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IT'S HERE!!!!!!!
Message #80035
It arrived and installed. Looks WAY COOL. And a readable UNDERSTANDABLE MANUAL with a USEFUL INDEX!!! What more can you ask for….? An explanation of the Super VGA thingy in the Project Editor. Can we use imagine in higher res modes? It's probably in the manual somewhere but I'm just…
I think that some of the "24bit" bargain basement cards, particularly older ones, are only a 24bit pallete but there are certainly many cheap cards that are true 24bit (it's best to make sure). Even so I would recomend a midrange ($350-$650) accelerated VESA or PCI local bus card with…
Most of those cards will do 24bit at 640×480 (1M SVGA). A 2M card (they start at less than $300) will do 24bit at 800×600, 16bit at 1024×768 and 8bit at 1280×1024. Our ATI Ultra Pro 2M Accelerated local bus card was something like $450. BTW I would wait on…
make sure that everything, including the lights, is within the 1024x1024x1024 world coordinates. Limey
You lose on the motherboard argument. To my knowledge (and please correct me if I'm wrong) there is nothing on the PC motherboard of a 386/486 that makes it particularly bad for multitasking. A large number of good true multitasking OSs have been written for and work very well on…
We installed imagine fine on dos 6. I have heard that there may be problems with double space and imagine. There are also some problems with using Smartdrive and double space. You should make sure that you are using an clean config.sys (with only the files=, buffers= and driver=himem.sys if…
I changed the extension to .IFF and it seemed to work fine too.
Hear Hear. To those who spout off about other products with apparently no interest in ever using Imagine again I say "off to the Newtek forum". To those of us who mix and match and use the best tool for the job the better for you. Limey
What about the Win32s API. I have Fractal Design Painter 2.0 and under Win 3.1 it breaks out of the 16M/16bit barrier. It'll use as much memory as you have. It may not be as effecient or stable as OS/2 but there are a lot more available apps. I love…
The demo disk that comes with Steve Worley's book.
Thanks, I think I'll download that stuff. Sounds interesting, Limey
Being a programmer I do understand how hard designing an interface can be. I usually spend an inordinate amount of time rearranging and reworking the interface itself (not always successfully) so I know how long it can take to get something people are happy with. BTW if you ever decide…
Thanks, I'll give it a try. Do you know where I might find Graphics Workshop? Limey
I believe that PKUnzip or one of it's associated programs will convert LHarc files. BTW did you find a conversion program? If not maybe Mike could upload a TGA or PCX version. Limey
Sorry, my mistake. Maybe I should try and have my copy converted.
I have to agree with some of the points made about the ease of use of Imagine. I think that you have built an incredible rendering engine but the interface leaves a great deal to be desired. I have to disagree with your presumtion that a powerful program means a…
Sorry, but even if you could convert the disk format the program wouldn't work anyhow. It's written only for the Amiga.
I may be wrong on whether Imagine accepts PCX and Targa (.TGA) files for input but it may accept TIFF (.TIF) files. I do know it can be done. Its just a case of picking the right file format out of the billions that Painter can output to. Limey
My wife has been using Fractal Design Painter 2.0 for Windows ($300) to create some excellent brush maps. It simulates real artist's tools (chalk, oil brush, water color, magic marker etc.) and on a 24bit display it looks REAL!!! She's used it to make some wood textures (much better than…
Glad to hear it. Limey
Could you pass along any more info on what DPS' Personal Animation Recorder is? We're using a PC and examining our output options. The cheapest seems to be the Fast Video Machine (a toaster for the PC with TBCs and single frame controller built in) and a single framing SVHS…
If you have more than one frame, you need to type the position of the object into the position bar in the action editor. Saving a new position in the stage editor will only change the position in the last frame. Delete the position bar in the action editor, then…
How does one find out more about this "Amiga Gang" tape e.g. what it has on it and where to get it. Limey
I know the price problem is not a lack of materials. It is mostly price gouging, speculation and panic buying (IBM reportedly sought 5 million 4M DRAMS following the explosion…PC Week this week). For this reason I too expect the prices to return to normal very quickly (no longer than…
As far as the imagine manual goes you might as well imagine it didn't exist. I HIGHLY recomend Steve Worley's book. It actually has a useful index. We received it the day after we got imagine and haven't used anything else since. It cost's $30 and we had it less…
RAM PRICE WARNING!!! You might want to get the minimum usable ram now and wait a few months to upgrade. Due to the destruction of a chemical plant in Japan that produced 60% of the resin used in ram chips memory prices have skyrocketted. Up from $30-$35 a meg a…
I called your tech support and they said that the most imagine would do on a pc was 256 colors. To view in 24 bit you have to go into a paint program or viewer. This is something of a pain because it means going into windows loading fractal design…
NO SHININESS ALLOWED. Make sure it's set to zero.
