem instance previewing[/li][li]Other productivity and feature enhancements.[/li][/ul]
