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During its lifetime Amiga software touched and passed the amount of over 2000 serious application and almost a ten thousand utilities software (these are almost all collected into Aminet major repository), but this fact it is almost unknown, because Amiga was generally used as game machine by common users (the majority of Amiga users), and unfortunately perceived as game machine from outside its community of experienced and professional users. Creating a complete list of all Amiga software it is almost difficult if not impossible, as various software were diffused only in some nations, but there are very beautiful masterpieces that were really appreciated or even really loved by their users, such as Deluxe Paint . Some Amiga programs were ported to other platforms or inspired new programs still used today, such as those aimed at 3D rendering or audio creations. And it is impossible not to mention Lightwave or Blender , or the audio trackers, or even DTP packages such as PageStream . Important to mention are the first all multimedia wordprocessors for Amiga, such as TextCraft , Scribble! , Shakespeare , ProWrite , Pen Pal , Professional Page , which were the first on the market that allow any common user to choice full color printing on-screen WYSIWYG (other platforms still used B&W approach), and to include not only external images (as on other platforms) but also even audio files to be embedded into documents. Here follows a vaste list of Amiga software, to demonstrate that Amiga had a really impact in all application fields, and have also a big library of software in which the users can choice the programs they prefer. Many Amiga programs were so well designed for their age that are still in use today, such as ARexx language, TV Paint , Wordworth , Final Writer , some trackers, Image FX , Lightwave , Imagine and the immortal Deluxe Paint . The adventure of Amiga continues with programs still today realized for both AmigaOS classic and AmigaOS 4.0, and its children OS, MorphOS and AROS. PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE The Amiga was originally supported by such prestigious software titles as '' WordPerfect '', Electronic Arts ' '' Deluxe Paint '', and '' Lattice C ''. Newtek 's '' Video Toaster '', one of the first all-in-one graphics and video editing packages, began on the Amiga. The ''Video Toaster'' was one of the few accessories for the "big box" Amigas (2000, 3000 and 4000) that used the video slot, and enabled users to turn their Amiga into the heart of an entire TV Production suite. The later addition of the ''Video Flyer'' by Newtek made possible the first non-linear video editing program for the Amiga. The Amiga made 3D Raytracing graphics available for the masses with '' Sculpt 3D '' (before the Amiga, raytracing was only available for dedicated graphic workstations). Other raytracing software also included TurboSilver . The Amiga was well known for its 3D rendering capability, with many titles being added to the mix as the years went by. Some titles were later ported to Microsoft Windows and continue to thrive there, such as the rendering software '' Cinema 4D '' from Maxon, and '' LightWave '' from Newtek, which was originally part of the ''Video Toaster''. The ''Video Toaster'' itself has even been ported to the Windows platform. Even Microsoft produced software for use on the Amiga. '' AmigaBASIC '', an advanced BASIC software development environment, complete with an Interactive Development Environment (IDE), was written by Microsoft under contract. Most budget CGI relied on ''LightWave'' during the early 1990s, '' Babylon 5 '' being a notable TV-series rendered using ''LightWave''. Graphics, video and design software There exists a tremendous amount of graphic manipulation software for the Amiga. Some include; Graphicraft , Deluxe Paint , Photon Paint , Newtek TV Paint , Brilliance! a program made upon the suggests by the artist Jim Sachs , Aegis Image , ArtEffects Personal Paint from Cloanto , Photogenics , Express Paint , Digi Paint , Perfect Paint , etcetera. Similarly there exists a wide range of animation and video authoring software; Aegis Animator , DeLuxe Video , Disney Animation Studio , versions later than 3 of Deluxe Paint , The Director basic like language oriented to animation, Scala , Amiga Vision from Commodore itself, VisualFX from ClassX , Adorage Multi Effect program from Pro DAD , Millennium from Nova Design . ImageFX , and Art Department Pro . 