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From: jdm@pnet02.CTS.COM (John Mesiavech)
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Subject: Re: Amiga Rendering/Animation Software
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Date: Wed, 19-Aug-87 03:56:56 EDT
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Mike;

Taken in combination, there are some programs out there on the Amiga scene
that do what you ask quite admirably.
 
Examples:
 
Videoscape-3D (a 3-D animation system used to produce Leo's animation) uses
output files in an ASCII vertice format for it's objects.  Videoscape-3D does
no anti-aliasing that I know of, resulting in the jagginess seen in Leo's
otherwise excellent animation.  This format could be easily converted to other
formats, due to it's sime ASCII list structure.
 
For programs that do more sophisticated things, you might want to look into:
 
a) Sculpt-3D:  This is a raytrace program that works with simple polygons, and
produces quite excellent results.  It's data files are in it's own binary
format, and it can produce IFF-format raytrace pictures.  I am tols that a
list converter is in the works for it that will let the program produce
VideoScape-format files, but that is net.rumor.  As it is, the program can
produce high-quality output in a reasonable amount of time (reasonable for a
MICRO...a full-screen raytrace with 64,000 light rays still can take hours,
but there is a "quick" mode available).
 
b) DigiPaint: This picture can take a Sculpt-3D image (or any other 4096-color
"HAM" image) and produce some sophisticated effects.  It has a superior type
of dithering algorithm and excellent auto-shading abilities...One use for it
that is commonly shown is to use the program to colorize a pre-digitized black
and white picture..The results are excellent. 
 
Both programs are readily available, and are quite inexpensive considering
what they can do..DigiPaint lists for $50, and Sculpt-3D for $99.
 
Just some programs you might want to look into..
 
John


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