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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
^ 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 .
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