hot new d software there is a new product for the ibm ers out there it is called imagine and it just started shipping yesterday i can personally attest that it will blow the doors off of d studio it is made by impulse and is in its rd version st for the ibm it can do morphing your standard key framming animation it is a raytracer reflections shadows and can do apply special fx to objects like ripple explode bounce things of that nature also it has algorithmic texture maps and your standard brushmapping also you can have animated brushmaps ie live video mapped on the objs also animated backdrops ie live video backgrounds also animted reflections maps you get the idea it will run for about retail i think dont let the low price fool you this product can do it all when it comes to d animation and renderering also does anyone here know how to get in the imagine mailing list please e mail me if you do or post up here oh the number for impulse is trb ra msstate edu
