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<h2 id="versions">Versions</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>VUE</th><th>PlantFactory</th></tr><tr><td>VUE 2016 / VUE 2015 / VUE 2014 / VUE 11</td><td>PlantFactory 2016 / PlantFactory 2015 / PlantFactory 2014</td></tr><tr><th>CloudFactory - Ozone</th><th>Carbon Scatter</th></tr><tr><td>CloudFactory 2017 / CloudFactory 2015 / Ozone 6 / Ozone 5</td><td>Carbon Scatter 2017 / Carbon Scatter 2015 / Carbon Scatter 2 / Carbon Scatter</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="features">Features</h2> <p>This is a list of features as of the 2023 release of Vue: </p> <h3>Terrains</h3> <ul><li>Heightfield terrains</li> <li>Procedural terrains</li> <li>Infinite terrains</li> <li>Planetary terrains</li> <li>Real-world terrains</li> <li>3D terrain sculpting</li> <li>Terrain export</li></ul> <h3>EcoSystem Instancing Technology</h3> <ul><li>Material-based EcoSystems</li> <li>Global EcoSystems</li> <li>Dynamic EcoSystems</li> <li>360° EcoSystem Population</li> <li>Paint EcoSystem instances</li> <li>EcoParticles</li> <li>Export EcoSystem populations</li></ul> <h3>Vegetation</h3> <ul><li>Built-in Plant editor</li> <li>Compatible with PlantFactory</li> <li>Vegetation assets</li></ul> <h3>Atmosphere, Skies and Clouds</h3> <ul><li>Standard atmospheric model</li> <li>Spectral atmospheric model</li> <li>Photometric atmospheric model</li> <li>Atmosphere presets</li> <li>Procedural Volumetric 3D cloud layers</li> <li>Standalone 3D Metaclouds</li> <li>Convert meshes to Clouds</li> <li>Cloud morphing</li> <li>Import OpenVDB</li> <li>Export standalone and cloud layer zones to OpenVDB</li> <li>Export skies as HDRI</li></ul> <h3>Modeling</h3> <ul><li>Primitive and Feature modeling</li> <li>3D Text edition tool</li> <li>Metablobbing</li> <li>Hyperblobs</li> <li>Export baked hyperblobs</li> <li>Splines</li> <li>Built in Road Construction toolkit</li> <li>Random rock generator</li> <li>Export rocks</li></ul> <h3>Texturing and UVs</h3> <ul><li>Material presets</li> <li>PBR</li> <li>Substance support</li> <li>Node-based procedural materials</li> <li>Volumetric materials and Hypertextures</li> <li>Stacked UVs</li> <li>Unwrapped UVs</li> <li>Ptex</li></ul> <h3>Interoperability, Integration And Export</h3> <ul><li>Export single assets to generic 3D formats</li> <li>Full scene export</li> <li>Integration plugins</li> <li>Import and Export Camera data as FBX and Nuke.chan</li> <li>Python API</li> <li>ZBrush GoZ bridge</li></ul> <h3>Animation</h3> <ul><li>Animate objects, materials, atmospheres, clouds, waves...</li> <li>Automatic wind and breeze</li> <li>Localized wind effects per plant / per EcoSystem population</li> <li>Omni and directional ventilators for local modifications of plants</li> <li>Time spline editor</li> <li>Automatic keyframe creation</li> <li>Automatic synchronization of cameras and lights</li> <li>Animation export as AfterEffects</li> <li>Import motion tracking information</li></ul> <h3>Lighting</h3> <ul><li>Global illumination, Global Radiosity, Ambient occlusion</li> <li>Subsurface Scattering</li> <li>HDRI image based lighting</li> <li>Point light, Quadratic point light, Spotlight, Quadratic spotlight, Directional light</li> <li>Use IES distribution profiles on photometric lights</li> <li>Area lights, light panels, light portals</li> <li>Physically accurate caustics computation</li></ul> <h3>Rendering</h3> <ul><li>Render with Ray Tracer</li> <li>Render with Path Tracer</li> <li>Stereoscopic rendering</li> <li>360/180 VR Panorama Render Option</li> <li>Spherical panoramic rendering</li> <li>Tone mapping options</li> <li>Multipass & G-Buffer</li> <li>Network rendering with HyperVue / RenderCows</li> <li>Network rendering with RenderNodes</li></ul> <h2 id="users">Users</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Blue_Sky_Studios/v1BL0XHw">Blue Sky Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Digital_Domain/qptkcIra">Digital Domain</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/DreamWorks_Animation/qXUu6Tmt">DreamWorks Animation</a>: Kung Fu Panda<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Industrial_Light_%2526_Magic/P6J0qtC7">Industrial Light & Magic</a>: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean%3a_Dead_Man%2527s_Chest/GQs9pkoP">Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sony_Pictures_Imageworks/po1azWe8">Sony Pictures Imageworks</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Warner_Bros._Interactive_Entertainment/qba667f1">Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Weta_Digital/ITXnzKfS">Weta Digital</a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Blender_(software)/yzuvB0fL">Blender</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cinema_4D/t9Qr9hde">Cinema 4D</a></li> <li>3dsmax</li> <li>Maya</li> <li>Unity 3D</li> <li>Unreal</li> <li>Daz</li> <li>Photoshop</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lightwave_3D/F0L5PGxd">Lightwave 3D</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Modo_(software)/Qsq4Vs7a">Modo</a></li> <li>Substance</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bryce_(software)/r4N4zjax">Bryce</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.e-onsoftware.com">E-on Software</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"e-on Software". www.bentley.com. 2024-04-10. Retrieved 2024-05-08. <a href="https://www.bentley.com/software/e-on-software-free-downloads/" target="_blank">https://www.bentley.com/software/e-on-software-free-downloads/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Vue "Summer 2008 Blockbuster" Roundup" (Press release). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-05-26. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030355/http://www.e-onsoftware.com/about/?page=PRIndex&date=August%2013,%202008" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030355/http://www.e-onsoftware.com/about/?page=PRIndex&date=August%2013,%202008</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Vue "Summer 2008 Blockbuster" Roundup" (Press release). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-05-26. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030355/http://www.e-onsoftware.com/about/?page=PRIndex&date=August%2013,%202008" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030355/http://www.e-onsoftware.com/about/?page=PRIndex&date=August%2013,%202008</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Vue Helps Industrial Light & Magic Create Environments for "Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" VFX" (Press release). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-05-26. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052248/http://www.e-onsoftware.com/about/?page=PRIndex&date=August%201,%202006" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052248/http://www.e-onsoftware.com/about/?page=PRIndex&date=August%201,%202006</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>