[vue] Vue 5 Infinite: segnalazione updates

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visto che è un software dato in bundle con lightwave (almeno ultimamente), segnalo in questa sezione gli aggiornamenti del programma..

update del 18/08/2006: aggiornato vue5infinite
vue 5 infinite 5.11 - Build 285692

http://www.e-onsoftware.com/resources/ShowUpdates.php?ProductTypeID=37
update per windows: 26.6 MB
update per mac: 38.7 MB

• Warning: scenes saved with this version of Vue may not be readable with previous versions.
  

• Improved network rendering:
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when rendering grouped objects,
  • Fixed spherical panoramic render.
• Fixed a problem where some poser figures would not show up in the views when imported.
• Fixed reading of scenes when an image path has more than 200 characters.
• Other minor interface fixes and improvements.

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update del 20/06/2006: aggiornato vue5infinite
vue 5 infinite 5.10 - Build 283512

http://www.e-onsoftware.com/resources/ShowUpdates.php?ProductTypeID=37
update per windows: 26.9 MB
update per mac: 38.8 MB

• Warning: scenes saved with this version of Vue may not be readable with previous versions.
  

• Fixed illegal 'Replace-By' and 'Bake to polygons' actions on Metablobs objects.
• Fixed potentially zero width poser hair.
• Pixel aspect ratio is now properly stored within scene files.
• Improved Poser import when the option to group figures as single meshes was not checked.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when populating an EcoSystem material edited from the material world browser.
• Fixed size of procedural terrains baked to polygons.
• Added a new command line switch to recover HyperVue tmp files in a given directory ( -t"[path]" ).
• Improved memory management of Vue and RenderCows when sending/receiving the scene and when sending/receiving rendered images.
• Fixed a memory leak when rendering to screen.
• Fixed rendering of transparent materials on terrain (shadows).
• Fixed a multithreading issue with shadow maps.
• Negative light sources were not properly handled.
• Fixed multipass artefacts when using radiosity on objects holding mixed materials.
• Fixed a problem with the preview of mixed materials depending on the altitude on a per object basis.
• When splitting a mesh, the center of each resulting object could be incorrectly computed.
• Applying a glowing material on clouds could lead to crashes.
• Fixed inverted 2D planes preview in material editor.
• Improved wireframe preview of Shade objects.
• Fixed a problem where the mapping mode could change when editing a material with the basic editor.
• Fixed Lens Flare shape when the pixel aspect ratio is not 1, or when using field interlacing.
• Fixed greyed out "Edit Object" option when selecting more than 1 object and opening the context menu.
• Embedded synchro data is now cross-platform.
• Fixed a rounding issue for start and end frame.
• Fixed a problem saving/loading a scene containing animations from a VIM file.
• Accelerators could stop working on MacOS in certain cases.
• Some keyframes, such as for the lights, were created, even when the auto-keyframing was disabled.
• Other minor interface fixes and improvements.

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update del 03/02/2006: questa mi è sfuggita.. non so da quanto sia fuori.
vue 5 infinite 5.09 - Build 280618

http://www.e-onsoftware.com/resources/ShowUpdates.php?ProductTypeID=37
update per windows: 26.6MB
update per mac: 38.7MB

• Warning: scenes saved with this version of Vue may not be readable with previous versions.
  
