Excellent information and very impressive work. Very well done.

Congratulations James... you will need the big fella on your side for this job. :) Best of luck.

Excellent tute, thanks.

Nice tree, lots of detail. Thanks.

Firstly, the original topic: Hobbiests are willing to spend time rather than money to resolve their problems. Professionals will do this also, but there are occassions that information is needed quickly and some users are willing to pay for that. This is most evident in the hardware market where you can pay for example, 24/7 on-site service for 12 months as an extra part of your original purchase. My company provides a help desk but find that we are mostly dealing with individuals that have missed the training or haven't looked through the manuals. It these people were paying they would take better care with their questions and we would be able to spend more resources and time on better training, problem solving strategies and development. Ideas on extra revenue: MightyPete's idea of CDs for sale is a great one and should extended to include downloads. DAZ has a terrific incentive and marketing scheme that sucks me in every week. I enjoy spending my money with DAZ and am happy to spend a dollar here and there to get lots of merchandise that is well advertised and described (I probably won't use a lot of the things that I have purchased or been given as a freebie). E-on didn't include many 'bits and pieces' with their release of Vue Pro. This was a disappointment as that is always something that I enjoy with opening a new package. If there was a large selection of new things for sale every week, I would jump at joining a scheme that gave me discounts and freebies. There are many things that could be sold or given away like atmospheres, terrains, models, materials, textures, scenes, etc. There are many people selling these things looking for more marketplaces. Bring the two together and stock your shelves. Check DAZ for their methods and ideas. E-on has incredible potential to grow in this direction and in-turn have more revenue for growth and future development. Scott (sacada)

I agree with the comments above on both features and stability. I made my choice a while ago to revert back to Vue 4.2, so I can create a scene from start to finish with minimal crashes (4.2 is not that completely rock-solid either). If you start a scene in Pro, you cannot take that scene back to 4.2. Conversly you can take a 4.2 scene to Pro. Vue Pro has many terrific enhancements but it up to each individual to determine if those enhancements add to both helping you design scenes and create better images. Checking the pricing... Vue Pro US$599 Vue 4.2 US$199 Vue 4.2 sidegrade to Vue Pro US$399 Getting 4.2 + Pro sidegrade is approx the same price, so I would suggest either getting both now, or getting 4.2 and sidegrading later (extra postage cost but Aussie dollar is increasing making cost cheaper :)). This would give you time to get accustomed to Vue and decide if its your application for the future and also give yourself the ability to get more features when you like.

Congratulations on an excellent render. Well done.

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Welcome back Guitta, you were missed by many.

Another method is to post a still(s) with a link to the entire animation hosted off site.

You can upload animations as .gif file but cannot exceed 500k

Your site looks terrific. You must have a great graphic designer ;)

I missed my confirmation email on my last order and after 14 days emailed e-on. They quickly emailed back and said my order was in and it takes about 15 days to get to my country. It arrived the next day. Email them. They are very helpful.

Enjoy, relax and we will try to behave ;)