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E-on Vue

{{short description|3D landscape generation software}}

{{Expand language|topic=|langcode=de|otherarticle=|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Vue

| logo =

| screenshot = Timothy-Klanderud-Beach-Lighthouse.jpg

| caption = Vue landscape example

| developer = Bentley Systems

| discontinued = yes

| latest_release_version = 2023

| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2023|01|11}}

| released = {{Start date and age|1997|11|08}}

| operating_system = Windows, macOS

| genre = 3D computer graphics

| license = Proprietary

| website = {{URL|https://www.bentley.com/software/e-on-software-free-downloads/}}

}}

Vue is a software tool for world generation by Bentley Systems with support for many visual effects, animations and various other features. The tool has been used in several feature-length movies.

In 2024, Bentley Systems announced that Vue would be discontinued, and be freely available to those that still wish to use it.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-10 |title=e-on Software |url=https://www.bentley.com/software/e-on-software-free-downloads/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=www.bentley.com |language=en-US}}

Versions

class="wikitable"

!VUE

!PlantFactory

VUE 2016 / VUE 2015 / VUE 2014 / VUE 11

|PlantFactory 2016 / PlantFactory 2015 / PlantFactory 2014

CloudFactory - Ozone

!Carbon Scatter

CloudFactory 2017 / CloudFactory 2015 / Ozone 6 / Ozone 5

|Carbon Scatter 2017 / Carbon Scatter 2015 / Carbon Scatter 2 / Carbon Scatter

Features

This is a list of features as of the 2023 release of Vue:

=Terrains=

  • Heightfield terrains
  • Procedural terrains
  • Infinite terrains
  • Planetary terrains
  • Real-world terrains
  • 3D terrain sculpting
  • Terrain export

=EcoSystem Instancing Technology=

  • Material-based EcoSystems
  • Global EcoSystems
  • Dynamic EcoSystems
  • 360° EcoSystem Population
  • Paint EcoSystem instances
  • EcoParticles
  • Export EcoSystem populations

=Vegetation=

  • Built-in Plant editor
  • Compatible with PlantFactory
  • Vegetation assets

=Atmosphere, Skies and Clouds=

  • Standard atmospheric model
  • Spectral atmospheric model
  • Photometric atmospheric model
  • Atmosphere presets
  • Procedural Volumetric 3D cloud layers
  • Standalone 3D Metaclouds
  • Convert meshes to Clouds
  • Cloud morphing
  • Import OpenVDB
  • Export standalone and cloud layer zones to OpenVDB
  • Export skies as HDRI

=Modeling=

  • Primitive and Feature modeling
  • 3D Text edition tool
  • Metablobbing
  • Hyperblobs
  • Export baked hyperblobs
  • Splines
  • Built in Road Construction toolkit
  • Random rock generator
  • Export rocks

=Texturing and UVs=

  • Material presets
  • PBR
  • Substance support
  • Node-based procedural materials
  • Volumetric materials and Hypertextures
  • Stacked UVs
  • Unwrapped UVs
  • Ptex

=Interoperability, Integration And Export=

  • Export single assets to generic 3D formats
  • Full scene export
  • Integration plugins
  • Import and Export Camera data as FBX and Nuke.chan
  • Python API
  • ZBrush GoZ bridge

=Animation=

  • Animate objects, materials, atmospheres, clouds, waves...
  • Automatic wind and breeze
  • Localized wind effects per plant / per EcoSystem population
  • Omni and directional ventilators for local modifications of plants
  • Time spline editor
  • Automatic keyframe creation
  • Automatic synchronization of cameras and lights
  • Animation export as AfterEffects
  • Import motion tracking information

=Lighting=

  • Global illumination, Global Radiosity, Ambient occlusion
  • Subsurface Scattering
  • HDRI image based lighting
  • Point light, Quadratic point light, Spotlight, Quadratic spotlight, Directional light
  • Use IES distribution profiles on photometric lights
  • Area lights, light panels, light portals
  • Physically accurate caustics computation

=Rendering=

  • Render with Ray Tracer
  • Render with Path Tracer
  • Stereoscopic rendering
  • 360/180 VR Panorama Render Option
  • Spherical panoramic rendering
  • Tone mapping options
  • Multipass & G-Buffer
  • Network rendering with HyperVue / RenderCows
  • Network rendering with RenderNodes

Users

  • Blue Sky Studios
  • Digital Domain
  • DreamWorks Animation: Kung Fu Panda{{cite press release |url=http://www.e-onsoftware.com/about/?page=PRIndex&date=August%2013,%202008 |title=Vue "Summer 2008 Blockbuster" Roundup |access-date=2012-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030355/http://www.e-onsoftware.com/about/?page=PRIndex&date=August%2013,%202008 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}
  • Industrial Light & Magic: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest{{cite press release |url=http://www.e-onsoftware.com/about/?page=PRIndex&date=August%201,%202006 |title=Vue Helps Industrial Light & Magic Create Environments for "Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" VFX |access-date=2012-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052248/http://www.e-onsoftware.com/about/?page=PRIndex&date=August%201,%202006 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}
  • Sony Pictures Imageworks
  • Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • Weta Digital

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.e-onsoftware.com E-on Software]

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