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From: mark@calvin..westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson)
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Subject: Re: Imagine
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Date: 13 Dec 90 14:45:39 GMT
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In article <86758@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> david r watters <watters@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes:
>If you could take the best from every 3D package on the market, and combine
>it with even more and fresh abilities you would have... Imagine!
>The best of Sculpts object editor... and more!
>The same beauty of Silvers rendering engine... and more!
>Fluid character based motion.
>Powerful keyframing.
>Spline based paths that recalculate when manipulated, in REAL TIME.
>   ( I have a A2500/30 )
>Function based object manipulation. (explosion, ripple, growth, more to come.)
>IFF to planner object.
>Boolean operations. (GREAT for outlined font fills!)

Well quite frankly, when I first saw Imagine at Siggraph this year, I
was totally unimpressed. The animation control in JourneyMan was vastly
superior and LightWave's rendering capabilties made Imagine look like a
toy. But I am open minded and hoping someone can convince me that this
is no longer true because I have considered purchasing it just for its
object editors. Could someone possibly detail some of its more stellar
features? Can it do reflection mapping (not ray-traced reflections) or
transparency mapping? How are explosions accomplished? What do you lose
rendering in scanline mode? What antialiasing support is there? Will it
accept or output objects in formats other than its own? And how fast is
it (lets do some benchmarks)? If I have to wait over 20 minutes for a
high quality image, it is too slow.

If anyone in the Boston/southern New Hampshire area would like to get
together and do some comparisons and benchmarks, I would be delighted.
You supply the Imagine based system, I'll supply the LightWave/Toaster
system.

Eagerly awaiting replys............
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