Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!portal!cup.portal.com!amigan From: amigan@cup.portal.com (R Michael Medwid) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Imagine Message-ID: <37162@cup.portal.com> Date: 22 Dec 90 16:35:02 GMT References: <61542@masscomp.ccur.com> <61558@masscomp.ccu <37016@cup.portal.com> <1990Dec19.004954.23577@qiclab.uucp> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 27 In a previous post Ken Baer states "Imagine concentrated more on logo and mechanical object creation" (contrasting it with fluid character animation abilities in Journeyman). ..I wish we had some of the folks from Impulse posting here. I have to say that Imagine is hardly limited to being a "flying logo" generator. Take for example their cycle editor..finally an intuitive tool for creating hierarchical motion sequences. Then these key-framed animated objects can be placed in another scene which is being keyframe at another level..key frames within key frames. There is ample opportunity here for an animator to show off plenty of character personality given this kind of powerful tool. Another word that seems to be getting a lot of use here in this thread is "organic". Both folks from Impulse and Hash seem to make amplbe use of this term. At first it seemed to make sense..but as the discussion progresses it seems to become more vague..kinda like "low calorie banana bread" (??). Anyhow I raise the issue as Impulse claims easy "organic" object creation with their forms editor. I've not seen any 3D editor like forms. Again very powerful, very intuitive means for creating objects that you would tend to find more in nature than off a cad system. You can also use it to quickly create complex mechanical looking objects. When I think of logo creation, I think of programs like Video Effects 3D which focused only on this specialty. But to lump imagine in this category of product..is wrong. My house-mate is getting the Journeyman product soon and I am very interested in seeing its capabilites. So much software..so little time ..