Imagine was the name of a cutting-edge

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and ray tracing program, originally for the

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computer and later also for

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and

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. 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''. CAD-Technologies continued the distribution of the Amiga version. 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.

Versions

Amiga

* 1990 - Imagine * 1992 - Imagine 2.0 * 1993 - Imagine 2.9 * 1994 - Imagine 3.0 * 1995 - Imagine 3.1 * 1995 - Imagine 3.2 * 1995 - Imagine 3.3 * 1995 - Imagine 4.0 * 1996 - Imagine 5.0 * 1998 - Imagine 5.1 and 5.1a (first ACUP release) *1998 - Imagine 5.13 * 2000 - Imagine 5.17 * 2006 - Imagine 5.19 (last public release)

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 *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)

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