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d4rk3lf · 11 October 2020, 21:33

Not sure what Amiga was used for, and what not.
But after past few years playing again with my Miggy (both emulation and real), and the fact I am doing 3D animation for my living past 15 years, all I can say that Amiga was more then capable for awesome 3D animations.

I've tried Lightwave, created some simple animations, seen possibilities, and it's very impressive.
I'd go so far that I can say that Amiga could do effects as good as Starship Troopers, or Independence Day.

The thing is, back then, people were over-amazed with raytraced reflections, so they throw them everywhere - even on spaceships, or objects that should be (in reality) pretty old and dusty.
That's why many renders looks so bad today.

Throw in Lightwave some mid detailed spaceship, throw in some nice texture - FORGET about freaking stupid raytrace reflections (they are slow to render anyway), put in some motion blur, good camera... and there you go... you'd have quality on the pair with Independence Day spaceships renders (that holds up even today on many shots).

11 October 2020, 21:33	#206
d4rk3lf Registered User Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Novi Sad, Serbia Posts: 1,667	Not sure what Amiga was used for, and what not. But after past few years playing again with my Miggy (both emulation and real), and the fact I am doing 3D animation for my living past 15 years, all I can say that Amiga was more then capable for awesome 3D animations. I've tried Lightwave, created some simple animations, seen possibilities, and it's very impressive. I'd go so far that I can say that Amiga could do effects as good as Starship Troopers, or Independence Day. The thing is, back then, people were over-amazed with raytraced reflections, so they throw them everywhere - even on spaceships, or objects that should be (in reality) pretty old and dusty. That's why many renders looks so bad today. Throw in Lightwave some mid detailed spaceship, throw in some nice texture - FORGET about freaking stupid raytrace reflections (they are slow to render anyway), put in some motion blur, good camera... and there you go... you'd have quality on the pair with Independence Day spaceships renders (that holds up even today on many shots).