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SOFTWARE<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
A curated showcase of classic graphics and 3D software I enjoyed exploring on Ataris and early PCs. These tools were my creative playground \u2014 shaping my skills, inspiring ideas, and fueling a lifelong curiosity for visual computing.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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GFA Raytrace<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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GFA Raytrace intro screen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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GFA Raytrace modeler.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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GFA Raytrace renderer using both low and medium resolution on the same screen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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10 frame ping pong animation in 512 color mode.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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5 frame animation in 512 color mode.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sample animation, 10 frames in 512 color mode.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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GFA Raytrace also works in ST mono 640x400px.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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5 frame animation in ST mono 640x400px.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
In 1988, GFA Raytrace was pretty impressive for its time, especially with its special 512-color mode and dual resolution on a standard Atari ST. Although it may not seem significant by today's standards, it was quite a feat back then. This is a cool program but with some shortcomings. Unfortunately, the full-color internal raw images (as far as I know, images are raytraced in full color) can't be exported before being automatically reduced, restricting users to the 512-color format. Animations are exported as one big file, It would be beneficial to be able export animations as individual frames and utilize more than just the 10 frames of animation available.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Pearl<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Pearl config file.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Pearl documentation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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16 shades of grey, 16 rays per pixel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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99 frames with 4 rays per pixel, 3 colors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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80 frames with 4 rays per pixel, 2 colors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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99 frames with 4 rays per pixel, 3 colors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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More balls, 4 rays per pixel, 3 colors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Even more balls, 4 rays per pixel, 2 colors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Pearl by Allen King is an intriguing program. Despite being restricted to raytrace only a floor and a collection of spheres (pearls) in 16 color low res, the end result is quite impressive as it can also compute basic dynamics. I didn't use it frequently in the past due to its lengthy render times, taking around 6 hours per frame for good quality. The lack of a graphical user interface, relying instead on a config file, also made it a bit challenging to use. However, running it now many years later under Steem emulation at \"fast forward\" speed is quite entertaining.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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POV-Rray<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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POV-Ray script files.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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POV-Ray on ST Format cover disk 49. I miss getting my hands on a fresh issue of  ST Format or ST User..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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POV-Ray rendering on Atari ST<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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20 frame animation, 320x240px. Created with the ST version of POV-Ray using Steem at fast forward speed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The very first image I created using POV-Ray on my Atari ST in the mid 90s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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20 frame animation, 320x240px. Created and rendered with the ST version of POV-Ray using Steem at fast forward speed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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POV-Ray, the Persistence of Vision Raytracer, is an exceptionally powerful ray tracer. I dedicated countless hours experimenting with it, followed by even more hours waiting for the renders to finish. Unlike many other 3D tools, POV-Ray doesn't use a modeler; instead, it uses a scripting language to describe scenes. Creating the chess pieces image seen above likely took me days to design and render, even at a 160x100 pixel resolution. POV-Ray produced true color Targa images, even on a modest Atari ST. To view these images, a friends PC or on ST an advanced viewer like Douglas Little's PhotoChrome was necessary. You can check out additional POV-Ray animations in this gallery<\/a>. Today, POV-Ray continues to be actively developed and has been ported to a variety of platforms.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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NEOchrome<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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NEOchrome Master.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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PI1 image edited in NEOchrome Master.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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An unfinished old image, enhanced with rasters to expand the color palette.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Demo image with rasters showing 512 colors on screen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Image using lots of rasters to display more colors on screen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Same raster image in full screen. Color representation is not as good as PhotoChrome but not bad at all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
NEOchrome by Dave Staugas, launched in 1985, was my favorite pixel painter on the Atari ST. I especially liked that it used a very snappy non GEM interface. In the early 90s, the demo crew Delta Force released the unofficial NEOchrome Master, an updated and enhanced version. This version includes many new features, such as support for the STE's color palette and blitter, multiple work screens, rasters, realtime zoom and animation capabilities.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Degas<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Degas by Tom Hudson 1985.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Degas operating in medium resolution.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The much improved Degas Elite 1986.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Degas Elite main window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Degas Elite magnifier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Image by Tom Hudson using color cycle animation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Degas by Tom Hudson was among the earliest paint programs launched for the Atari ST. It offers a comprehensive set of tools and can operate in all three ST resolutions, making it highly versatile. Despite being a very good paint program, I personally favored NEOchrome over Degas and I never liked the GEM interface. In 1986, the enhanced Degas Elite was introduced, featuring support for multiple work screens, palette cycling, GDOS integration, and additional drawing tools. Following the creation of Degas, Hudson advanced to develop the excellent CAD-3D for the ST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Volume<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Info screen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Main window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Spline and outline editor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lighting, shading and camera setup.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Animation settings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Still image in 16 colors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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20 frame animation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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20 frame ping pong animation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Volume by Xavier Lambrecht is a pretty impressive 3D rendering program, though it is limited to creating one type of object, an extrusion along a spline. The concept is straightforward: first, draw a spline, then select from the included outlines or create your own. You can choose multiple outlines for a single object. Finally, hit render with the ”Do Volume” option. Rendering is in low resolution with 16 colors, featuring some form of reflection mapping. Volume also offers animation capabilities, although the number of frames seems to be limited to 24 (what fits on a 3.5-inch floppy) even if a hard drive is used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cyber Paint about screen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tools for animation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Released in 1987 by Antic Software, Cyber Paint was coded by Jim Kent, the same talent behind Aegis Animator for the Amiga. This exceptional pixel painting software offers a comprehensive suite of tools, surpassing standard expectations with additional features. Notably, Cyber Paint can load, edit, and create animations using motion tweening. Delta compression is used to keep the size of the animations down. I often turned to Cyber Paint for features unavailable in NEOchrome Master.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Animation Tool about screen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Animation Tool main window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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20 frames, 320x200px 387kB Delta packed. Animation done with POV-Ray on Atari ST.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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107 frames, 320x133px Delta Packed on a 2mb STE. Animation was done in 3DS Max on PC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Thrax's Animation Tool is a handy program that generates Delta-packed animations from sequences of still images. Although it operates in ST low-resolution with 16 colors, I found it highly useful for previewing lengthy animations from NeoN that wouldn't fit into the 4MB RAM of my Falcon. Although the frames first had to be converted from truecolor to 16 colors, it was still nice to be able to watch longer animations play in real time.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Aegis Animator for the Atari ST, released around 1986 by Jim Kent, was a pioneering and remarkably versatile animation program that introduced polygon vector-based animation to the platform. As one of the early standout applications for the ST, it featured object-based animation and later served as the foundation for Cyber Paint.

