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From: dailey@frith.uucp (Chris Dailey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Incognito, etc.
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Date: 23 Jan 91 20:52:24 GMT
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I picked up Opticks by Incognito software at a nice price.  I remember
hearing that Incognito went out of business.  Is this true, or were
they consumed by another company?  The phone number they give in the
manual had a (313) area code, which is SouthEast Michigan/Detroit
area.  (I don't want to call right now.)  The manual also said to send
in a registration card, but there was none in the package.  If
Incognito is still around in any way, shape, or form, please let me
know.

As far as my first impressions of the package, it seems to be fairly
well put together.  The manual seems [mind you, this is at first
glance] friendly, but has no in-depth sections or sections on specific
techniques.  It does have sections about what makes color, how factor X
affects surface Y, reflection, refraction, etc., etc., etc., which
looks like interesting and may even be helpful.  In one of the
appendicies, it has the format of the object files.  I could probably
use this to write a program to convert files to & from DKBTrace...

Looks like it will be fairly easy to create objects.  It has an
object/scene editor that appears, if only at first glance, complete.

I like how it draws a line-drawing of the picture before beginning the
ray tracing.

All in all, the program in fairly slow -- slower, I'd say, than
DKBTrace.  It does, though, allow you to render at many different
resolutions.

Even if Incognito is out of business, the program was worth the $20.00
bargain bin price the computer store had it for.  Someone let me know
about Incognito, okay?

Thanks,
--
Chris Dailey   dailey@(frith.egr|cps).msu.edu
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