Visual Nature Studio 3 Feature of the Week

We've got more great new program features to tell you about in the coming weeks, but first we want to take a moment to tell you about something that hasn't changed, or gotten bigger from VNS 2 to VNS 3. The price.

In a world where everything from fuel to peanut butter is getting more expensive or less value for the same price, we're reversing the trend. VNS 3 costs exactly the same as VNS 2 did, $2475 retail. And as fuel costs and surcharges have gone up everywhere, we haven't changed the amount of shipping we charge to get the product to you, wherever you are. And we're not trying to be sneaky and sell you some stripped-down less-value package for the same price -- in fact in VNS 3 you get more! We've included the Foliage Library CD contents for free, expanding the variety of trees and vegetation you have at your disposal.

We've even made sure that add-ons you've purchased like the Forestry Edition and Scene Express are still available to you in VNS 3 at no additional upgrade charge. And we're continually improving those add-ons in VNS 3, and still you pay nothing more. All your data add-ons like Ultimate Earth and NLCD still work without a hitch and your existing projects import into VNS 3. We still don't require you to pay yearly maintenance fees just to continue using the software you already own. VNS 2 owners have received ongoing free updates since VNS 2 was introduced in 2003 -- the last time any VNS owner had to pay for an upgrade. With VNS 3's retail upgrade price of $699 spread over those 6 years, that's less than $120 a year. not many other programs out there offer that kind of upgrade value!

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