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| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
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| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
3839.0. "new 3d package description" by SHARE::DOYLE () Mon Jun 11 1990 16:35
Description Manufacturer Suggest ABEL'S
Retail PRICE!
3-D Professional -------------------- Progressive Perip/SftWr $499.95 $ 280.77
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* 3-D Modeling, Rendering And Animation System *
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3-D PROFESSIONAL is the complete 3-D modeling, rendering and animation
system for all Amiga computers. Build a few simple objects in minutes, or
create and animate a complete, 3-D universe! An efficient, convenient user
interface makes 3-D PROFESSIONAL a pleasure to use. Let 3-D PROFESSIONAL do
all the hard work -- you don't need a Ph.D. in geometry to create even the
most complex objects and scenes!
3-D PROFESSIONAL is FAST. YOu select the level of detail you want for
each rendering; from low-resolution wire frame, to full overscan with Phong or
Gourad shading in over 16 million colors! You'll be impressed by the rendering
speeds achieved by 3-D PROFESSIONAL's sophisticated algorithms, which are many
times faster than ray-tracing packages!
3-D PROFESSIONAL is designed for professional use in all types of
applications: video production, education, engineering & science, simulation,
architecture, graphic arts, and many more. No other 3-D package offers you as
complete a solution for your 3-D design and animation requirements!
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| Here Are Just A Few Of The Exciting |
| Capabilities That 3-D PROFESSIONAL Gives You: |
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3-D objects come together quickly using 3-D PROFESSIONAL's "building
block" creation method. Choose from over a dozen basic object shapes, then
size, stretch, shear, slice, and merge them into a new finished object.
Inspect and edit your work in any of the six edit modes!
Develop complex shapes using any of 3-D PROFESSIONAL's special object
creation tools: Profile, Lathe, or Conic. Advanced object tools such as
extrude text, ground plates, fractal landscapes and fractal trees are provided
for even more flexibility!
Add realism to your creations. Atributes such as color, surface texture,
surface reflectivity, transparency, and glossiness can be applied to entire
objects, or to single polygons within the objects!
Several surface presets are available for instant simulation of common
materials: plastic, porcelain, glass, chrome, aluminum, stone, steel, and
more. A myriad of textures are provided for your convenience: marble,
wood, brick, ripple and many more. Each texture may be altered, subtly or
substantially, to meet your exacting requirement.
Placing and orienting objects is easy with 3-D PROFESSIONAL's rotation
and edit modes. Use the on-screen compass for precise placement in degrees
of rotation, or just go by look and feel for quick arrangement of objects in
the universe. Optional gridding and grid snap functions provide even more
precision. link objets together in a "parent/child" hierarchy for, articulated
manipulation.
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* Let There Be Light... *
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You'll be amazed by the control over lighting that you'll have with 3-D
PROFESSIONAL's. Create and place omnidirectional lights, spotlights, conic
lights, and more. Though the keyboard or easy-to-use on screen sliders,
adjust the color and intensity of each light to set a mood, greate special
visual effects, add realism, or even surrealism. For other striking effects,
veil your universe in neutral or colored smoke or fog. Modify levels of
ambient light and intensity. Lights can be moved anywhere in the universe
simply by ckicking on them and setting them in place. Every aspect of lighting
is completely under your control!
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| Render! |
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A wide selection of rendering modes await you. Transform your creation
into a true work of 24-bit (16.7 million color), three dimensional art!
You'll marvel at the possibilities that 3-D PROFESSIONAL presents you
with. Rapidly render in solid, wire, or patterned modes, for smooth,
professional shading, use 3-D PROFESSIONAL's Gourad or Phong techniques. Set
the screen resolution that you want: low, high, interlaced, non-interlaced,
half or full overscan. You can even render in custom-designed resolutions.
Optional dithering can be ordered, patterned, or random to create the exact
effect you're looking for!
Your rendered work can be saved in the standard IFF or ANIM formats, but
3-D PROFESSIONAL doesn't stop there! Make full utilization of your finished
work through 3-D PROFESSIONAL's support of alternate output: PostScript EPSF,
X-Specs, and the Commodore A2024 monitor (in 1008 x 800 resolution). SXend
files directly to the Mimetics Frame Buffer. Also supports MicroIllusion's
Transport Controller software (not included), for output of individual frames
or complete animations with thousands of frames to a single frame video
recorder!
