Imagine (3D modeling software)

Imagine

An animation of three spinning globes created with Imagine on an Amiga 4000
Developer(s)	Impulse
Initial release	1990
Stable release	5.19 / 2006
Operating system	AmigaOS, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows
Predecessor	TurboSilver
Type	3D computer graphics

Imagine was the name of a cutting-edge 3D modeling and ray tracing program, originally for the Amiga computer^[1] and later also for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows.^[2][3][4]

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.^[5]

CAD-Technologies continued the distribution of the Amiga version.^[6] 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.^[7]

Versions

Amiga

• 1990 - Imagine^[8]
• 1992 - Imagine 2.0^[9]
• 1993 - Imagine 2.9^[10]
• 1994 - Imagine 3.0^[11]
• 1995 - Imagine 3.1^[12]
• 1995 - Imagine 3.2^[13]
• 1995 - Imagine 3.3
• 1995 - Imagine 4.0^[14]
• 1996 - Imagine 5.0^[15]
• 1998 - Imagine 5.1 and 5.1a (first ACUP release)^[16][17]
• 1998 - Imagine 5.13
• 2000 - Imagine 5.17^[18]
• 2006 - Imagine 5.19 (last public release)^[19]

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^[3][4]
• 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)

See also

• Sculpt 3D

References

1. Conconi, Patrick (April 1991). "Imagine". AmigaNews (in French). No. 34. NewsEdition. pp. 18–21. ISSN 0989-5450.
2. Llombart, Philippe (March 1997). "Imagine 5 Amiga (Cybgfx) et Windows ´95". AmigaNews (in French). No. 99. NewsEdition. pp. 68–69. ISSN 1164-1746.
3. "Imagine 3D for Windows". Studio Rola. 2008-10-01. Archived from the original on 2020-08-13.
4. "Impulse Imagine 2.0". 2002-06-02. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
5. Jeanjean, Marc (May 1993). "Imagine Le pas à pas...". AmigaNews (in French). No. 57. NewsEdition. p. 42. ISSN 1164-1746. Vous avez sans doute tous entendu parlé de ce merveilleux logiciel qu'est Imagine 2.0. Digne successeur de Turbo Silver.
6. "CAD Technologies - Imagine 3D". imaginefa.com. Archived from the original on 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
7. "CAD Technologies - Products/ACUP". cadtech.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1999-11-03. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
8. "Imagine 1.0". amigafuture.de. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
9. "Imagine 2.0". amigafuture.de. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
10. Thierry, Jean-Nôel (January 1994). "Imagine 2.9". AmigaNews (in French). No. 64. NewsEdition. pp. 43–45. ISSN 1164-1746.
11. Janin, Lucas (July 1994). "Imagine 3.0". AmigaNews (in French). No. 70. NewsEdition. pp. 40–43. ISSN 1164-1746.
12. Janin, Lucas (February 1995). "Imagine 3.1". AmigaNews (in French). No. 76. NewsEdition. pp. 18–19. ISSN 1164-1746.
13. Janin, Lucas (June 1995). "Imagine 3.2". AmigaNews (in French). No. 80. NewsEdition. p. 30. ISSN 1164-1746.
14. Janin, Lucas (February 1996). "Imagine 4.0". AmigaNews (in French). No. 87. NewsEdition. pp. 26–27. ISSN 1164-1746.
15. Llombart, Philippe (July 1996). "Imagine 5.0". AmigaNews (in French). No. 92. NewsEdition. p. 24. ISSN 1164-1746.
16. Jirák, Pavel (March 1998). "Imagine 5.1/5.1a". Amiga Review (in Czech). No. 34. Atlantida Publishing. p. 21. ISSN 1211-1465.
17. Segel, Georges (April 1998). "Imagine 5.1a". AmigaNews (in French). No. 111. NewsEdition. pp. 53–55. ISSN 1164-1746.
18. "Product News, Imagine 5.17". Amiga Format. No. 134. Future Publishing. March 2000. p. 9. ISSN 0957-4867.
19. "Raytracer: Imagine 5.19". Amiga-News.de. 2006-06-18. Retrieved 2021-02-16.

External links

• Program for reading IOB files Archived 2017-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Aminet Imagine traces
• Imagine 3D fan site