Imagine (3D modeling software)

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]

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

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

• Amiga portal

• Sculpt 3D