CompuServe Messages

It sounds like you need two things: 1) An easy to use object editor and scene creation program. 2) A raytracer. From what I've heard, either Sculpt 3D or Turbo Silver should do for the raytracing side of things, but I haven't heard of any *really* good object editor. As for porting the Targa files to the Amiga via GIF, it's a hopeless cause. You lose a LOT of the image just reducing to 256 color GIF, and then the conversion to HAM fuzzes the edges. Going directly from Targa to HAM would probably produce a significantly better image. (The edge fuzzing is unavoidable, but can be reduced significantly with work…) Finally, you won't be able to get near targa quality images on the Amiga, period. Targa is a 15 bit RGB format with a higher resolution than the Amiga's "12 bit" (sortof) HAM format. You can get very good images with some work, but it won't be Targa quality. Of course, I've heard rumors of a 21 bit true RGB board for the A2000, but nothing concrete… –>Steve Bennett