31 January 2014, 22:01 | #1 |
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Those iconic (NewTek) Amiga pictures and their origins
I was looking at some of those old colorful commercial Amiga slideshows (NewTek and the likes) that used be often seen running in various Amiga shops, and no doubt played a big part in giving Amiga that huge wow factor over everything else computer on display.
So, I was wondering if the original images would still be retraceable, and managed to find sources for a few of them. -- Sanka coffee can splashing on the water seems to be scanned from this magazine advertisement that ran 1986-1987: Groucho Marx image is scanned from this press image from "At the Circus (1939)", colored and the mesa added in the background: Last edited by jizmo; 23 May 2017 at 20:30. |
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Any others? Personally I'd love to know the origins of this lady
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TinEye found one result but page is dead.
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The space station HAM image is 'The Ship That Sang', a sci-fi art piece by Angus McKie (detail, full image viewable here):
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Couldn't identify this one with the simple 3D shapes (yet) - it's seen here rescanned and printed to a 1993 rave flyer so it must be from some fairly known magazine cover or a book from the 80's. UPDATE 04-2016: Found the full sized hires version some time ago, still no actual info of its origin Last edited by jizmo; 23 May 2017 at 20:37. |
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They used those geometric shapes for their initials back in the 80's |
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Does anyone know anyone who worked at NewTek at the time? I'm sure if they could be located again, they'd have some valuable insight on all these mystery images. |
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I wouln't be surprised if this picture was taken from the "Terran Trade Authority" illustrated science fiction books.
=> http://www.khantazi.org/Rec/TTABooks/TTABooks.html |
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I was blown away of these three scans
They were contained in some slideshows and Amiga disk mags. 20 years later I discovered the last one is young Linda Hamilton. I still do not know the first two, though. |
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Monika Schnarre, Mademoiselle September 1986 - bigger image of the cover
Jodie Foster? (scroll down, colored picture there with description) edit: It was called Amber.GIF and came with Animator PRO (autodesk) Last edited by emufan; 07 February 2014 at 23:20. |
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The 'Santa Claus' HAM image is scanned from Crown Royal whisky ad than ran on magazines in the end of 1983:
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This image was created by a company called Information International Inc, and is titled "Sphere, Cone and Cube on a Textured Floor". The date the image was made is uncertain, but certainly pre-1984, possibly mid to late 70s. D. |
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