Amiga Reflections

Amiga Reflections
Developer(s)Carsten Fuchs/MSPI
Initial release1989; 35 years ago (1989) (as a book plus floppy disk)
Operating systemAmigaOS, Windows
Type3D computer graphics
LicenseProprietary
Reflections 2.0 floppy disks
Reflections 2.0 test scene
Rendered with Reflections-Animator

Amiga Reflections is 3D modeling and rendering software developed by Carsten Fuchs for the Amiga. It was later renamed Monzoom.

The first bookware release was 1989, and contained a book and a floppy disk. The book was the manual and had some tutorials explaining how a raytracer works. The floppy contained the software with some models and examples. Carsten Fuchs extended the software with a more advanced modeler and an animation module in 1992, the Reflections-Animator.

The drawback of the improved modeler in Reflections 2.0 was that the program required far more RAM than before, leaving less free space for scene objects. On a 1 MB Amiga, the 2.0 modeler could only handle about 1,000 triangles (or spheres) at most. With 2 MB RAM, up to 10,000 triangles were possible.[1]

As of version 4.3, in 1998,[2] Amiga Reflections was renamed Monzoom or Monzoom 3D and distributed by Oberland Computer.[3]

Monzoom Pro was available on CD with the March/April 2008 issue of the German print magazine Amiga Future.[4][5][6] Monzoom also became available for PC as Shareware.[7]

  1. ^ Fuchs, Carsten (1992). Reflections 2.0 manual. MSPI. p. 14.
  2. ^ Andreas Magerl. "Amiga Future". Amigafuture.de. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  3. ^ "AMIGA-Magazin". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  4. ^ Andreas Magerl. "Amiga Future : Amiga Future Ausgabe 71". Amigafuture.de. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  5. ^ Andreas Magerl. "Amiga Future : Gallery : Issue 71 Cover". Amigafuture.de. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  6. ^ "Vesalia Online - Amiga Future 71 (March/April 2008)". Vesalia.de. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  7. ^ "3D-Programm Monzoom S - - Grafik + Video + Audio - Software - magnus.de". Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2010-03-01.