This 768x480 24 bit color JPEGged picture was made by Harv Laser using
a Beta version of Natural Graphics' new Scenery Animator 4.0 software.
SA4, due for release before the end of May, 1993, and still carrying
a retail price of US$99.95, has many enhancements, not the least
of which is AGA rendering modes and the ability to load, scale,
rotate and place VideoScape 3D ASCII ".geo" format 3D objects into
your landscapes.

This picture is of the famous Yosemite Valley DEM (Digital Elevation
Map) file. Into this landscape I've loaded the VideoScape "city"
and "Infinite Loop Ship" objects created by Allen Hastings and supplied
on the original VS3D disks as marketed long ago by Aegis.

There's no need to whine and moan about VS3D .geo being an old format.
There are nice object converters out there which will convert your
LightWave, Imagine, and other format objects into .geo format for
loading into SA4.  If you are serious about Amiga 3D then you probably
already own an object converter.

SA4 will come with a limited number of simple public domain objects.
This new version also gives you the ability to plop down oak and
redwood trees anywhere you want to, thanks to the new ZOOM mode on
the map screen capable of up to 512x magnification for extremely
precise object/tree placement.

There are many other improvements in SA4, which will be detailed in
Natural Graphics' forthcoming magazine ads, the inevitable reviews,
and a recent postcard sent to the company's mailing list of customers.

SA4 requires a minimum of 3 MEG of RAM to operate, and will be
supplied in both a standard 68000 version and a faster 680x0/6888x
accelerated version on the same disk.

Two other medium res 16 color pics are in this archive. One of them
shows the main screen of SA4 with the two objects visible in the
landscape in the main preview window.  The other is of SA4's map
screen showing the object list requester, and a slightly zoomed
map of the landscape showing placement of the two objects. The city
object is selected and thus red. The spaceship is de-selected and
thus white.  SA4's interface details are still subject to revision
since these pictures came from my Beta copy of the program.

I am not affiliated with Natural Graphics except as a
Beta tester and occasional reviewer of their fine product.
You can reach them via phone at 1-916-624-1436 (Rocklin, Calif. USA
a suburb of Sacramento) or FAX at 1-916-624-1406, or by surface
mail at 4603 Slate Court, Rocklin, CA 95677

Enjoy!

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