CompuServe Messages

As to "Render Times" being longer: there are certainly considerations, but have you tried to render a "ray-traced" image on an Amiga lately? The TARGA is not intended to run in an Amiga environment, though of course it CAN. Most people install it on a minimum of a 386/12 MHz system with 2-4 Meg of RAM. Our facility uses the 25 MHz version of a Compaq 386 with 9 Meg EMS RAM. Average render times for images that involve texture mapping with models of moderate complexity is 2-2.5 minutes. New render accelerators based on the new Intel chip (I-360, I think) speed even these times up by a factor of 3-5X. To be fair to the Amiga: ours has paid for itself 30X over. REALLY. And we are still trying to break even on the other system. The level of finished work is ALL IMPORTANT, but you do not need a mid-range or high-end system to make a good living. But I do NOT recommend trying to make that living on an Amiga with a TARGA board installed unless you are working in a specialized "stillframe" market like beautyparlors, plastic surgery, law enforcement ID, etc. I am, as always, open on these points to positive critique.