We've got a couple of copies of vue at uni, bloody great, but unless you really need it as a main app I reckon you could get away with cheaper options???

Vue Xtreme works out around 400 - 450 (pounds) which is cheap in my opinion.

Ive got Terragen as well which is great . Version 2 is good, but again thats worse than snail pace for renders at the moment.

Vue on the other hand has the Xtreme version which allows your scene to be rendered in Maya using a Vue plugin. I dont mind using two different apps to create images ie terragen, maya etc, but if the two can talk to each other via a plugin, allowing for more creative freedom without worrying what camera lens you shot in one then trying to match up in another then Im for it!

Im not sure on render speed with it, though e-on claim to have increased the power in V6.5

back to the thread in hand...

Jay