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Visual Nature Studio
Evergreen, Colorado, USA
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Visual Nature Studio 3
$2,475one-time
Windows · requires a 2 GHz or faster SSE2 processor, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB free disk space, accelerated OpenGL display, and USB port for hardware key
Read 8 Oct 2026 · 3dnature.com
On the record
- Add-on exports
- The optional Scene Express 2 add-on exports scenes in formats including KML, OpenFlight, and VRML for use in other programs and viewers.3dnature.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Company history
- The maker’s history page says development of the underlying landscape visualization tools began in 1992.3dnature.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Data support
- The product supports terrain, 3D object, vector, point, image, image sequence, and GIS data formats.3dnature.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Forestry add-on
- The optional Forestry Edition is designed to speed creation and population of forestry visualization projects.3dnature.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Free demo limits
- The Windows demo is free to download, but cannot save work, adds a rainbow bar to preview renderings, disables some features, and is not for finished work.3dnature.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker identifies foresters, engineers, landscape architects, GIS professionals, historians, and graphic artists among VNS users.3dnature.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Maker
- AlphaPixel LLC sells and supports Visual Nature Studio from Evergreen, Colorado, USA.3dnature.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Visual Nature Studio creates photorealistic images and animations from GIS and geospatial data for terrain and landscape visualization.3dnature.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Rendering
- VNS 3 supports rendering still images and animations, and its Scenarios feature applies changes without recreating the entire scene.3dnature.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Scene features
- Users can add draped imagery, foliage, 3D objects, lakes, streams, roads, highways, celestial objects, and stars to scenes.3dnature.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Security and licensing
- The maker says VNS uses a USB hardware key and releases its source code under the OpenSceneGraph Public License, a modified GNU LGPL, while continuing to sell commercial licenses.3dnature.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- Registered users receive specific technical support, while the product includes manuals, video tutorials, and an online searchable reference manual.3dnature.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Terrain editing
- Landform modifying capabilities can show cut and fill areas and terrain with changed contours.3dnature.com · read 8 Oct 2026
