Megalodon, for a small studio such as yours, would you not be better off with one or more copies of Speedtree?

It appears that E-On Software IS going to be quickly responsive to the good points that you have others have raised about two people needing to transfer plant WIPS among themselves in a small studio.

But realistically, for model builders such as you and myself, who are providing content for people beyong the Vue'ers marketplace, isn't Speedtree better suited to our needs?

 I need to build hero trees and other plants that can withstand close-up renders for the advertising trade, that can be designed to exact specifications in terms of branch, leaf and root placement, that can have very well developed and articulated roots, and very high resolution barks. And that can be rigged in great detail so that the end customer can position and array that tree exactly as they envision. For these purposes, there is no subsitute for a careful model-built  or model-finished plant. For me, this requires Speedtree with it's quad geometry, and Maya for the finish work. 

I'm happy to see the emergence of The Plant Factory, obviously, and I'm happy to review it here, but I'm not giving it positive reviews because I am a "fanboy" to the exclusion of common sense.  

Speedtree is still going to be my primary tool of the trade, and for those of us who need full modelling access to the plant via the traditional tools of MAX, MAYA, Cinema4D, modo or whatever, Speedtree remains our best option.

Yes?