

You can now assign physically accurate values to all light properties, such as color temperature (Incandescent, Halogen, Fluorescent, Tungsten.), light intensity (Lumens or Candelas) and IES Profiles. When working in xStream integrated mode, the Vue render engine will automatically adapt to the host application's photometric model to provide seamlessly integrated lighting. You can easily switch between the new photometric model and the standard spectral model Vue will make all the required changes automatically. If you like, these settings can also be handled automatically by Vue.Īs a result, your renders will look more photo-real in a subtle way, and HDR renders will preserve all the range of the natural spectrum. Just like your SLR: Because light intensities match their real-world couterparts, you can adjust exposure using the standard shutter speed, film speed (iso) and f-number settings, exactly as if you were taking a picture using a real camera. This new, scientifically accurate model offers an alternative to the more artistic approach of the existing Spectral model. The new photometric sunlight model uses a real-world, physical simulation of sun and atmospheric lighting intensities. Rendering Physically Accurate Sunlight Model The Plant Editor is now resizeable for improved plant customization.įinally, Vue xStream 2014.5 adds compatibility with Plant Factory lightweight preset technology (in Plant Factory 2014.5). Vue xStream 2014.5 offers a better access to TPF plant published parameters and mesh resolution directly within the Plant Editor. Major improvements in the normal mapping algorithms also dramatically boost overall plant rendering quality. Significant improvements were added in Vue xStream 2014.5 to speed up the rendering of TPF plants - with a render-time gain of up to 20 times faster (advanced pre-computing of illumination on plants, improved illumination quality, etc.). When using Plant Factory plants in your EcoSystems, a new Quality setting is available in the Population list that lets you define the amount of detail of the plant instances, thus saving memory and reducing render times. Animate Health, Seasonality or other published plant parameters directly inside the Vue Timeline. Vue xStream 2014.5 natively recognizes Plant Factory content (without requiring ownership of Plant Factory). E-on's Vue xStream 2014.5 New Features Plant Factory Compatibility
