E-on Vue

Vue
	Vue landscape example
Developer(s)	Bentley Systems
Initial release	November 8, 1997; 27 years ago
Final release	2023 / January 11, 2023; 23 months ago
Operating system	Windows, macOS
Type	3D computer graphics
License	Proprietary
Website	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.^[1]

Versions

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^[2]
Industrial Light & Magic: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,^[2] Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest^[3]
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Weta Digital

References

^ "e-on Software". www.bentley.com. 2024-04-10. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
^ ^a ^b "Vue "Summer 2008 Blockbuster" Roundup" (Press release). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
^ "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.

External links

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[1] "e-on Software". www.bentley.com. 2024-04-10. Retrieved 2024-05-08.

[Vue_2008-2] "Vue "Summer 2008 Blockbuster" Roundup" (Press release). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-05-26.

[Pirates-3] "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.

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