E-On Software on Monday announced that it will ship Vue 5 Infinite on March 14. Designed for creating natural 3D environments, the software offers all of the features found in Vue 4 Professional and adds EcoSystem technology that populates scenery with animated plants, rocks and objects; single-object and complete-scene export to major 3D applications, including Cinema 4D, LightWave and Maya; G-Buffer and Multi-Pass rendering with anti-aliased masks; multi-layer PSD, RLA and RPF file format support; an OpenGL-based pre-rendering engine; AccuShadows, which enables advanced shadow mapping; and more.
Pricing is US$599, with upgrades available for $149 until March 31 — they will increase to $199 after that date. Sidegrades from Vue 5 Pro Studio and Vue 5 Esprit are $199 and $399, respectively.