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 TurboSilver was one of the original 3D raytracing software packages available for the Amiga Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985. The original model is one of a number of mid-1980s computers with 16- or 32-b ...

, 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, release and additional effects (*.ifx files) *2002 Imagine 2.1.7 *2002 Imagine 2.1.8 release and additional effect (FireRing.ifx file) *2004 Imagine 2.1.9, last public release, added Volumetric

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Program for reading IOB files

Aminet Imagine tracesImagine 3D fan site
1990 software 3D graphics software Amiga raytracers Amiga software {{graphics-software-stub

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