Changes in v8.0:

• The Vue Terrain Editor is vastly improved, adding 3D sculpting features
• You can now locally sculpt features on finite and infinite procedural terrains
• Automatic localized subdivision
• You can now sculpt terrains in context
• Displacement can now be manipulated independently of the bump channel
• Displacement can be adjusted to move in any user defined direction
• Adds support for the use of RGB normal maps to drive the bump channel
• High frequency artifacts can now be removed from displacement using displacement smoothing
• Spectral 3 atmospheres extend the realism of clouds and atmospheres
• Adds new Recursive Strata Terrain fractals
• Rigged and pre-animated mesh objects can now be re-posed and animated in Vue
• Improved Open GL engine and viewport display
• Dynamic EcoSystems can now be seen in previews
• The Global Ecosystem is now available as a proxy object in the World Browser
• Adds direct access to the alpha channel from the material editor
• When saving an image, format options are now accessible via a button
• Material-specific control of anti-aliasing and sub-ray quality parameters
• Improved object drop accuracy
• Adds a Python node to the function graph for creating user programmable functions
• New planetary mapping node with ability to set the location of origin
• New reference system for better control of parent-child object relationships
• Default to ease-in ease-out for orientation keyframes
• Adds adjustable separator in animation timeline window
• Adds a material preview terrain option
• Name of loaded atmosphere now appears on Atmosphere Editor caption
• Name of edited function added to Function Editor caption
• Massive improvements in rendering architecture and memory handling
• New faster displacement engine
• Adds a dual destination render option
• When rendering to disk, image can be saved at user defined intervals
• Adds the ability to generate a detailed log file for network renders
• Vue features are now directly accessible within the host application
• Most Vue dialogs are now non-modal
• Adds support for V-Ray in Max and Maya
• You can now adjust Vue and native lights independently
• Shadow density is now automatically matched to that of the host application
• Adds manual control of Vue's radiosity brightness
• Render settings of the host application can be automatically adjusted to match the Vue settings
• Direct access to the sea level via xStream interface
• Improved previewing of procedural terrains in host application
• Adds support for 32-bit floating point EXR image format
• Improved object exports, particularly with Solidgrowth vegetation
• Adds support for Poser 8 (standalone mode)

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