Aegis Animator allowed users to build animations by manipulating vector shapes, with tools for moving, scaling, and rotating objects, as well as morphing one shape into another. It also supported animation through colour cycling.

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Mastersound<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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One Christmas Eve many years ago, sometime around 1988, I received Mastersound by Microdeal as a Christmas present. This was my first encounter with samplers, and a whole new world opened up. I remember that the very first thing I sampled was the chorus from Erasure\u2019s \u201cI Love to Hate You\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both the software and the hardware were very easy to use and easy to get to grips with. Mastersound is an 8-bit sampler that delivers quite respectable sound quality, and the software includes pretty much everything you need for editing audio, including a simple sequencer for tying sounds and loops together into more complex sequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We sampled sounds for games and demos we programmed in STOS and HiSoft BASIC V2, as well as for the occasional demo coded in assembler. You can download one of our sampling demos from Demozoo<\/a> if you\u2019re curious..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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NeoN Grafix<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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NeoN Scene editor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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NeoN Object editor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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NeoN Material editor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sample scene rendered using the raytrace engine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In 1994, I bought NeoN for my Atari Falcon after being amazed by 3D Studio on a friend's 386 PC. Even though the manual was entirely in German, NeoN was intuitive and simple to get to grips with. I used NeoN extensively for quite a while. NeoN offered a comprehensive suite of features, including an excellent object, scene, and material editor, along with a great renderer which supported both Raytrace and Z-Buffer modes, with particularly fast performance in Z-Buffer mode. However, as scenes became more complex and rendering times began to increase, I transitioned to a PC 486 DX2 and started using 3D Studio R3.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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Rainbow II Multimedia intro screen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Paint Studio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Rainbow II is a multimedia package for the Atari Falcon, released in 1995 by Swedish Addiction Software. Operating exclusively in true color mode, it features four distinct ”studios” that users can seamlessly switch between. The Paint Studio offers sophisticated tools that mimic real-world mediums like oil and watercolor, along with a good airbrush and smear tool, and all the standard features found in most art programs. The Photo Studio allows for picture manipulation using a variety of tools. Meanwhile, the Sound Studio serves as a sample editor, though I didn’t utilize it much, similar to the Sprite Studio. Rainbow II is a robust and powerful tool, though I initially struggled with the GUI, as not all elements fit on the screen, requiring scrolling to access everything, which was somewhat inconvenient. Additionally, it includes a fifth ”studio,” a game that is a kind of Minesweeper clone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Apex Media morpher.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Apex Media for the Falcon, authored by Douglas Little (DML) and released by Black Scorpion Software in 1994, is a good pixel painting tool. Beyond that, it offers capabilities like video capture and processing from digitizers, morphing, animation, and much more. Unfortunately, I bought this program later in my Falcon's lifespan, so I didn't have the chance to utilize it that much.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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3D Studio R3 was among the first 3D programs I encountered on a PC, transitioning from using NeoN on the Falcon. While I continued using my Falcon for several years, most of my 3D projects were completed on my 486 DX2. Tom Hudson and Dan Silva developed 3D Studio, with Tom Hudson also creating numerous applications for the Atari ST, such as CAD3D and Cyber Studio. There were rumors that Hudson was developing a Falcon version of 3D Studio, but unfortunately, it never materialized.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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VistaPro, created by John Hinkley, was a remarkable program in its time. Initially developed for the Commodore Amiga as ”Vista”. Later it was released for DOS (PC) and by 1994, a Windows version was released, as shown here. VistaPro can load DEM (Digital Elevation Models) files and accurately render them while also creating fractal-based landscapes. We were not interested in the DEM support and accuracy, back in the day, we just wanted to create cool animations! We spent countless hours making animations and probably just as many waiting for the rendering process to complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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