Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Rare 1992 Video Interview with Greg Gorby


Interview with the original creator of Aladdin4D on Computer Chronicles. Segment with Greg Gorby begins about nine minutes and 12 seconds into the program.

                                                     http://archive.org/details/Computer_7
Computer Art Episode from 1992

Link to Aladdin4D on Computer Chronicles below:

http://archive.org/details/Computer_7?start=599.5

Copy and paste http link above into your browser's URL bar.

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Interview with a 3Dpire

We are going to take you back in time now. Let you explore the very beginnings of Aladdin4D to better understand where the 3D animation package has been. First up a 1992 interview with the creator of Aladdin4D Greg Gorby.

Link to PDF



Tuesday, October 30, 2012

October Surprise!

While it's not 100% Aladdin4D related we do have an "October Surprise" coming up before this month ends. Stay tuned if your interested. 

Friday, October 19, 2012

AmiWest 2012 Specials

Several customers/members of Amiga.org have asked what our AmiWest specials would be. To be honest we hadn't originally planned to have any this year. But to provide good customer service we will have a few until AmiWest 2012 has ended. Some of you know Aladdin 4D 5.x for AmigaOS was offered for the price of a DVD movie before it was discontinued on October 5th, 2012. That offer ended so we can't offer it again but to make customers happy we will be offering Aladdin 4D 5.x for AmigaOS Instant Download for the price of a Bluray movie. If you want to combine a Lifetime Membership to Amiga.org and A4D together you also get the benefits that membership brings and support the Amiga.org site. AmiWest ends on October 21st, 2012 and so do the specials below.


Aladdin 4D Instant Download for the cost of a Blu-ray movie

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Aladdin 4D Instant Download for the cost of a Blu-ray movie + Amiga.org Lifetime Membership

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If your looking for more information about AmiWest 2012 please click on the links below.

AmiWest 2012

AmiWest on Twitter


Thursday, October 11, 2012

Lamp


Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall reach the topmost height.


Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha

Monday, September 24, 2012

Platforms & Future Choices


To help expedite the release of Aladdin 4D 6.0 we are limiting the platforms it supports. We know this will come as bad news to many of its fans on the Amiga but the long release cycle is doing no one any favors. For version 6.0 Aladdin 4D will only be shipping on Mac OS X, iPad and Linux. We are still in the evaluation stage of what platforms version 7.0 will support. It will most defiantly be more than what version 6.0 will offer. Don’t forget to contact us and tell us what platform you want Aladdin 4D to ship on. Your feedback and interest will influence the future direction of the software so don't forget to contact us via the link below. Before the DiscreetFX acquisition Aladdin 4D sold over 18,000 units. We are excited to have it reach those numbers again in the years to come.

Contact

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

The Price of a DVD Movie!

We have a great offer for you but it's only for 72 hours. To gage the interest in Aladdin 4D and the future platforms it will support we have a sale that you will not be able to resist. For the next 72 hours Aladdin 4D will be priced at about the cost of buying a DVD movie. If you can afford to buy your favorite film you can now also afford to make special effects for one with Aladdin 4D. Click the link below to find out more and order.

 Aladdin 4D Sale




Sunday, March 18, 2012

Preview Video of Aladdin 4D 6.0 Rough Cut




Some have claimed that Aladdin 4D 6.0 is pure vaporware and the screen shot of the OS X Lion version is nothing more than a doctored photo. This quick and dirty preview video shows that the application is real but still in beta form. 

Monday, March 5, 2012

Exciting New Software from the Original Creator of Aladdin 4D



DAM this software is nice! Digital Aircraft Modeler or DAM for short is a new program from the original creator of Aladdin4D, Greg Gorby. This exiting modern and new Windows software is a Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Simulator. Watch the cool video below then purchase from the DAM website. RC Flight Simulator; Build What You Fly, and Fly What You Build!

Try / Buy Digital Aircraft Simulator

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Diversification Breeds Innovation.

