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- From: erichan@tucson.princeton.edu (Eric Han)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: CU Amiga 1/96 and Imagine3.0
- Date: 20 Jan 1996 16:38:51 GMT
- Organization: Princeton University
- Message-ID: <4dr5qr$hab@cnn.Princeton.EDU>
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- In article <4dqbs0$2lp@news.jhu.edu>,
- Zsolt Szabo <robodude@deanwong.rad.jhu.edu> wrote:
-
- >I also noticed that the latest CU has Imagine 3.0 on the cover disk. I am
- >not much of an artist but I would like to try some simple rendering. I
- >have a 68030/50 system with 10 megs. Is it worth it? I'm sure it's a
- >powerful package, but a) is my system even marginally fast enough to run
- >it, b) does it have enough memory (8M fast) and c) is it easy to use/learn?
-
- Speaking from the point of view of someone who has Imagine 2.0, I'd say your
- system is more than adequate. I'm running it on an '030/25 with 4megs 32bit
- fast (4 more 16bit, but it isn't really that useful), and interlaced high
- res DCTV pics take about 8 minutes, 1/2 that with scanline. 60 frame
- animations have taken my system all night to render, but the results have been
- worth it. as far as being easy to learn, the fact that the CU Amiga disks don't
- come with a manual (and might not work on American Amigas) might put a damper
- on things.
-
- Eric Han
- (erichan@phoenix.princeton.edu)
-
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