Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ogicse!ucsd!nosc!crash!hrlaser
From: hrlaser@crash.cts.com (Harv Laser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Imagine textures?
Keywords: imagine texutre
Message-ID: <5202@crash.cts.com>
Date: 23 Oct 90 04:31:17 GMT
References: <1232@compel.UUCP>
Organization: Crash TimeSharing, El Cajon, CA
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In article <1232@compel.UUCP> her@compel.UUCP (Helge Egelund Rasmussen) writes:
>Does anyone know what kind of textures Imagine does support.
>
Imagine version 0.9 (the one that people who upgraded from Turbo Silver
have now or will soon be receiving) only comes with one texture: checks.
A slip of paper packed with the software says "We will supply you with
several new textures in the next release (1.0). Your old Turbo textures
will not work so don't try and use them."

>Does it have marble?, Wood?, Wave? Clouds? etc.

Since marble and wood were included textures with Turbo Silver SV (the
upgrade version of Turbo Silver 3.0) I can only presume they will be
included with the Imagine 1.0 upgrade (which all Imagine 0.9 owners will
receive automatically). The slip of paper packed with Imagine 0.9 doesn't
list exactly which textures there will be with 1.0.

>
>Can it do bump mapping (modifying the normal vector)?
>
"Elevation mapping" is promised for 1.0. 

>Is it possible to create your own textures (in assembler or C) as in 
>TS?
>
Nothing was included with Imagine 0.9 to indicate yes or no. Did you ever
see any user-created Turbo Silver SV format textures? Or did you ever try
to create any yourself?  The ONLY TS or TS-SV textures I've seen are the
ones provided by Impulse with their programs.  I was hoping by now some
user-created ones would've sprung forth from the shadows but I guess not.


>
>What I really would want is textures as in DKBTrace. It is realy awesome 
>what you can do with textures in DKB  (for instance have a look at the
>DKB roman scene with marble pillars under a blue sky with a few grey clouds).
>
I agree.. a very impressive picture. I admire people who can create 
artwork that impressive without the benefit of a graphical user interface
in which to do it! 





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