Hi Antycon, I missed out on that thread -- normally I dont post photos of myself. That may change in the future, after I become more proficient with Photoshop for the purposes of slimming and youth restoration ;-) Mover 5 is a free upgrade to Mover 4. If you already have Mover 4, there will be a free downloadable updater to Mover 5. But Mover 5 wont be a free product for those who do not own Mover 4. Guitta is right, I do oversee Japan as well. Japanese is my #2 language. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks e-on software

The OpenGL implementation in Vue d'Esprit 4 uses a less sophisticated feature set of OpenGL than Vue Pro. What it "touches" in OpenGL is different from Vue Pro, because the code base is significantly different. When an application uses OpenGL, its supposed to be able to say "hey OpenGL, gimme this and this and this", and the response should be the same on any platform, Windows or Mac, and with any video card/drivers. So there are three parts at work here: the application, video card/drivers, operating system implementation of OpenGL. If everything has been implemented according to "spec" by all three, then there isnt any reason why it shouldnt work. But it often doesnt happen that way because developers cut corners, or cause something to write into a memory space where it shouldnt, or create some kind of conflict that messes up the others and not document it so we can try to find a workaround of some kind. I dont experience the same problems you are experiencing, but then again, Im certain we have different configurations of just about everything. My wish for mid-range graphics card designers is that they would spend as much time on OpenGL conformance as they do with DirectX. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks e-on software

The dialog box warning about an unsupported card just means Vue hasnt been tested with that particular card, not that its sure to cause problems. Historically, we've had more problems with nVidia cards than ATI, and yes, its the drivers. Card makers update their drivers constantly, and they are in a death race to get out new and better support faster than each other. I know it sounds like a load when we say its the drivers, but well, it is. I recommend reading CPU (computer power user) magazine, which is a great hardware oriented magazine -- it also covers a lot of cool new technology. They spend a lot of time reviewing cards and card technology, so when there's a card with flakey drivers they usually report it. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks e-on software

You'll have to discuss with our European office. We let'em set the price there, just like we let our partner in Japan set the Japanese yen price. Keep in mind though that software isnt priced on a daily market like fish. They have to account for fluctuations and standardized local costs that dont impact us here in the US. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks e-on software

Jtselle, Are you using Vue d'Esprit 4 demo or Vue 4 Pro demo? Best regards, Lynn Fredricks e-on software

Attached Link: http://www.e-onsoftware.com/products/vue4prodemo/

Its kind of hard to find -- click on the "buy" button, then select United States, then scroll down and find "Movie Bundle" to get Vue 4, Mover 4 and SonicFire Pro. You can also buy SonicFire Pro separately. Its available for both Mac and Windows (but not on the same disk). Best regards, Lynn Fredricks e-on software

SonicFire Pro is a great application for adding sounds and sound tracks to animation. It comes with lots of professional sound loops and you can order more from an extensive catalog from our partners, SmartSound. If you downloaded our Vue 4 Pro demo movie, you heard a sample of what you can do. SonicFire lets you resize the tracks easily by sliding them in a timeline, so you can get exactly the right length to fit your movie. Both e-on software and Smartsound offer a bundle. Check it out. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks e-on software

That one is in our Paris office -- why it says English fluency required. We dont require that in Oregon, of course ;-) You should send in your resume, just in case. We have positions that open up here, now and then. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks e-on software

Hmmm. Give it a try again. I think we have it fixed. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks e-on software

kuroyume0161, I think you'd need to call them or send them an email to do a special order. Or, you could ask through an Asian importer. Shade 6 Pro is a very good product. The interface looks spartan, but you can command-key anything, write scripts in a number of scripting languages, assign commands to a special palette, etc. Its got a huge number of features, but those features dont clutter up your screen unless you want them to. I dont know what CL has planned but I guess you'll have a US side resource real soon now :-) Best regards, Lynn Fredricks e-on software

Since Caly did some excellent detective work I thought I better say something here. Shade is an excellent product, extremely stable and excellent for precision work. And yes, its possible to use the Japanese version on an English system (my Japanese is pretty good, but my brain needs a rest now and then). e-on software distributes its products through e-frontier in Japan. Ive had some business relations with the owners of Shade for quite some time, and more detective work will show that Vue d'Esprit (Windows) has had Shade support for some time. e-frontier has a quality minded, extremely competent executive management team. They were a great choice for us for distribution. The new relationship between CL and e-frontier is a perfect match. I think you should be very, very happy that CL has strong backing from a strong 3D vendor. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks e-on software

That's a nice looking sweetgum,especially the leaves! I think they arent so bushy up on top though. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks e-on software

Hi Lee, I forwarded your note onto Steve Bell -- he should be able to help you get your serial number (if you registered it!). Dont forget that your serial number usually appears on the inside cover of your manual. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks e-on software

Chuck, no one from e-on has said ever said that. Flycatcher, my 14 years of international software sales and licensing seems to be contrary to yours. Im going to take Nightvoice's recommendation for needs assessment and leave this thread for the veteran's day (extended) weekend. Have a good rest of weekend all. Id like to thank those of you who responded to my original question and also the content suggestions. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks e-on software