pls tell me about 'imagine' 3d software

[fishy_fiz]

Version 4 was on a cover disk (floppies). V5 was on a cover cd.

[Crom00]

Version 4 was on a cover disk (floppies). V5 was on a cover cd.

I can't understand how anyone can use 3d software on an Amiga in this day and age. Even an ancient dual Pentium Pro 200 rendered soooo much faster than a top of the line 060 machine. LW was never ported to Power PC on the Amiga. As soon as the higher speed Pentiums came into play the Amiga was no loger viable for 3d.

I used my Amiga for video editing as the Flyer was great. I could render Lightwave frames to a Jazz drive and connect that to the A4000 T and assemble the frames for playback in the Video Toaster Flyer or Par.

[fishy_fiz]

Sure, but how is what youve quoted relevant to your response ?
CU Amiga coverdiscs are hardly "this day and age". Back then I had no PC, so even though pentiums were available at the time it's hardly going to render faster for me if I dont have one.  

[amigagr]

i didn't have a pc too until december 2001. i bought one only for settlers 4 :lol:

btw i don't remember imagine5 on cu's cover cds... what was the issue?

[fishy_fiz]

I could be mistaken, it mightve been version 3 on floppies and v4 on cover CD. I seem to recall it was V5, but Im not 100% sure. It was a later version than any of the floppy disc versions I saw that were given away. Unfortunately I lost all of my Amiga magazines and most of my cover cds over time, so I cant check. I do recall it was one of the later CU Amiga magazines that it was on though. Probably within the last half dozen issues.

[Ral-Clan]

By the way, the last version of Imagine was 5.19, and it is still supported and sold by the developers.

On the other hand, you can get the PC version for free at the website mentioned above!

I registered at that website in order to download the PC version of Imagine.  It said I would get an e-mail response with a registration/login confirmation link, but I didn't receive any such e-mail!  Can someone who has access to the free version there post it or send it to me?  Thanks.

Kind of frustrating.  The software is now free but you can't find in *anywhere* on the 'net except one place, and the one place where it is won't let you have access to it (everything but Imagine 2.0 for Windows is freely downloadable - for Imagine you have to register).

[Kin-Hell]

@ RedNova
 
I started with Imagine 2, having struggled with Real3D. Imagine 3.0 was a big step forward & the Manual made a lot more sense than the Imagine 2 manual ever did. There is still a bit of a learning curve though. I've tinkered with a friends copy of Imagine 4 which has a few extra features over 3, but not massively.
 
In productivity terms, Lightwave is a far far superior program, but it has a much higher learning curve than Imagine 3 onwards imo.
 
I haven't used Imagine 3 for years, though I still have a Manual & the disks packed away in a box somewhere....
 
Good luck with where ever you go with this. Whatever you decide, I'm sure you'll have fun. It always is with an Amiga.
 
Kin

[Gulliver]

I registered at that website in order to download the PC version of Imagine.  It said I would get an e-mail response with a registration/login confirmation link, but I didn't receive any such e-mail!  Can someone who has access to the free version there post it or send it to me?  Thanks.

Kind of frustrating.  The software is now free but you can't find in *anywhere* on the 'net except one place, and the one place where it is won't let you have access to it (everything but Imagine 2.0 for Windows is freely downloadable - for Imagine you have to register).

I was referring to version 4.0 for PC, but not for Windows, for good old DOS. Of course, you can use it under Windows. It is about 12 MB long, so if you still want it, give me a confirmation and i will put it online.

PS: Direct link http://www.imagine3d.org/modules/wfdownloads/visit.php?cid=1&lid=223

[IslDreamer]

This is the link to the very last version for Windows, 2.19: http://www.imagine3d.org/modules/wfdownloads/singlefile.php?cid=13&lid=202

[Gulliver]

@IslDreamer

Your link is only valid for registered users which are logged in, all others cant download it.
You may put it in an online storage website (mediafire, rapidshare, etc)

[Amiduffer]

By the way. All the files you need are in the 2.0 folder available at imagine.org, the 2.19 you're referring to is only a program file to replace the 2.0 version.

Also, until Johan gets permission from Impulse, its not freeware. Do not take the program and put it on a share site. Registering is free though.

[Ral-Clan]

This is the link to the very last version for Windows, 2.19: http://www.imagine3d.org/modules/wfdownloads/singlefile.php?cid=13&lid=202

Yup, can't access that link.  Only for registered users (and the registration process doesn't work).

[mbrantley]

This site, CAD Technologies, has an archive page with downloads of TurboSilver, Imagine V1, Imagine V2.9, Imagine V3.0 and Imagine 4.0. I downloaded 4.0 but found Disk 2 has checksum errors. Can anyone confirm if the ADF produces errors for you? I previously had 3.0 installed, and the partial install of 4.0 gave me a working floating point 4.0 version.

The site has information about purchasing later version(s). These version are labeled as historical.

No sign of an Imagine manual online that I have found. This page as The TurboSilver manual, but that's probably not useful for the later versions.

The link... http://www.imaginefa.com/

[Gulliver]

@mbrantley

Here you have as attachment the manual and related documentation of the Amiga variant of Imagine 4.

I hope you find them usefull

[slayer]

Grab yourself a copy of Steve Worleys "understanding imagine"

I own 3 copies myself LOL... this book together with the manual will make learning how to use Imagine alot of fun...

I'd like to buy Imagine for OS4.x but I'm just holding of a little...

[Ral-Clan]

This site, CAD Technologies, has an archive page with downloads of TurboSilver, Imagine V1, Imagine V2.9, Imagine V3.0 and Imagine 4.0.
The link... http://www.imaginefa.com/

Some of the renders on that site are absolutely stunning:
http://www.imaginefa.com/gallery.shtml

I wonder if they were really done in Imagine for Amiga.  If so, I'm VERY impressed at what this "old" piece of software can do....it seems to me the quality of images still hold up today.