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From: perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: RENDITION
Message-ID: <1362@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jun 90 07:15:08 GMT
References: <2913@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz)
Organization: ASDG Incorporated
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In article <2913@crash.cts.com> seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) writes:
>Is there ANYONE out there with ANY information WHAT-SO-EVER on this new 3D
>rendering package called " RENDITION "?
>Perhaps someone from ASDG could comment.

Rendition is a rendering engine for hire. That is, suppose you were writing
a 3D modelling system that had an awesome user interface but your rendering
sucked? You  could  make a deal  with Numerical  Design Ltd, a company from 
North Carolina, to  acquire their  rendering  routines  as  a library which 
your user interface front end could call.

Thus far, the only product on the Amiga which uses the Rendition engine is
Octree's Caligari Broadcast. 

Rendition is also the name of the file format which Rendition engines can
output. The Rendition format does indeed have up to 32 bits-per-pixel.

And yes, Rendition is one of the supported formats for the Art Department.

pk

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