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From: R_Michael_Medwid@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Imagine
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Date: 28 Nov 90 20:23:10 GMT
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The main problem I've found with imagine comes with trying to render a 
scene in full trace multiple times.  For example, if I create a car and set
the lamps and cameras etc. and then go out to the project menu..if I am in
full trace mode the first time out I am ok.  But if I go back to the stage
area and say change a lamp or camera position..when I go back to render 
again from the project menu I get a screen full of black.  This problem
does not occur when I use scan line mode.

The other thing I don't like is not being able to adjust the zoom factor in
the preview window in the Cycle Editor.  Well actually you can if you zoom
out in the three views but then your object is more difficult to work with.
The preview window should have variable zoom.
I don't like Impulse's opinion that Imagine is so easy to work with that it
hardly needs a manual.  It does have many very easy to use features but the
program also has a lot of depth, it really is hot.  But that means it deserve
s an equally excellent set of documentation.  Sculpt Animate 4D is a fine
example of excellent documentation (tho the images created by sculpt pale
next to silver or imagine in my opinion).  One thing that could be explained
better is proportioning objects relative to the diamond shaped primatives
in the cycle editor.  I've experimented with this quite a bit and I'm still
not entirely clear on that relationship.

The movie editor is not funtioning yet.