pisaacs opened this issue on Jun 29, 2013 · 51 posts
lmckenzie posted Sat, 29 June 2013 at 9:20 AM
I’m a big fan of Vue & have only read about Terradome, but it depends. Cost wise, I’m not sure what the price is for the minimal version of Vue that will import Poser content, but certainly more than the RDNA product. OTOH, those Terradome expansion packs aren’t that cheap and could begin to add up if you want many of them. No matter how many you get though, you still won’t be able to match Vue’s versatility in terms of creating varied terrains, a slew of different vegetation, atmospheres etc. – and that’s not counting all the add-on content Unless you have a system powerful enough to run Vue and Poser in tandem then AFAIK, even with the latest versions of Vue, you’ll need to use Vue materials for everything (except image maps). That may be a major deal breaker, especially if you’re heavily invested in Poser’s skin rendering techniques. Vue has SkinVue but it will be entirely different – ditto for any other procedural materials.
From your description, it sounds like the landscapes will be mainly backdrops, so Terradome might fit your needs better. That is assuming that the product offers enough variety for your scenes. I think that might be the biggest factor for me if I weren’t already into Vue. The Terradome examples look pretty nice, it’d probably easier and faster than importing into Vue, allow you to work in a more familiar environment, cheaper, whether or not you already have Vue … So, I’d ask if those environments (assuming some more will be added), be sufficient for my scenery needs/wants in the foreseeable future.
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