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]
An animation of three spinning globes created with Imagine on an Amiga 4000 | |
Developer(s) | Impulse |
---|---|
Initial release | 1990 |
Stable release | 5.19
/ 2006 |
Operating system | AmigaOS, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows |
Predecessor | TurboSilver |
Type | 3D computer graphics |
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
editAmiga
edit- 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
edit- 1993 - Imagine 2.0
- 1994 - Imagine 3.0
- 1995 - Imagine 4.0
Windows
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Conconi, Patrick (April 1991). "Imagine". AmigaNews (in French). No. 34. NewsEdition. pp. 18–21. ISSN 0989-5450.
- ^ Llombart, Philippe (March 1997). "Imagine 5 Amiga (Cybgfx) et Windows ´95". AmigaNews (in French). No. 99. NewsEdition. pp. 68–69. ISSN 1164-1746.
- ^ a b "Imagine 3D for Windows". Studio Rola. 2008-10-01. Archived from the original on 2020-08-13.
- ^ a b "Impulse Imagine 2.0". 2002-06-02. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ Jeanjean, Marc (May 1993). "Imagine Le pas à pas...". AmigaNews (in French). No. 57. NewsEdition. p. 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.
- ^ "CAD Technologies - Imagine 3D". imaginefa.com. Archived from the original on 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
- ^ "CAD Technologies - Products/ACUP". cadtech.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1999-11-03. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
- ^ "Imagine 1.0". amigafuture.de. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
- ^ "Imagine 2.0". amigafuture.de. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
- ^ Thierry, Jean-Nôel (January 1994). "Imagine 2.9". AmigaNews (in French). No. 64. NewsEdition. pp. 43–45. ISSN 1164-1746.
- ^ Janin, Lucas (July 1994). "Imagine 3.0". AmigaNews (in French). No. 70. NewsEdition. pp. 40–43. ISSN 1164-1746.
- ^ Janin, Lucas (February 1995). "Imagine 3.1". AmigaNews (in French). No. 76. NewsEdition. pp. 18–19. ISSN 1164-1746.
- ^ Janin, Lucas (June 1995). "Imagine 3.2". AmigaNews (in French). No. 80. NewsEdition. p. 30. ISSN 1164-1746.
- ^ Janin, Lucas (February 1996). "Imagine 4.0". AmigaNews (in French). No. 87. NewsEdition. pp. 26–27. ISSN 1164-1746.
- ^ Llombart, Philippe (July 1996). "Imagine 5.0". AmigaNews (in French). No. 92. NewsEdition. p. 24. ISSN 1164-1746.
- ^ Jirák, Pavel (March 1998). "Imagine 5.1/5.1a". Amiga Review (in Czech). No. 34. Atlantida Publishing. p. 21. ISSN 1211-1465.
- ^ Segel, Georges (April 1998). "Imagine 5.1a". AmigaNews (in French). No. 111. NewsEdition. pp. 53–55. ISSN 1164-1746.
- ^ "Product News, Imagine 5.17". Amiga Format. No. 134. Future Publishing. March 2000. p. 9. ISSN 0957-4867.
- ^ "Raytracer: Imagine 5.19". Amiga-News.de. 2006-06-18. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
External links
edit- Program for reading IOB files Archived 2017-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Aminet Imagine traces
- Imagine 3D fan site