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Used in the "Amiga Dealer" demo. It was produced by Commodore to promote Amigas that were on display in shops. This image was shown in the "Amiga Features" part.

Printed in Amiga Format September 1989 - Page 65 and Jim Sachs Calendar 1991

MultiMedia Original February, 1987; Updated June, 1990
Cover for Amiga World Special Issue & Amiga advertisement

Layering A sense of depth can be created without the use of perspective by building up several layers of objects. The light source and shadows are very important for this illusion.

Used in the "Amiga Dealer" demo. It was produced by Commodore to promote Amigas that were on display in shops.
This image was shown in the "Art & Graphics" part.

Used in the "Amiga Dealer" demo. It was produced by Commodore to promote Amigas that were on display in shops.
This image was shown in the "Video" part.

Printed in Jim Sachs Calendar 1991 as well.

The VideoCamera August, 1989
Screen from Amiga 500 Demo

Layout A great deal of time can be saved if an object to be drawn is laid out so that most of its lines are horizontal and vertical, following the natural axis of the screen. Because of all the smoothing of diagonal lines that would be necessary with perspective or angled views, a straight side, front or top view will usually yield a crisper image.

Used in the "Amiga Dealer" demo. It was produced by Commodore to promote Amigas that were on display in shops.
This image was shown in the "Music" part.

Printed in Jim Sachs Calendar 1991 as well.

The Siege August, 1989
Screen from Amiga 500 Demo

Light Source The direction of light needs careful planning in every picture. A sense of depth and realism can only be achieved when all shadows and highlights are consistent. Pay especially close attention to the light sources on objects imported from other scenes.

Used in the "Amiga Dealer" demo. It was produced by Commodore to promote Amigas that were on display in shops.
This image was shown in the "Entertainment" part.

Printed in Jim Sachs Calendar 1991 as well.

Games August, 1989
Screen from Amiga 500 Demo

Anti-Aliasing In lower resolutions, diagonal lines drawn on a computer screen have a pronounced "stair-step" quality known as aliasing. By manually blending these jagged lines into the surrounding colors, we can eliminate much of this problem.

Used in the "Amiga Dealer" demo. It was produced by Commodore to promote Amigas that were on display in shops.
This image was shown in the "Productivity" part.

There's a little backstory from the artist Reichart von Wolfsheild over at Randelshofer

Used in the "Amiga Dealer" demo. It was produced by Commodore to promote Amigas that were on display in shops.
This image was shown in the "Education" part.

Interestingly there was also a version of this image that was used for the "Amiga Companion" book by Rob Peck. The biggest difference between the two was the peacock on the key, that was replaced by the Amiga rainbow check logo.

The Amiga Companion version is lowres-interlaced, which leads me to think that it was created first and the Amiga Demo version was downscaled to fit with the other images.

Used in the "Amiga Dealer" demo. It was produced by Commodore to promote Amigas that were on display in shops.
This image was shown in the "Products" part.

Printed in Jim Sachs Calendar 1991

The Galleys August, 1988
Scene from Centurian

Resizing A sense of depth may also be created without the use of perspective by having different sizes of the same objects on the screen. Always draw the largest object first, capture it as a brush, resize it to a smaller size, then stamp. Be careful to line up the smaller images on the same plane as the original!