Well, we got our PC version of Imagine, and, as I had expected, it won't work with my 24 bit video card (AGI Ultra-Pro 2 meg with VESA drivers). It renders in 24 bit, but it won't display in 24 bit in Imagine. I seem stuck with 256 colors. Does…
Thanks for the info. If the gods of package delivery allow we should be receiving our copy of Imagine PC today (weve been having a little trouble with UPS recently). I expect to spend the next week or so attempting to install it properly. If you've actually done this successfully…
I'd like to phone Steve Worley and order his book but 7532 seems like an awful short number. Please Expand on this topic. Limey
#Waiting for IBM Imagine
Message #52869
I'm still waiting for more info on the PC version of Imagine. If I could get a phone number or leave my address for someone to send some promo stuff I would appreciate it. Is there a library file with any promo stuff in it?. Limey
Imagine for IBM
Message #52168
3.6? Sounds like kind of an odd number. You're probably not counting the memory between 640k and 1M that is used by the ROM BIOS and adaptor cards and sometimes isn't counted. I have a feeling that your machine will qualify. By the way, if I'm correct your machine has…
3.6? Sounds like kind of an odd number. You're probably not counting the memory between 640k and 1M that is used by the ROM BIOS and adaptor cards and sometimes isn't counted. I have a feeling that your machine will qualify. By the way, if I'm correct your machine has…
I too believe that the amiga is a dead-end machine despite it capabilites. I was in London over Christmas where as far as I could tell over half the Commodore computers being displayed were Commodore's own PC clones. The 68000 chip line itself seems to be headed for the grave…
\I was wondering if you could tell me what Journyman is. Is it an animation program? I'm kinda new to this and I've only heard about Sculpt, Imagine, Lightwave and Autodesk's studio 3D (about $3000 from what I hear). Limey
Thanks for the info. Do you know how I might be able to get the newsletter? I've basically narrowed my choices down to either the A3000 tower or a 24bit 486 EISA machine. Both of them cost about the same. As far as software goes you can get some pretty…
PC Imagine?
Message #38649
I'm kinda new to CompuServe so I'm not sure that my messages are getting to where I'm sending them so here's a repeat of one I already sent and wasn't marked as a new message. My fiance and me are looking into getting a computer animation setup and we're trying…
PC Imagine
Message #38586
My fiance and me are looking into getting a computer animation setup and we're trying to decide whether to go with the amiga or a PC. I'd feel more comfortable with a PC but there currently aren't the products available for it that compare with the Amiga. I'd left a…
Thanks. The video editing features of the Toaster still interest me, but animation is my first priority and since it will be a while before I can afford 3 editing decks maybe I'll just hope that by the time that happens I can get a PC toaster. Limey
Thanks. I've pretty much decided on getting an amiga anyway. I've seen demo's of the toaster and have been very impressed. My only reservations are that as I see it PC's are moving into the same multimedia and graphics arena that up until now have been dominated by Macs and…
#Windows/PC Toaster?
Message #38067
I'm interested in setting up a computer animation studio at home. Ideally I would a Silcon Graphics machine and a 1 inch editing setup. However, since I do pay rent and my diet consists of more than rice, I've been looking into something along the lines of an Amiga 3000…
It seems that maybe I should read the other replys before I write my own. My confirmation of the existence of a 386SX bridgeboard and upgrade seem a little late. However to answer some of the other questions, I work on PC's every day and I have seen no such…
I was looking through a March 3rd Village Voice yesterday and saw an add for a 20Mhz 386SX bridgeboard for $999. They were also offering AT upgrades for $449. It didn't say what brand but the store was Amagination in NY NY. The add was on page 25. Limey