I don't know if it can be useful, but times ago I saw a japanese site with a Bryce 5 to Vue 4 converter... Here is the url http://www.angelfire.com/mac2/bryce2vue/ But as you have Bryce 4 maybe it won't work. As everyone said, Poser import in Vue works well, it is as easy as load an object;) when the Poser files is too "heavy" Vue can be slower but I think it is normal;) Choosing between Vue and Vue Pro depends for what you will use it... As a professional or as a hobby, most for still or animations...

You're too fast Guitta;)

There is a man headhunter who was looking for a mangrove too, maybe you can ask him? Maybe someone can do something for you with Vue Pro's plant editor?

Thank you;)

Looks very good! My method wasn't so simple I think;)

Another way with just Vue ;) Create a new scene with "no atmosphere" atmosphere. New scene -> Others -> No Atmosphere Switch to top camera. Delete the Sun. Select the Ground, and edit the material. Edit the Color function by right clicking on the dark sphere in the color tab (and choose edit function of course). Add a Wavelet function. You just have to click on the list near the bottom left corner (None) and choose Wavelet. OK. Change the colormap to have something that goes from white to black. Click in the colormap (which is normally beige) to edit it. OK, now we have to render. In the render settings choose a square format (ratio), it will be easierlater ;) and render! Save the Picture. Create a new scene (the final one) and add a terrain. In the terrain editor load the picture (in terrain option) you've just render and set it to 100%. Choose a good material for the terrain, scale the terrain prettily (z axis)and render! You can add a little sphere just over the surface toadd realism maybe:) Play with the function editor to get something you want! Hope it helps and that it is clear enough. Another way could be to add a wavelet function to a plane terrain (in the terrain editor) but it seems like you can't choose the origin of the function...Bizarre Anty

Nice job Guitta! You take profit of your free time! I didn't know the Rudbeckia but it isn't my favorite one;) the others are better. Anty

There is one for Vue Pro and the other one for both Pro and Esprit, but it seems that people prefer post in the one for both product even if the problems are just for Pro ;) Maybe the fear told users not to post the first on the Pro forum (just a bravous person could do that...) :) Professional needs maybe a dedicated forum because they don't want to be mixed with the whole people:)

Thank you for all that you brought to me (us?). Bon retour a l'anonymat, et profitez en bien;) Bon courage a Agiel, prendre la releve ne doit pas etre chose aisee:)

It works fine for me too. Sometimes there are some misunderstanding with Pro and me, but it generally do what I want. Synchronization works good (for 3DS), and it is very useful (you will get better results with Pro than with plugins) Poser import works good too. Sometime Poser figures looks better in Vue than in Poser (they can breath in fact;)) Maybe you can make your own opinion with the trial version? (to see if your station is able to receive Vue Pro;)) The box looks fine and robust too (I don't know what other thinks about that?)! When you have it in the hand you can feel the power;) The books is interesting, but be careful...friends of yours will try to steal your Vue Pro bookmark, and will persecute you to receive Vue Pro postcards! I think it is nice to have stuff like that in a software! In fact it seems like eon take care of people's feeling with their soft. You can't really compare Bryce and Vue Pro. Bryce is quite old, and not specifically oriented to professional. But it is good in its category (even if I didn't like the interface at all). I'm with gillbrooks to say that WB and WCS aren't userfriendly. But there is people who are able to use them;) Hope it helps.

First, I will answer to Gillbrooks' first question..Loading PSD in Vue Pro... In fact, I've lost all my hair trying to save or load a PSD file... I reinstall Vue several time, and don't saw any PSD choice in dropdown menu... But there was the PSD.Eon file, so I thought that it should work... But one day, I didn't care about it anymore... And some time ago, I magically saw that I can save PSD files:) I don't know how it is possible, it is magic:) (the picture prove that is is true)... Finally I always save Vue pics as PSD, it is more convenient... In my experience, I never saw a software that doesn't crash or don't have bugs... With 3ds max, sometime, it is like vue pro, it shuts down. I'm saving a scene, and... it shuts down. I'm moving a point, and... it shutsdown! Sometimes, I think it just want to make a joke. Vue Pro act in a same way. It works fine and sometime it wants to make a joke and it close the scene. Illustrator is sometime very hard to bear too. Sometime you pixelize something, it works fine, and another time you pixelize the same thing in the same condition and it doesn't work... there is artefacts on the pixelized pics, or another good things... Sometimes it crash too, often when the deadline comes;) It seems that pro soft act like that... They have their good points, and sometimes there are unbearable. I generally reach to do what I want, it takes me some times, but I do. With Vue Pro, I'm able to use it normally, and it crash sometimes, but not as often as it seems to occured with some (a lot of;) ) users... I don't think it is the antipiracy system that makes Vue crash... I prefer to think that it is all this thread, background draw thread, render preview thread, etc... Thread is not a good thing;)

Don't be shy Lynn;) ... Have a nice week end:) Anty

Great news! Rare are companies that give such an improvement for free;) Yes I know Lynn isn't "ordinary"... But as I saw some of e-on team at the apple expo, seeing Lynn would be a big plus;) Maybe disappointed was a little bit strong, what I meant is that it could be interesting to see those people too... I was so happy to see you Guitta, that I tought they will follow you;)... But they don't:( (thanks for all others;) ) Thanks a lot for your presence!

In the Vue PRo manual we can read that a Mover 5 will be released, and that it will import Poser 5 with dynamic hair and clothes... But I don't know when it will be released;) for the moment i think there are post speaking about that...maybe this one will help you? http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=897014

Here is a Large Dead Tree, playing with gnarl, droop, and falloff (i don't remember precisely the setting, because it was during first beta test). On the bottom are some variation of this tree. Rendering using the "cartoon" shader.