Imagine (3D modeling software)

{{Infobox Software

| name = Imagine

| screenshot = 3 Globes rendered with Imagine (Amiga).gif

| caption = An animation of three spinning globes created with Imagine on an Amiga 4000

| developer = Impulse

| released = 1990

| latest_release_version = 5.19

| latest_release_date = 2006

| operating_system = AmigaOS, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows

| replaces = TurboSilver

| replaced_by =

| genre = 3D computer graphics

| license =

| website =

}}

Imagine was the name of a cutting-edge 3D modeling and ray tracing program, originally for the Amiga computer{{cite magazine |last=Conconi|first=Patrick|date=April 1991|title=Imagine|language=French|magazine=AmigaNews|publisher=NewsEdition|issn=0989-5450|issue=34|pages=18–21}} and later also for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows.{{cite magazine |last=Llombart|first=Philippe|date=March 1997|title=Imagine 5 Amiga (Cybgfx) et Windows ´95|language=French|magazine=AmigaNews|publisher=NewsEdition|issn=1164-1746|issue=99|pages=68–69}}

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.{{cite magazine |last=Jeanjean |first=Marc |date=May 1993 |title=Imagine Le pas à pas... |magazine=AmigaNews |language=French |publisher=NewsEdition |issue=57 |pages=42 |issn=1164-1746 |quote=Vous avez sans doute tous entendu parlé de ce merveilleux logiciel qu'est Imagine 2.0. Digne successeur de Turbo Silver.}}

CAD-Technologies continued the distribution of the Amiga version.{{cite web|url=http://imaginefa.com|title=CAD Technologies - Imagine 3D|website=imaginefa.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801135016/http://imaginefa.com/ |archive-date=2015-08-01 |access-date=2016-08-05}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cadtech.demon.co.uk/Acup_feat.htm|title=CAD Technologies - Products/ACUP|website=cadtech.demon.co.uk| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991103085214/http://www.cadtech.demon.co.uk/Acup_feat.htm |archive-date=1999-11-03 |access-date=2016-08-05}}

Versions

= Amiga =

1990 - Imagine{{cite web|url=http://www.amigafuture.de/asd.php?mode=view&asd_id=1911|title=Imagine 1.0|website=amigafuture.de|access-date=2016-08-05}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
1992 - Imagine 2.0{{cite web|url=http://www.amigafuture.de/asd.php?mode=view&asd_id=466|title=Imagine 2.0|website=amigafuture.de|access-date=2016-08-05}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
1993 - Imagine 2.9{{cite magazine |last=Thierry|first=Jean-Nôel|date=January 1994|title=Imagine 2.9|language=French|magazine=AmigaNews|publisher=NewsEdition|issn=1164-1746|issue=64|pages=43–45}}
1994 - Imagine 3.0{{cite magazine |last=Janin|first=Lucas|date=July 1994|title=Imagine 3.0|language=French|magazine=AmigaNews|publisher=NewsEdition|issn=1164-1746|issue=70|pages=40–43}}
1995 - Imagine 3.1{{cite magazine |last=Janin|first=Lucas|date=February 1995|title=Imagine 3.1|language=French|magazine=AmigaNews|publisher=NewsEdition|issn=1164-1746|issue=76|pages=18–19}}
1995 - Imagine 3.2{{cite magazine |last=Janin|first=Lucas|date=June 1995|title=Imagine 3.2|language=French|magazine=AmigaNews|publisher=NewsEdition|issn=1164-1746|issue=80|pages=30}}
1995 - Imagine 3.3
1995 - Imagine 4.0{{cite magazine |last=Janin|first=Lucas|date=February 1996|title=Imagine 4.0|language=French|magazine=AmigaNews|publisher=NewsEdition|issn=1164-1746|issue=87|pages=26–27}}
1996 - Imagine 5.0{{cite magazine |last=Llombart|first=Philippe|date=July 1996|title=Imagine 5.0|language=French|magazine=AmigaNews|publisher=NewsEdition|issn=1164-1746|issue=92|pages=24}}
1998 - Imagine 5.1 and 5.1a (first ACUP release){{cite magazine |last=Jirák|first=Pavel |date=March 1998|title=Imagine 5.1/5.1a|language=Czech|magazine=Amiga Review|publisher=Atlantida Publishing|issn=1211-1465|issue=34|pages=21}}{{cite magazine |last=Segel|first=Georges|date=April 1998|title=Imagine 5.1a|language=French|magazine=AmigaNews|publisher=NewsEdition|issn=1164-1746|issue=111|pages=53–55}}
1998 - Imagine 5.13
2000 - Imagine 5.17{{cite magazine |date=March 2000 |title=Product News, Imagine 5.17|magazine=Amiga Format |publisher=Future Publishing|issn=0957-4867|issue=134|page=9}}
2006 - Imagine 5.19 (last public release){{cite web |url=http://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2006-06-00070-EN.html|title=Raytracer: Imagine 5.19|publisher=Amiga-News.de|date=2006-06-18|access-date=2021-02-16}}

= 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{{Cite web|date=2008-10-01|title=Imagine 3D for Windows|url=https://www.studiorola.com/tutorials/software-programs/imagine-3d-for-windows/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813055006/https://www.studiorola.com/tutorials/software-programs/imagine-3d-for-windows/|archive-date=2020-08-13|website=Studio Rola|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2002-06-02 |title=Impulse Imagine 2.0 |url=http://www.coolfun.com/INFO/PRODUCTS/Imagine/imagine.html |access-date=2022-01-16 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020602212238/http://www.coolfun.com/INFO/PRODUCTS/Imagine/imagine.html |archive-date=2 June 2002 |url-status=dead}}
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)

References

External links

[http://www.pygott.demon.co.uk/prog.htm Program for reading IOB files] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012144853/http://www.pygott.demon.co.uk/prog.htm |date=2017-10-12 }}
[http://aminet.net/pix/imagi Aminet Imagine traces]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160409184453/http://www.imagine3d.org/ Imagine 3D fan site]

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