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From: johnh@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (John J Humpal)
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Subject: Re: Imagine Documentation
Keywords: Imagine
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Date: 25 Jun 91 00:04:01 GMT
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In article <1991Jun24.150505.15714@b24a.ingr.com> dale@b24a.ingr.com (Dale Rogers) writes:
>I have been working with my new copy of Imagine and, being new to the 3D 
>animation world, I am having difficulties using lighting and material
>attributes.  The documentation provided with Imagine seems to be geared
>toward people who are already familiar with many of the concepts.  What I'm
>looking for is an independent document that can give me more info on using
>Imagine.  Something more than a simple explanation of a command.
>
>I work in the 3D CAD field so I comfortable with 3D coordinates and CAD in
>general.  However, lighting, setting up an animation, image wrapping, and
>other animation specific concepts have me somewhat baffled.  I suppose I'll
>figure it out eventually through trial and error, but it would be nice to
>start animating while I'm still a young man.
>
>Manuals on 3D animation in general (not C code, but higher level concepts 
>an animator would need), and Imagine specifically would be welcome.

	Two video tapes are available for Imagine.  I have not seen
them but I've heard from folks who have and there are mixed reviews.
One of the tapes is from Impulse and received only fair-to-middling
reviews. I forget who produced the other video but I heard that it is
generally better than the Impulse tape.
	For general help, I strongly recommend Steve Worley's
tutorials. They are free and available by anonymous ftp from
hubcap.clemson.edu (130.127.8.1) in /pub/amiga/INCOMING/IMAGINE. Steve
also moderates an Imagine mailing list which you can join by sending
him mail at spworley@athena.mit.edu.

John J. Humpal -- johnh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu -- short .sig, std. disclaimer