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Explore the new features and workflow changes of Vue 8 and 7.5 Infinite / xStream.

Have you upgraded to Vue 8 Infinite / xStream? Interested in learning useful techniques and workflow operations using the new features in Vue 8?

Get up and running fast with What's New in Vue 8 & 7.5 Infinite xStream from asileFX.

Also includes techniques and information about the new features introduced to Vue in version 7.5!

Content is also included with the training.
Among it you will find scene files, materials, atmospheres, tools and more.

To learn more about the lessons and projects in this training. Below you will find video screen shots, scene images, and some of the main topics covered in each part of the training. You can also use the topic jumps to the right.

Training Lessons

Click on a lesson to jump to the lesson description.

1.	General, UI, and Rendering

2.	Terrain Enhancements and Workflow Changes

3.	Spherical Scenes and Planetary Terrains

4.	Ecosystems

5.	Materials, Functions, and Techniques

6.	Spectral Atmosphere Enhancements

7.	xStream Integration Workflow

1.) General, UI, and Rendering

A look at some of the general and not so obvious changes in Vue 8 and 7.5. Also includes important information about version compatibility.

Topics in this training lesson:

	UI Customization
	Gizmo Changes
	Master Object, Edition Modes
	Cloud Masks
	G-Buffer and Multi-pass
	openGL quality settings

	Render Preset Changes
	Spherical Rendering Enhancements
	View port Rendering
	Image Saving Options
	General Changes
	Preview Optimization

2.) Terrain Enhancements & Workflow Changes

An in-depth look at the changes and incredible possibilities of terrains in Vue 8. Learn techniques, workflow enhancements, and how to prevent learning curve headaches.

Lessons and Topics in this training group:

Terrain Overview

	Editor Navigation
	Navigation Keyboard Hotkeys
	Editor Preview and Display Modes

	New Editor Commands
	Dynamic Infinite Terrains
	Optimizing OpenGL Clipping Range

Sculpting & Material Distributions

	2D Brushes
	3D Brushes
	Falloff Filters
	Painting Keyboard Shortcuts and Hotkeys
	Sculpt vs. Freeform Painting
	Understanding 3D Geometry Subdivision

	Painting Materials
	Effect Driven Materials
	Painting with Constrained Clipping Ranges
	Understanding Image Based Brushes
	Resetting Material Distributions
	Exporting Material Distribution Maps

Procedural Terrain Zones

	Creating and Defining Zones
	Zone Layer Panel Display
	Renaming Zones
	Benefits of Zones
	Zone blending control and limitations

	Controlling Zone Fading
	Painting Techniques and Limitations
	Zone Sculpting Techniques

3.) Spherical Scenes & Planetary Terrains

Controlling infinite realism!

Topics in this training lesson:

	Controlling Spherical Scenes
	Planetary Terrain Options
	Atmospheric Changes and Control
	Optimizing Large Scale Cloud Density
	Controlling Planetary Texture Maps

	Spherical vs Planetary
	Designing a fast rendering planet without terrains and still using the spectral model.
	Planetary Mapping Modes
	Impact of the Internal Unit on scene scale.

4.) Ecosystems

There's been several changes made to ecosystems since version 7. This lesson covers the new population possibilities of Vue 8.

Topics in this training lesson:

	Shaded Billboards and openGL Displays
	Using the Global Ecosystem Modifier
	Previewing Dynamic Ecosystems and understanding display options
	Animating Population Density

	Independent Layer Previews
	Understanding the new sampling quality
	Ecosystem layout changes in the Material Editor
	Setting up independent population modes

5.) Materials, Functions, & Techniques

Materials, Procedurals, and Nodes! In this lesson group you will learn about, camera projection, normal maps, displacements, strata filtering, rendering techniques, metanode creation, and more!

Lessons and Topics in this training group:

Material Editor Overview

	UI changes and icons
	Texture Anti-Aliasing quality enhancement
	Understand how you can speed up renders with the Subray Quality Drop

	Better material previewing for slope and altitude controlled surfaces.
	Project texture maps onto any object with cameras
	Advantages of the Ignore Lighting and Ignore Atmosphere overrides

Strata Filter Operations

	Using the Strata filter to control procedural terrains
	Learn to mix the strata filter with other node chains to create amazing terrain elevation.
	Understand how the strata filter works in a material environment, and using the filter in different coordinate systems.
	Amazing control over the alpha and bump with the strata filter.
	Minimizing unwanted geometry outputs

Techniques & Tool Creation with New Nodes

	Creating a random vector generator, it's like your own seed node with a generate button.
	Using the random constant node
	Making and using an on/off switch MetaNode
	Useful applications for the boolean number node

	Easily switch between channel inputs with the tick of a checkbox, great for controlling the 2nd output of terrain fractals.
	Benefits of the new combiner node blender setting
	Customizing distance settings on coastal sea foam.

Directional Displacement

Includes several displacement mapping scene examples!

	How to setup mixed material Displacements
	Understand how to control directional displacements
	New displacement settings and controls

	Rendering Techniques
	Optimizing Displacement Memory
	Lighting Techniques for better render quality of displaced geometry

Normal Mapping

	Control Normal Mapped Materials
	Learn to flip and invert normal directions for map compatibility.
	Setup normal mapping on an imported ZBrush model
	Increasing normal & bump depth
	Learn how to use the Bump, Displacement, and Normal Output Channels independently
	Edit and improve imported mesh quality

6.) Spectral Atmosphere Enhancements

Spectral v3 and the new features added in version 7.5 are a vast improvement to Vue's volumetric lighting system, now learn how you can gain the largest benefit from them.

Topics in this training lesson:

	Changes to the Spectral Cloud Model
	Cloud Light Scattering and Diffusion
	Shadow Projection
	Refining existing clouds to work better with the new spectral system
	Cloud render settings

Lighting Tips

7.) xStream Integration Workflow

Check out what's new in xStream integrated! Learn to use and control new features.
Crucial information about the changes to the xStream Plug-in.


Topics in this training lesson:
	Core Version Operations
	In-host UI improvements
	Light panel Control
	Independent host to vue lighting
	GI Adjustments
	Ecosystem Painter Enhancements
	Changes to Global Options
	Fine-tuning final gather
	New lighting techniques and methods.

Suggested Knowledge Level:

Some previous knowledge of Vue suggested.

System Requirements:

Note:

CPU: 1.5 GHz +

Memory: 512 MB +

HD Space: 1 GB +

Any browser capable of running Flash Player 9+.

Navigation and menus are HTML.
Video files may be run with a media player.
(See Installation and Codecs for more information about the MP4 format)

Mozilla Firefox and Flash 10 are recommended but not required.

Although some previous knowledge of Vue is suggested for this training, it is certainly not required. Users that are new to Vue and starting with version 8 will also find this training useful for operations involving new features. If you are looking for an introductory training course, check out Getting Started with Vue 8 from asileFX.