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- Lumen V1.0
-
- One day I decided to write a program to give my computer something
- to work at during it's free time and do something colorful with
- it's VGA display. My first thought was to write a program that
- created 3D patterns and colored them using the VGA's 256 color
- mode. Getting a program to draw in 2D was simple, modifying it to
- work intelligently in 3D began to get not so simple. It was then
- that I hit upon the idea of reversing the problem, which resulted
- in a very simple solution. Instead of having the program create
- 3D perspectives then painting them in, I simply made Lumen draw 2D
- perspectives, but use 3D paint! Lumen just draws squares one
- inside (or outside) the other, the color it uses for each square
- comes from a palette with the 3D shading already built in, so the
- shapes it creates take on a dramatic 3D appearance. To see it's
- palette just start Lumen with "LUMEN /P". Lumen is a good example
- of the principal of shading verses resolution. While lumen
- actually draws in very low 320 X 200 resolution, it's shading makes
- the image appear to be very high resolution. Your color TV which
- is also a low resolution device is another example of the shading
- factor.
-
- You may distribute Lumen freely for private use. For commercial
- use contact me. You may not charge a fee for this program. If you
- have any suggestions or examples of VGA "show off's" please contact
- me at the address below. All the Best...
-
- Terry Dorff
- 1202 Sheyenne Street
- West Fargo, ND 58078