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>> >5. Texture fast previews! <snip>
>
>> That'd be nice, but I don't the Amiga has the horsepower. <sigh>
>
Steve Koren replies:
>Sure it does! Apex has a product called Forge which does a reasonable
>job at that. It starts with a low res preview and gradually fills in
>resolution the longer you let it go. In just about 1-5 seconds (on a
>68040 class system) you can have a very good idea of what the texture
>will look like. It isn't quite real time, but it is close enough.
With the textures I've worked with in Forge (using a 68040 system),
I sure don't get much of a discernable image in 1-5 seconds. Maybe I'm
doing something wrong. Anybody agree ?