Vue dEsprit Product Line to Feature Native Poser Animation E-ON SOFTWARE TO FEATURE NEW POSER-BASED TECHNOLOGY AT SIGGRAPH 2002 June 17, 2002. Beaverton, OR. e-on software and Santa Cruz, California based Curious Labs have entered into a strategic agreement to enable Curious Labs Poser native animation technology in the Vue dEsprit product line. e-on softwares flagship product Vue dEsprit 4 for Windows and Mac OS X is an award-winning rendering and animation tool for ultra-natural 3D scenery. Curious Labs Poser 4 is widely recognized as the easiest way to develop complex 3D human and character animation. Vue dEsprit 4 for Windows features the ability to import still Poser scenes. The agreement will allow the Vue product line to host fully animated Poser scenes. Despite limitations in the Mac OS X - Classic environment, developments made by Curious Labs and e-on software will enable the technology to work seamlessly with Vue dEsprit 4 for Mac OS X. Still import for Mac OS X will be featured in an updater, available soon. The response to direct, still import of Poser scenes in Vue 4 was overwhelming. We believe the Vue user community will be thrilled with seeing their Poser creations move fluidly through a Vue dEsprit scene said Nicholas Phelps, president of e-on software. Vue 4 comes with 2 CDs, bursting with 30 SolidGrowth 2 tree and plants, over 100 atmospheres, 100 different types of clouds, 300 materials, 250 high quality fully textured 3D objects and over 50 example scenes made by Vue master artists. A 360-page manual is also included. Vue 4 is an incredible tool for generating and animating the natural world. We at Curious Labs are excited that Posers advanced character animation can exploit the powerful rendering capabilities of e-on softwares products, said Steve Cooper, president of Curious Labs, Inc. e-on software will showcase the new technology at Siggraph 2002, held in San Antonio, Texas, July 21-26. Additional information about Siggraph is available at http://www.siggraph.org. About e-on software Founded in 1997, e-on software was established to develop and promote the highest quality graphics tools with professional strength features. Established by graphics enthusiasts for graphics enthusiasts, e-on software translates its passion for art into tools for the graphics community. E-on software is based in Beaverton, Oregon and Paris, France. The company has achieved worldwide reputation for its award winning 3D scenery generator Vue d'Esprit. About Curious Labs, Inc. Curious Labs, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of EGISYS AG, designs, develops, and publishes software tools such as Poser, which focus on 3D human and character visualization for artists, designers, and web developers. The company is located in Santa Cruz, California. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.curiouslabs.com. Contact e-on software 503-646-4857 Curious Labs, Inc 831-462-8908

This is SO exciting! I remember the first time I tried Vue and thought, "Wow! Wouldn't it be cool to have Poser characters walking through these amazing scenes??!!" Look's like our wishes are going to come true!!! Thanks e-on and Curious Labs!!! You guys ROCK!! Dave :-)

what the hell is this?!?!?!?!? how come bryce wasnt 1st up??? ive waited 4 how long 4 bryce 2 do this, and vue gets it 1st?????

atom, there does seem to be a parting of the ways in the old MetaC stuff. I may be changing to Vue in the future too, though I've been a die hard Brycer for 4 years now.

traitor!!! lol, nah, jk...... seriously tho, i 2 have been a die hard brycer for a while. thats alot of learning i put into that program. and its so much i still havent explored w/ it. i just learned 2 use that way wicked dte... its no way im turning my back on bryce... that was my 1st love... my 1st step into the 3d arena... brycers have waited for eons for poser animations (and why not? it USED 2 be the same co.) 2 be hosted inside of bryce... and then, all of a sudden poof.... the earnings of war shall fall upon not our countrymen and patriots, but our witnesses of...thats like, whack!

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This is great news! I hope they actually preserve Poser's reflection mapping for use in Vue. There are actually some very useful effects to be had, using the reflection maps....

smerc referenced that still importing will be fixed in an upcoming patch. I just saw version 4.06 on version tracker...is that the patch he's refering to? This feature is very important for...If e-on gets this right (and CL ever gets it act together), it's good-by Bryce. As a long time user of Bryce, I've been very disappointed with what Corel has done with it. Yes, they've kept up the Mac support (a surprise coming from them) but they seem to have no interest in Poser. Oh well...looks like Vue is a most definate possibility... asrai

smerc referenced that still importing will be fixed in an upcoming patch. I just saw version 4.06 on version tracker...is that the patch he's refering to? This feature is very important for...If e-on gets this right (and CL ever gets it act together), it's good-by Bryce. As a long time user of Bryce, I've been very disappointed with what Corel has done with it. Yes, they've kept up the Mac support (a surprise coming from them) but they seem to have no interest in Poser. Oh well...looks like Vue is a most definate possibility... asrai

There's never been anything wrong with pz3 imports to Vue except that some users couldn't import the .bum files. As soon as Vue4 hit the market, I dropped Bryce like a hot rock because Bryce5 didn't import pz3's and Vue did. Vue4 has always imported flawlessly for me, even version 4.00.

Well, from what I've read on this post and others...apparently there is an issue with the OS X version of Vue, importing the OS 9.x version (since there is no OS X version) of Poser. I also had issues, but that was with the demo and I'm not sure if that was why it wouldn't import. Even the smerc from e-on stated in the first post here that the Poser import is an issue. Has anyone tried version 4.06? Is the Poser import fixed? many thanks asrai

To my knowledge the Poser import has not been fixed.

asrai, I am not associated with e-on. This is just a cool thing for poser artist. I am not familiar with vue :( smerc