Here, ACue... this is the link to compare versions of Vue and what they do.

http://www.e-onsoftware.com/products/chart.php

At the bottom is a very comprehensive chart, and you can click to show only differences or click to see everything.

Esprit will import 3D.  Esprit is the base program, with content added in (YAY!), and two modules to get you started - renderup & 3DImporter).

Pro studio is Esprit with certain "modules" - which you can purchase seperately, one at a time, or in one lump sum to upgrade if you ever desire to.  Using this route, from what I am reading, you can soar all the way up to Vue Complete with the purchase of modules.  From experience with Vue 6 doing this, I can say once you get all the modules for the next step up, it automatically becomes that "flavor" of software.

For example, you purchase Esprit.  Next month, you purchase the Light Tune module (one I highly recommend) - you still have Esprit (albeit with a cool module.)  Ok, so every month for a while, you purchase a module - deep access, hypervue, botanica, and ecosystem) - once you have those 5, you now have Pro Studio.

Later, you decide that e-on has a kick-butt sale going on for modules that lead to Vue 7 Complete.  I dunno what most of those modules do, but ecopainter is EXTREMELY useful (looking closer - exporter is, too... zephyr is useful particularly for animations, but can be set to make some great wind effects for still images as well).  But you can keep going the one module at a time, or you can purchase modules together in a bundle and typically save a few $$.... eventually, you'll end up with Complete.

Or - you can ignore the modules and stick with basic Esprit, or basic Esprit with certain modules that you like (personally, i liked light tune, botanica, and ecosystems and with Vue 6, woulda been THRILLED if they had offered an EcoPainter module!!!)

Its almost completely customizable (i believe you have to have botanica module for ecosystem module to work effectively, but don't quote me on that one)

hope this helps!!

Rarer than a hairy egg and madder than a box of frogs....

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