3D rendering and animation software includes Sculpt 3D , TurboSilver , Alladin , Videoscape 3D , Calligari , Maxon Cinema4D , Imagine , LightWave from Newtek, Vista Pro and World Construction Set 3D terrain rendering programs. There were also CAD programs available for Amiga, such as DynaCaDD , MaxonCAD , IntroCAD , and ElektroCAD . There were videoediting programs with both linear and non linear editing with 4.2.2 capabilities as the ones from Newtek available with VideoToaster Flyer external module for Video Toaster and just called NLE! (Non Linear Editing), Amiga MainActor , Broadcaster Elite , MovieShop for the expansion Amiga cards PAR , VLab Motion , and VLab Pro . Actual graphic programs The attitude of classic Amiga in graphics continues on new machines. Hollywood it is a a multimedia and presentation program available for all Amigas (AmigaOS classic, AmigaOS 4.0 , MorphOS , AROS ). It is capable to load ancient Scala projects and Microsoft Powerpoint ". PPT " files. Its module Hollywood Designer it is a modern multimedia authoring software which creates complete Amiga programs thru a Visual approach at programming design, and saves executables in various formats for AmigaOS classic upto version 3.9 for 68000 and 68xxx machines, WarpUP for AmigaOS classic equipped with PPC expansion cards, AmigaOS4.0 and MorphOS ELF for PPC processors, and also Intel X86 code for AROS. TV Paint it is still a valid program and continues being used despite of its age. Programs like Candy Factory for AOS 4.0 are designed to create special effects on images, bruushes and fonts to create gorgeous internet objects and buttons used in designing web pages. Pixel Image Editor , formerly Pixel32 it is available for MorphOS. Blender 3D it is one of the best Open Source cross platform software. It is available also for MorphOS, and a first pre-release it is running on AmigaOS 4.0 (available for AOS 4.0 developers only). Also a first pre-release of GIMP it is available on AmigaOS 4.0 thru X11 graphic engine. Word Processing While desktop video proved to be a major market for the Amiga; a surge of word processing, page layout and graphic software filled out the professional needs. Notable word processing programs included world famous , that is no longer available (the first LaTeX which can be edited with a front end program), and PasTEX , available on Aminet repository. Nowadays AbiWord is available on AmigaOS4.0 thru X11 graphical engine, and Papyrus Office pre-release is available for MorphOS . Database and Spreadsheets In the first age of Amiga (1986-1989) there were cross-platform spreadsheet available for it, like MaxiPlan , which was available also for MS-DOS and Macintosh . Microfiche Filer Plus was a database which gave the user the experience of exploring data as using Microfilms . SuperBase was one of the finest programs available for C64 . It was then ported on Atari , Amiga, and later on PC . But it was on Amiga that become a standard reference. Available in two versions Superbase Personal and SuperBase Professional It could handle SQL databases and had a query internal language like BASIC . It was capable to handle forms and masks on records and was capable of handling multimedia files into its records years before than Microsoft Access . Superbase also featured VCR control style buttons to browse into records of any database. Softwood File II was another simple multimedia database which then evolved into Final Data good database available for Amiga from Softwood Inc. From the same firm there was Final Calc spreadshhet which evolved from TurboCalc that Softwood bought from another software manufacturer. ProChart was a tool to draw flow charts and diagrams. In the recent times MUIBase was born and mainly cross-platform MySQL database language becomes a reference on Amiga also. Science, entertainment and special use programs , Video Creator , American Heritage Dictionary , Illustrated Holy Bible , Illustrated Works Of Shakespeare , etc., etc. One of the best Fractal experience programs ever made on any platform is the incredible ZoneXplorer from Elena Novaretti . In 1989 were created the X-Specs 3D Glasses from Haitex Resources , one of the first interactive 3D solutions for home computers. On Amiga were created the multimedia interactive TV non immersive Virtual_reality exploring software Mandala from Vivid Group Inc., and the Virtuality System Virtuality 1000 CS 3D VRML all-immersive simulator from W-Industries (then Virtuality Inc. ), for game entertainment in big arcade installations and theme parks, that was based on A3000. Richmond Sound Design (RSD) created both Show Control and theatre Sound Design software which was used extensively in the theatre, theme park, display, exhibit, show and themed entertainment industries in the 1980s and 1990s and at one point in the mid 90s, there were many high profile shows at major theme parks around the world being controlled by Amigas. There were dozens at Walt Disney World alone and more at all other Disney , Universal Studios , Six Flags and Madame Tussauds properties as well as in many venues in Las Vegas including The Mirage hotel Volcano and Siegfried And Roy show, the MGM Grand EFX show, Broadway Theatre , London's West End , the Royal Shakespeare Company 's many venues, most of Branson, Missouri 's theatres, and scores of theatres on cruise ships, amongst hundreds of others. RSD purchased used Amigas on the web and reconditioned them to provide enough systems for all the shows that specified them and only stopped providing new Amiga installations in 2000. There are still an unknown number of shows on cruise ships and in themed venues being run by Amigas. Backup and Recovery Tools Ami-Back Tools , Ami-Filesafe Pro , Quarterback Tools , Amiga Tools DeLuxe , Diavolo Backup , the suite for recovering SFS : SFS Recover Tool, SFSDoctor, SFSCheck 2,SFSResize 1.0 |
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