Illusionist - Step by step guide
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   Welcome to the first of a regular column about the
graphics package Illusionist. Each issue I'll be giving
you a step by step guide showing you how to use this
comprehensive software to produce some great graphics.

   So why choose Illusionist? Firstly, the package is one
of the main rendering programs on the Archimedes, and in
my opinion is only rivalled by Render Bender II, also
produced by Clares. Despite the drawbacks of simply
rendering the objects rather than ray tracing them as in
Render Bender (eg. no shadows or reflections of other
objects), the software allows you to perfect a really good
scene much more easily. The other main benefit is time -
Illusionist will take up to about 1.5 hours on a really
complicated scene, compared to up to 7 hours on Render
Bender.

   The manual and tutorials supplied with the software,
descibe each function of the package really well and so I
will not repeat what is already available. Instead I will
detail some of the techniques which can be used to render
some really professional pictures.
