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From: jer@stbimbo.UUCP (John Ramspott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Imagine
Message-ID: <194@stbimbo.UUCP>
Date: 12 Oct 90 14:33:28 GMT
References: <1990Oct11.202139.13103@hayes.ims.alaska.edu>
Reply-To: jer@stbimbo (John Ramspott)
Organization: Sales Technologies Inc.  Atlanta, Ga.
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In article <1990Oct11.202139.13103@hayes.ims.alaska.edu> axjjb@acad2.anc.alaska.edu writes:
>Does anyone know anything about Imagine??? Does it have animation capabilites?
 Yes, Imagine does have animation capabilities. Much improved over Turbo
 silver. You can even specify that your light source change over time, such
 as having brightness decrease for a sunset, and have Imagine generate
 in-betweens. Lots of capability here.
>Is it out yet?  Will it allow for 18 bit pics.  24 bit pics?..
Yes, Impulse is now shipping what I believe is .9 (not quite 1.0). A friend
of mine who ordered it in July got it a week ago. I ordered mine over a month
ago and still haven't seen it. They have quite a bit of backorders to fill.
So you can order it now, but it may be awhile before they get too you.
Yes, it has support for 24-bit pics, I don't know about 18. It is supposed to
support both 24-bit Turbo Silver format pictures as well as the 24-bit ILBM
standard, but their ILBM code has some problems. Ray-tracing to an ILBM
screen always gets you a black screen, but scan-line mode works fine.
Ray-tracing to TS format (12 or 24 bit) works fine.
>What is the suggested retail price???
about $350. If you are a registered owner of Turbo Silver, you can get it
for $150 for the next month or so.
>I am planning to use this with my HAM-E (when I get the HAM-E)
So am I. I recommend you purchase ASDG's Art Department too.
>
>John J Bryant

--John E. Ramspott
Disclaimer: I do not work for Impulse in any way. I am just a customer, who
is busily watching his mailbox and envying his friends who already have
Imagine. Someone needs to turbo charge their shipping department!!!