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Vue7 Infinite, what do you think?
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Vue7 Infinite, what do you think? // Roundtable
Post by RichLevy // Nov 22, 2008, 4:04am
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I know this is a TrueSpace forum, but I also know that there are Vue user's here... soooo, is the upgrade worth it? I use Infinite V6 now, it's cool does many things I find useful, better control of the water is tempting, better clouds looks cool, and better eco systems... is it worth the 395.00 price for a dl upgrade?
What do you think?
Rich |
Post by nigec // Nov 22, 2008, 4:33am
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A friend of mine does some amazing work with Vue7 Infinite, mainly panoramics for a cubic room game, she rates it very highly..
Isn't there a education version you try hidden away somewhere? |
Post by RichLevy // Nov 22, 2008, 4:40am
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I have Vue6 Infinite, I was just asking for some personal experiences... kinda a review thing.
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Good idea on the demo, right now they only have Vue 6 up... it might take them a bit longer, I am sure they are still pushing Vue7 out the door.
Thanks
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Post by RAYMAN // Nov 22, 2008, 9:54am
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Its pretty simple Rich if you want to stay on the update path then they sort of force you to update sooner or later because there will be a Vue 8Inf that
builds upon 7 and a 9 that buils upon 8. Thats the intention behind it.
If you ask me if i do it ! YES I will !:D
Same with Sketchup 7 Pro. but thats just about it I dont want to update anything else for some time.
Next will be Moi 3d around middle of next year.
Feature wise I think its worth it too ..;)
BTW !!! You save a lot of electricity because Vue 7 should render a lot faster....
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Post by RichLevy // Nov 22, 2008, 11:14am
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Its pretty simple Rich if you want to stay on the update path then they sort of force you to update sooner or later because there will be a Vue 8Inf that
builds upon 7 and a 9 that buils upon 8. Thats the intention behind it.
If you ask me if i do it ! YES I will !:D
Same with Sketchup 7 Pro. but thats just about it I dont want to update anything else for some time.
Next will be Moi 3d around middle of next year.
Feature wise I think its worth it too ..;)
BTW !!! You save a lot of electricity because Vue 7 should render a lot faster....
Peter
Hmmm... I just have too many cool programs to upgrade, I am no big fan of the ones that force you to stay on the yearly upgrade path... Why can't everyone be like Adobe? They are cool with 2-3 versions back with no penalty. I'll hang tough till the demo comes out than see how I feel.
How do you like the new sketchup? I have been playing around all morning but I really do not know the program all that well.
Rich |
Post by RAYMAN // Nov 22, 2008, 12:59pm
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Havent played much with the new SU myself but the feature to inteligently scale and ad detail is pretty cool....
Those 3 programs are just the most important ones apart from Truespace
so keeping up with the updated is pretty much a given.
Because most of the animation soft falls out and I am pretty much only
making my backgrounds for my photography.;)
I spent very much money this year on cameras already with d700 and H3d
and there is a d3x right in the door.So I will be set for some time.
I got to earn some of that back soon...:D
Thank god I´m a professional photographer and not a full time 3d artist.
I learned thats its most important in life to focus... so what I update first
is what I use most and that boils down to what I said before.
Kerky is free so I´m pretty well set in the render department although I love products like Maxwell etc. just out of my budget....:D
Whats so cool about the new vue is that it upmost saves you time and
its not only features.As I dont have that much and get payed per hour
(and per job) I have to calculate that way.
I only got 1 fast computer and a 5 year old one so when I render I cant work...(+plus a laptopbut that doesnt count)
Vue was very slow at rendering and any improvment boils down to more renders that I can do in the same time.
Thats what I expect from the updates...:) |
Post by RichLevy // Nov 23, 2008, 7:08am
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Camera equipment is another area which can be pretty expensive. I have most of the lens that I can use right now as for fl... I may upgrade a couple of them to faster but that would only be 2 lens that I would consider right now. That Canon 5DMKII is another, I am on the waiting list for that...
I think I am going back to school, with the economy in the toilet right now, there just are not too many good paying jobs out there so I might as well position myself to have the right degrees when things start to move again.
Peter... I am playing in new Sketchup7 right now, I am trying to find your link to the ruby script for OBJ import/export, do you know where you put that?
Thanks.
Rich |
Post by RAYMAN // Nov 23, 2008, 7:35am
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Hi Rich ! Have to find it but as i am working with the pro version didnt
need it and it wasnt a good ruby script !
In fact its better to unzip the google earth file (yes its a zipped collada ) and use that . I tried it with Blender and it works.
But I will look it up for you !
Its in the Sketchucation forum under plugins but I sort of cant get in there
from this computer it doesnt let me use the search engine..
Peter |
Post by RAYMAN // Nov 23, 2008, 7:57am
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Hi Rich found both the instruction for Collada export and the obj ruby scripts
http://alexvaqp.googlepages.com/sketchupblender
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http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/em_fil_page.htm
HTH !
Peter |
Post by RichLevy // Nov 23, 2008, 8:32am
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Thanks Pete :)
Rich |
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