Subject: Imagine PC free with book?
Date: Sat, 21 May 94 10:01:55 -0700
From: pringle@holly.cuug.ab.ca (Greg Pringle)

 Hi, thought I'd post this in case anyone was interested.
Sounds like an incredible deal.. I wonder what the catch is?

  Greg


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Subject: "3D Modeling Lab" Book & Imagine Modeling SW
Date: 20 May 1994 16:40:51 GMT
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 I was wandering through Powell's Technical Bookstore
 in Portland OR (Email: `Ping@Technical.Powells.Portland.OR.US'),
 and found "3D Modeling Lab", by Philip Shaddock, ISBN 1-878739-52-2.

 This book has two IBM PC disks in it. These disks contain the Impluse Imagine
 3D Modeler, and Picture Man for Windows (which is a shareware
 image processing program).

 Here is the TOC:

	Part 1 -

	Chapter 1 - Learing to See in 3D
	Chapter 2 - Cross-sectional Modeling
	Chapter 3 - Shading Surfaces
	Chapter 4 - Applying Textures to Surfaces
	Chapter 5 - Lighting Surfaces
	Chapter 6 - Building Photorealistic Objects
	Chapter 7 - Staging and Rendering Scenes
	Chapter 8 - Creating Maps and Processing Images

	Part 2 -

	Chapter 9 - Modeling Workshop
	Chapter 10- Animation Workshop

	Appendixes -

	Appendix a- Tutorial on Imagine
	Appendix b- Resources: Books, Magazines, and Software
	Appendix c- Mike Miller's Train
	Appendix d- The Plans for Alan Henry's Bee
	Appendix e- Glossary


  This books seems to be a very good value. However, it only walks you
  through the creation of one moderatly complex object (a ceiling
  fan in chapter 9). Though it does have alot of good information
  that will help you create your own models.

  List price for the Book and SW is $39.95. I paid $34.95 at
  Powell's.

  Keith


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| Greg Pringle               |                                            |
| pringle@holly.cuug.ab.ca   |          "Better dead than smeg"           |
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