• Improved render engine:
  • Improved adaptive supersampling.
  • Improved rendering of boolean objects.
  • Improved field rendering.
  • Fixed glow rendering with HyperVue.
  • Fixed face normal computing for degenerate N-gons.
  • Fixed artifacts when applying texture anti-aliasing over surfaces with variable transparency.
• Improved Multi-Pass:
  • Improved network rendering with multi-pass.
  • Improved material color channel when using radiosity.
  • Fixed missing EcoSystem masks when rendering with HyperVue.
  • Fixed bad multipass shadow layer when using texture anti-aliasing.
• Improved EcoSystem:
  • Improved compatibility of EcoSystems on split meshes.
  • Fixed variable scaling settings saving for EcoSystem materials.
  • Incorrect use of EcoSystem materials is now forbidden.
  • Fixed cancelling material editor after switching to EcoSystem type and populating.
  • Fixed crash when dragging or nesting EcoSystem materials into a material already used by an EcoSystem.
• Improved object edition:
  • Fixed non rendering tree when Randomness setting was set to 0.
  • Fixed a problem when saving copy-protected plant species.
  • Fixed inverted planar mapping (warning: planar mapping in old scenes - such as alpha planes - may have to be inverted manually to get the same result as before).
  • Improved splitting and welding of meshes.
  • Fixed alignment of group sides.
  • Fixed trailing connection when dragging an object out of a group.
  • Default extrusion filter when creating a text object modified.
  • Invalid operations on Camera Targets (such as baking the target) are now forbidden.
• Improved exporting and saving of objects:
  • Fixed occasional non uniform ground in object previews.
  • Improved Texture Map generation for exported objects.
• Improved I/O Modules:
  • Implemented new version of Poser SDK.
  • Improved Shade compatibility.
  • Improved Cornucopia3D content support (cross-license compatibility).
  • Improved Network Rendering of Poser figures.
  • Improved loading of Poser figures.
  • Improved Poser executable detection.
  • Improved BMP support for 16 bits and 32 bits pictures).
  • Improved TIFF support.
  • Improved QTVR format support.
  • Fixed a smoothing problem when importing certain files.
• Improved Atmosphere Editor:
  • Improved preview of cloud materials.
  • Improved edition of cloud layer list.
• Improved performance:
  • Fixed a memory leak in wireframe mode when background draw thread is disabled.
  • Optimized bandwidth usage when network rendering.
  • Improved memory management.
  • Fixed an occasional crash when quitting Vue.
• Minor improvements:
  • Added some Python functions to get the filename of a TextureMap Node, and set the transformation matrix of a Rotation Node.
  • Fixed occasional scrollbar overflows in Visual Browsers.
  • Mac shortcuts were not correctly displayed in the Keyboard Shortcuts Editor.
  • Fixed a rounding issue with Render Area size and position.
  • Other minor interface fixes and improvements.

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vue 5 infinite 5.08 - Build 278365
update per windows: 26.5MB
update per mac: 36.8MB

• New! Added several MultiPass channels:
  • UVW Coordinates channel,
  • XYZ Normal Vector channel,
  • Diffuse Lighting channel,
  • Specular Lighting channel,
  • Material Color channel.
• Improved handling of large images.
• Improved Network Rendering.
• Improved Pre-Animated Mesh handling.
• Improved Scene Loading:
  • Improved incorporated textures loading.
  • Improved the loading of scenes containing empty meshes.
  • Removed incorrect messages when loading scenes.
  • Fixed saving and loading of Atmospheres without sun light.
• Improved Rendering Engine:
  • Improved Hybrid 2.5D Motion Blur with EcoSystems.
  • Improved anti-aliasing system.
  • Improved light influence over Ecosystems.
  • Improved shadows render onto plants.
  • Improved rendering of transparent boolean objects and meshes with invisible volumetric materials.
  • Improved rendering of animation with strong distance blurring.
  • Improved Network Rendering with Multipass.
  • Improved Billboards lighting.
  • Improved Texture Anti-Aliasing over Billboards, Plants and EcoSystems.
• Improved Rendering to Disk:
  • Improved strategy for very large renders.
  • Improved Camera post processing.
  • Fixed path names behavior.
• Improved editing options:
  • Fixed missing leaves when baking some plants to polygons.
  • Improved welding.
  • Improved stability when using animated mixed or ecosystem materials.
  • Improved EcoSystem populate function.
  • Improved edition of exported objects.
  • Improved baking of boolean objects and plants.
• Improved memory management when editing and loading EcoSystem materials.
• Improved Import/Export:
  • Improved RLA, RPF and DXF support.
  • Macintosh: Improved HDR export.
  • Improved OBJ import.
  • Improved terrain export.
• Improved Poser 6 support:
  • Added quaternion interpolation for improved support of Poser animations,
  • Fixed support of dynamic effects,
  • Improved Poser objects manipulation,
  • Fixed bad names when importing on Windows,
  • Fixed ignored single frame option when importing on MacOS,
  • Improved compatibility with Vue 4 scenes containing Poser figures.
• Improved Python:
  • Added tkinter library files to allow python scripts to build graphical interfaces.
  • Improved compatibility with HyperVue,
  • Corrected several scripts,
  • Fixed PixelFilter callback function.
• Improved Batch Rendering:
  • Fixed a problem with single-frame render,
  • Added the ability to shutdown computer at the end of a batch process.
• Improved Serial Number management for Pro Studio upgrades and Extra-Plants.
• Macintosh: Fixed RenderCow on Tiger (a separate update may be necessary, see update description for more details).
• Fixed shifts between renderings when using synchronization plugins.
• Other minor interface fixes and improvements.

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