WARNING: Fasten your seat bely before rendering...3-D PROFESSIONAL is
remarkably fast in comparison to slow ray-tracing programs. With 3-D
PROFESSIONAL, your scenes will come together faster than ever before!
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* Poetry In Motion *
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Make your universe move with 3-D PROFESSIONAL. Choose your animation
method; key framing, or the ARexx compatible script language. Key framing
allows automatic calculation of object morphing (changing), and supports
linear or smooth object movement. Breathe life into your "still" creation!
3-D PROFESSIONAL's intuitive script language lets you add motion and
more, quickly and easily. Manipulate every aspect of the scene: lights,
camera, and individual objects. Add the power of the ARexx programming
language to speed creation of stunning animations. The movement can be based
on mathamatical calculations, external data and events, or a plethora of other
factors. Power on demand -- it's as simple or complex as you want it to be.
With the power of 3-D PROFESSIONAL, you'll be an animation virtuoso!
Also included is Animation Station, a standalone IFF animation editing &
storyboard system -- create and edit animations of any resolution or size from
IFF pictures of IFF ANIM files. Versatile built-in effects -- motion blur,
mosaic tiling, scrolling, synchronized sigital sounds, frame-level timing, and
much more. The perfect companion to 3-D PROFESSIONAL!
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| 3-D PROFESSIONAL Includes: |
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* Two-Hour Introductory Videotape (VHS), With Step-By-Step Tutorials!
* User Manual With Comprehensive Tutorials!
* Reference Manuals With In-Depth Coverage Of All Program Features!
* Special Versions For Support Of 68020/68881 Processors!
* Animation Station, A Complete Animation Editing & Storyboard System!
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* Features *
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| Attributes |
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* Full Object Surface Attribute Control Including Built-In Textures Such As
Spotty, Marble, Wood, Brick, Checker, Blend, Terrain, Ripple, Bumpy, Snowy!
* Adjustable Transparency, Index Of Refraction, Reflection, Specular
Reflection And Glossiness!
* Sixteen Million Colors Available For Object Coloring And Texture Definition!
* Special Flags For Such Effects As Horizon Shading, Shadows, Rendering
Without Shading, Etc!
* Variety Of Preset Special Attributes Such As Plastic, Porcelain, Glass,
Chrome, Aluminum, stone, Steel, Ceramic And Chalk!
* All Attributes Can Be Specified On The Primitive (Point, Line, Polygon)
Level!
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* Rendering *
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* Multiple 24 Bit (Over 16 Million Colors) Rendering Techniques Including
Solid (Faceted), Gourad And Phong!
* Display Renderings Directly On The Amiga! (Supports Overscan And All
Resolutions Including HAM)
* Versatile Alterations To Rendering Directly To The Amiga Display: X-Specs,
RGB Files, PostScript! (Full & EPSF)
* Complete Control Over The Size (Width And Height) Of Rendered Images!
* IFF Foreground And Background Rendering Capability!
* Scan Line And Full Z-Buffer Rendering For Complete Hidden Surface Removal!
* Custom Rendering Option For "Plug In" Expansion Of Rendering Capabilities!
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| Lighting |
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* Up To 99 Colored Light Sources Of Varying Intensities And Types!
* Multiple Lighting Models: Point (Omni-Directional), Cylindrical And Conic!
(Spotlight)
* Control Over Ambient Light Intensity And Color!
* Haze Lighting Special Effect For Modeling Such Natural Effects As Fog And
Smoke!
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* Environment *
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* Intuitive, Powerful Mouse Driven Interface!
* Object Oriented 3-D Object Editing And Manipulation!
* Camera/Light Following And Tracking Of Any Object!
* Work In A Fully Shaded Or Wire Frame Editing Environment!
* Fully Configurable Gridding And Grid Snap Facility For Precise Placement!
* Facilities For Viewing IFF ILBM, X-Specs And RGB Files!
* Zooming And Panning Of The Edit Surface For More Detailed And Precise
Editing!
* Keyboard Equivalents For Most Functions!
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| Technical |
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* Full Control Over Such Technical Aspects As Clipping, Hidden Surface Removal
And Back Face Removal!
* Program Is Fully Segmented, Thus Allowing For Maximum Memory Conservation!
