Software:Imagine (3D modeling software)

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Imagine
3 Globes rendered with Imagine (Amiga).gif
An animation of three spinning globes created with Imagine on an Amiga 4000
Developer(s)Impulse
Initial release1990
Stable release
5.19 / 2006
Operating systemAmigaOS, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows
PredecessorTurboSilver
Type3D computer graphics

Imagine was the name of a cutting-edge 3D modeling and ray tracing program, originally for the Amiga computer[1] and later also for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows.[2][3][4]

It was created by Impulse, Inc. It used the .iob extension for its objects. Imagine was a derivative of the software TurboSilver, which was also for the Amiga and written by Impulse.[5]

CAD-Technologies continued the distribution of the Amiga version.[6] Starting with version 5.1, new updates were available for free for current customers as part of the Amiga Constant Upgrade Program (ACUP) up until presumed Imagine 6.0 release.[7]

Versions

Amiga

  • 1990 - Imagine[8]
  • 1992 - Imagine 2.0[9]
  • 1993 - Imagine 2.9[10]
  • 1994 - Imagine 3.0[11]
  • 1995 - Imagine 3.1[12]
  • 1995 - Imagine 3.2[13]
  • 1995 - Imagine 3.3
  • 1995 - Imagine 4.0[14]
  • 1996 - Imagine 5.0[15]
  • 1998 - Imagine 5.1 and 5.1a (first ACUP release)[16][17]
  • 1998 - Imagine 5.13
  • 2000 - Imagine 5.17[18]
  • 2006 - Imagine 5.19 (last public release)[19]

MS-DOS

  • 1993 - Imagine 2.0
  • 1994 - Imagine 3.0
  • 1995 - Imagine 4.0

Windows

  • 1996 - Imagine 1.0
  • 1997 - Imagine 1.3.4 (first CUP release)
  • 1999 - Imagine 1.9
  • 1999 - Imagine 2.0[3][4]
  • 1999 - Imagine 2.1.2
  • 2000 - Imagine 2.1.3
  • 2000 - Imagine 2.1.4 (no bones)
  • 2002 - Imagine 2.1.5
  • 2002 - Imagine 2.1.6 (additional effects (*.ifx files))
  • 2002 - Imagine 2.1.7
  • 2002 - Imagine 2.1.8 (additional effect (FireRing.ifx file))
  • 2004 - Imagine 2.1.9 (last public release, added Volumetric)

See also

References

  1. Conconi, Patrick (April 1991). "Imagine" (in French). AmigaNews (NewsEdition) (34): 18–21. ISSN 0989-5450. 
  2. Llombart, Philippe (March 1997). "Imagine 5 Amiga (Cybgfx) et Windows ´95" (in French). AmigaNews (NewsEdition) (99): 68–69. ISSN 1164-1746. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Imagine 3D for Windows" (in en-US). 2008-10-01. https://www.studiorola.com/tutorials/software-programs/imagine-3d-for-windows/. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Impulse Imagine 2.0". 2002-06-02. http://www.coolfun.com/INFO/PRODUCTS/Imagine/imagine.html. 
  5. Jeanjean, Marc (May 1993). "Imagine Le pas à pas..." (in French). AmigaNews (NewsEdition) (57): 42. ISSN 1164-1746. "Vous avez sans doute tous entendu parlé de ce merveilleux logiciel qu'est Imagine 2.0. Digne successeur de Turbo Silver.". 
  6. "CAD Technologies - Imagine 3D". http://imaginefa.com. 
  7. "CAD Technologies - Products/ACUP". http://www.cadtech.demon.co.uk/Acup_feat.htm. 
  8. "Imagine 1.0". http://www.amigafuture.de/asd.php?mode=view&asd_id=1911. 
  9. "Imagine 2.0". http://www.amigafuture.de/asd.php?mode=view&asd_id=466. 
  10. Thierry, Jean-Nôel (January 1994). "Imagine 2.9" (in French). AmigaNews (NewsEdition) (64): 43–45. ISSN 1164-1746. 
  11. Janin, Lucas (July 1994). "Imagine 3.0" (in French). AmigaNews (NewsEdition) (70): 40–43. ISSN 1164-1746. 
  12. Janin, Lucas (February 1995). "Imagine 3.1" (in French). AmigaNews (NewsEdition) (76): 18–19. ISSN 1164-1746. 
  13. Janin, Lucas (June 1995). "Imagine 3.2" (in French). AmigaNews (NewsEdition) (80): 30. ISSN 1164-1746. 
  14. Janin, Lucas (February 1996). "Imagine 4.0" (in French). AmigaNews (NewsEdition) (87): 26–27. ISSN 1164-1746. 
  15. Llombart, Philippe (July 1996). "Imagine 5.0" (in French). AmigaNews (NewsEdition) (92): 24. ISSN 1164-1746. 
  16. Jirák, Pavel (March 1998). "Imagine 5.1/5.1a" (in Czech). Amiga Review (Atlantida Publishing) (34): 21. ISSN 1211-1465. 
  17. Segel, Georges (April 1998). "Imagine 5.1a" (in French). AmigaNews (NewsEdition) (111): 53–55. ISSN 1164-1746. 
  18. "Product News, Imagine 5.17". Amiga Format (Future Publishing) (134): 9. March 2000. ISSN 0957-4867. 
  19. "Raytracer: Imagine 5.19". Amiga-News.de. 2006-06-18. http://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2006-06-00070-EN.html. 

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