A few of the platforms that Aladdin 4D currently runs on were born from the ashes of the Amiga platform. MorphOS, AmigaOS 4.x, AROS, Amiga Virtual Machine (Amiga Forever), and even cool FPGA solutions like FPGA Arcade and Minimig.  There has been talk on internet forums that these alternative modern platforms should some how reunite into one Amiga platform. This would actually be a bad thing and will not happen. Customers like freedom of choice and variety in their food and their computer tech.

We have already been there in the past anyway. Commodore Business Machines was greedy with the Amiga technology and did not share or license it. So we have today's computer market made in the Amiga's image but not based on the Amiga directly. If Commodore had licensed the chipset and OS then it would have become more mainstream.

The millions of Amiga sales Commodore did achieve is nothing compared to the exponential sales that compeating similar modern Amiga clones can get to. It just takes time and some marketing in today's very busy and diverse computer landscape. Apple's 100 billion in the bank and over 500 billion in market capitalization proves computer companies can return from near death and go on to achieve record sales plus exciting innovation. 

Monday, February 27, 2012

TV Paint - Inspiring / Powerful Painting Software for Modern Platforms

Developed in France, TVPaint Animation recently released version 10 of their award winning painting and animation software. This amazing Picasso inspiring software began its life on the Amiga but is now available for the latest 64 bit operating systems. Download a demo then buy after your trial period ends via the link below.

Buy

New Features in version 10

Trial Demo

TV Paint Animation can help bring your 3D rendered animations to life! Get creative/inspired and draw something from scratch!


Sunday, February 26, 2012

Aladdin4D New Name / New Ownership (Joke)


   Aladeen 4D is A Product of the Mighty Nation of Wadiya
     For Immediate Release - That Means Now Dammitt!

Aladeen 4D New Product Info

Aladdin 4D has been renamed Aladeen 4D


We were conquered and had no choice!

On February 26th, 2012 DiscreetFX surrendered all inventory, source code and intellectual property rights to his Holiness and Excellency Admiral General Aladeen. Aladeen 4D is one of his many conquests and he will be updating and releasing a new 6.0 version for OS X Lion, AmigaOS 4.x, MorphOS 2.x, AROS, and Linux. Admiral General Aladeen said the Windows version of Aladdin 4D is cancelled because Megan Fox does not like that OS. We hope it will not take another 1000 years for version 6.0 to be finished!

Oscars 48 Hour Sale!

When the Oscar's Start You Are Allowed to Buy it! 

Unbest regards

DiscreetFX Team 
(Captured and being help prisoner in the Mighty Nation of Wadiya)

Thursday, February 23, 2012

LightWave 11 Trial Now Available



Another exciting development in the world of 3D animation software, LightWave 11 Trial is now available to download and check out. An updated SDK is also available.

LightWave 11 Trial Download

From NewTek's website

"NewTek is pleased to present the latest edition of LightWave 3D, offering a range of new features and functions to enhance workflow for 3D content creators. The LightWave eleven edition offers geometry instancing, flocking and fracture capabilities with support for Bullet Dynamics. Also, the amazing Virtual Studio Tools introduced in the LightWave 10 version have been expanded to include Pixologic™ GoZ™ support. You get Python® scripting, render buffer enhancements, and much more. Loads of additional performance and stability & enhancements make LightWave eleven a must-have for any LightWave user."

Sunday, January 15, 2012

After Death, Comes Rebirth


After the death of Commodore in 1994 the Amiga died with it in a way. Millions of sales died, major developer support died,  a steady release of new applications and games died. Even sales of the legendary Video Toaster in the USA eventually died off for the Amiga. But the Video Toaster was reborn and thrives today in a wide range of portable editing / live video production products called TriCaster. So too was the Amiga reborn as Amiga Virtual Machine (Amiga Forever), Amiga OS 4.x, MorphOS, AROS & FPGA based solutions. 

 The spirt outlived the silicon. Maybe one day one or more of these solutions will again achieve millions of sales for Amiga fans. So too will Aladdin 4D be reborn. From the ashes of the Amiga platform it will reemerge as a platform independent beginners 3D animation/rendering package. Reincarnation and enlightenment just takes time. The ghost in the machine does not have instantaneous programming skills. Humans must do that and it's not instantaneous, it takes some time to get it right.