* Entire Program Can Be Loaded If Enough Memory Is Available!
* Maximum Number Of Objects Is 32,000!
* Maximum Number Of Primitives (Points, Lines, Polygons) Is 32,000!
* Maxinum Number Of Vertices Is 32,000!
* Maximum Number Of Light Sources Is 99!
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* Compatibility *
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* Supports Surface Details As Defineed By The VideoScape 3-D (GEO) File
Format!
* Fully Supports The Transport Controller Software For Recording Renderings
And Animations To Single Frame VTR's!
* Supports Output To The Mimetics Frame Buffer!
* ARexx Support For Enhancing The Script Language!
* Support For The A2024 1008 x 800 High Resolution Monitor!
* Support For A Multitude Of Object File Formats:
-- LOADS: --
* 3-D PROFESSIONAL * VideoScape 3-D (GEO)
* Sculpt 3-D * 3-Demon
* AutoCad DXF * Cad 3-D (Atari)
* Forms In Flight 1 * Turbo Silver
-- SAVES: --
* 3-D PROFESSIONAL * VideoScape 3-D (GEO)
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| Creation |
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* Lathe (Spin), Profile (Extrusion) And Conic Creation Tools!
* Fractal Land And Tree Creation Tools!
* Extrude Any Text Using Any Amiga Standard Font!
* Library Of 13 Basic 3-D Shapes!
* Ground Creation Tool For Quickly Creating Checkered, Solid Or Wire Frame
Grounds!
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* Editing *
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* Full Object Hierarchy Specification And Editing Control!
* Camera/Light Following And Tracking Of Any Object!
* Object Manipulation Tools Include Rotation, Scaling, Shearing, Mirroring,
Slicing, Merging And Splitting!
* Fully Editable Camera For Complete Control Over Three-Dimensional Viewing!
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| Amination |
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* Full Object Hierarchy Control For The Creation Of Articulated (Jointed)
Animation!
* Full Script Language With ARexx Compatibility For Complete Control!
* Real-Time Animation Facilities For Quickly Previewing Your Objects And
Scenes In Motion!
* Full Key Frame Animation Complete With Linear Or Splined Motion Paths,
Variable Tweening, Object Morphing, Etc!
* Includes The Powerful Animation Station Program!
Requirements: Amiga Computer; WorkBench 1.2 Or Higher, At Least 1 Megabyte
Memory (At Least 1.5 Mb For Tutorials), Two Floppy Disks Or Hard
Drive Recommended.
Manufacturer: Progressive Peripherals & Software, 464 Kalamath Street, Denver,
CO 80204-5020 Phone# (303) 825-4144
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| 3839.1 | sounds good; does it work? | SAUTER::SAUTER | John Sauter | Mon Jun 11 1990 18:09 | 3 |
| This sounds like a nice package. Does anybody have any experience with
it? Does it live up to its hype?
John Sauter
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| 3839.2 | Will be interesting year | CRISTA::LEIMBERGER | I have my marbles now I want yours | Tue Jun 12 1990 07:02 | 23 |
| There are several points I don't like. The statement warning about
rendering speed is one of them. Of course the speeds are faster,
I would expect this because you are not rendering a ray traced image.
The statement makes reference to this but tries to play the ray tracing
down. I don't think a 500.00 package that can't raytrace is a deal.
You can set Turbo-Silver to solid modeling and cut the rendering times.
I plan on updating to Imagine when it is released.For solid
model rendering I currently use PageRender 3D,($160.00)and it has given
me some nice results. As the market picks up you will have to decide where
you are going to set up camp. At $99.00-$150 a program it was a viable
option to own several programs,and use each on a pic to get the best
results. With $350.00(imagine)-$500.00(3D Pro) this is not an option
today. It is actually too soon to judge any of these new offerings,
but with the rash of new 3D programs hitting the market I'm sure we
will all find the one we want,and as long as it supports IFF we will
be able to share the results for observation. The latest Amiga World
had a small blurb on the upcoming 3D programs. The one that was of
interest to me was in reference to Byte by Byte developing more
aggressivly for the MAC MARKET than the Amiga.But don't worry they
will port them over someday.Sure but I'll never see them. Many of the
games being developed for the IBM are also being ported,and there
mostly cra* when it comes to the graphics,and speed.
bill
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