Don't expect a better Toon shader or NPR (Non-Photo-Real) from E-on. I've been asking them for this for over two years- before V5 came out- before they got wrapped around the axil with X-Stream.

They told me THEN- "No Problem with doing NPR, Toon EFX"- but it NEVER happened, despite them coming up to the point of introducing Toon Shader capabilities- nothing really usuable was introduced.

I also asked them for support for Piranesi- a higher-end 3D app that allows more sophisticated 3D NPR effects- and was told "No Problem- Vue can do it now" - but the needed export format for Piranesi was never created. This could have gotten E-on MANY new users among the Architectural Design community- but they never completed what would have been a fairly easy, ONE DAY, programming task...

I have switched to using Carrara 5 for their EXCELLENT built-in TOON and NPR rendering EFX. I don't care about using Carrara 5 for any really high-end 3D work. The Toon and NPR rendering effects are already paying-off for me. And the Eovia software team has already placed developing a Piranesi plug-in on their software development agenda- to attract more Architectural users to Carrara 5 (and Carrara 6).

Unfortunately E-on appears to be making Vue into primarily a landscape generator for Higher-end software and doesn't seem to care what their low and mid-range user base wants anymore. Carrara has even passed Vue on with an improved Poser importer- something that once made Vue stand out from Bryce, etc.

E-on has become a closed-door, closed-minded little software company- leaving the low and mid-range market wide open to DAZ-Eovia...