Aladdin 4D

Rare 1992 Video Interview with Greg Gorby

2012-12-26T17:30:00.003-08:00

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

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Interview with a 3Dpire

2012-12-22T00:00:00.004-08:00

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.

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Horrible Endings! (Day 8 of 8)

2012-12-09T00:17:00.003-08:00

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 Twitter campaign goes horribly wrong. Microsoft launched a Twitter advertising campaign aimed at getting Android users to complain about their devices. However, the company's ploy flopped.

The Internet can be a breeding ground for drama, especially when it comes to social media. Microsoft seems to have learned that the hard way, as its recent Twitter campaign against Android hopelessly backfired. The long-time PC software maker launched a campaign asking Android users to share their malware horror stories via Twitter with the hashtag #DroidRage. In exchange, these tweeters would get the chance to win a new Windows Phone handset.

Google’s Director of Open Source, Chris DiBona, fired back at Microsoft with the following:

“Wanna see what Flop Sweat looks like? Follow: @WindowsPhone”

Other Twitter users had this to say when it comes to Windows Phone vs. Android.

“Microsoft slamming Android with #DroidRage for malware issues? Have you seen your desktop?” user Apurva Chaudhary tweeted.

More: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/microsofts-twitter-campaign-wrong/#ixzz2EXYztyax

Graveyard Bound! (Day 7 of 8)

2012-12-08T00:04:00.002-08:00

If you are one of the few surprised by the news that Windows 8 & especially Windows Phone 8 will fail don't be. Microsoft has been down this road many times before.

1. Windows Mobile = Dead

2. Microsoft Kin Phone = Dead

3. Windows Phone 7 = Dead

4. Windows Vista = Dead

5. Zune = Dead

6. ZuneHD = Dead

7. Microsoft Bob = Dead

If you think Windows Vista was a huge failure you ain't seen nothing yet.

Nightmare After Halloween! (Day 6 of 8)

2012-12-05T15:05:00.000-08:00

We don't have much to say on the link below. They say it best. Please watch the video and enjoy day 6 of 8.

Yahoo Finance (Make Sure to Watch Video!)

Slow Sailing (Day 5 of 8)

2012-11-29T09:40:00.001-08:00

As we predicted Windows 8 with its awful Windows Phone tiled interface is destroying Windows sales. Smart Phone buyers have already rejected this interface for over two years and now Windows customers are doing the same. Windows 8 is off to a very slow start, says NPD report. Windows device sales in the U.S. fell 21 percent in the four weeks since Windows 8 debuted, versus sales from a year ago

NPD Report

Only Surface Deep (Day 4 of 8)

2012-11-27T19:32:00.000-08:00

Micorsoft touts its Surface tablet as an iPad killer but this is very wishful thinking. It uses the failed tiled interface from Windows Phone. This interface has failed in the market for over two years. Hopefully built in 3G or LTE is not something you looking for because Surface lacks that along with other key features. Like a beautiful woman that is shallow, vain and ungrateful. Look below the Surface to see a product you really don't want.

Reports are starting to come in on the poor build quality of the Surface tablet. The ring of death Deja Vu springs to mind as the rushed hardware is thrown on the market with little to no product testing or reliable Q&A before shipping to customers. Is it a type of "Red Ring of Death" all over again?

Required Links!

Microsoft Surface Hardware Problems

Surface Keyboard SplittingProblem

Windows 8 Interface Sticks Says Expert!

Broken Obsolete Windows (Day 3 of 8)

2012-11-21T12:03:00.000-08:00

As the linked article below shows Micorsoft's failure goes beyond Windows 8. It has been building up for some time. They saved themselves with the release of Windows 7 from the multi-billion dollar mistake that was Windows Vista. But now with Windows 8 they are back to old tricks and habits with a horrible Tiled interface GUI to boot! Our resolve is absolute and clear. Aladdin 4D 6.0 will never be sold for Windows.

Microsoft Has Failed

Windows 8 Firings Begin (Day 2 of 8)

2012-11-12T18:59:00.000-08:00

Steven Sinofsky, the Microsoft senior executive who's idea it was to make regular consumer Windows look like the failed Windows Phone, has already been given his walking papers. He was a powerful executive that helped lead the MS Office devision to great sales. He even helped save the Windows brand by getting rid of Vista and introducing Windows 7, which has sold well the three years it has been on the market. But his idea to force regular Windows customers to adopt the Windows Phone tiled interface has cost him his job say some sources. Just like smart phone customers, Windows customers have no interest in the weird, clunky tiled interface on Windows Phone & Windows 8.

The head of Valve says his company is working to develop for Linux, calling Microsoft's Windows 8 a "catastrophe" that will lead product manufacturers to abandon the platform. Windows 8 is a version you best avoid. Windows sales will continue to slow as the months and years pass. Windows 8 will accelerate that decline. We kind of felt this coming long ago in 2007 when we made the decision to never sell Aladdin 4D for Windows.

Article links below

Steven Sinofsky Loses His Job

Valve States Windows 8 is a Catastrophe

8 is Enough! (Day 1 of 8)

2012-10-31T17:48:00.002-07:00

We promised an "October Surprise"and even though Halloween is over we will deliver just in time. It's not what you are expecting, no Aladdin4D 6.0 news unfortunately. But you already knew that right? Just before the end of October Windows 8 launched for phones, tablets and personal computers. So for the next 8 days (not in a row) we will be discussing why you should not upgrade or buy Windows 8 on any device. Windows 7 does the job well so we are not sure why this Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde OS even came out.

It attempts to be a kind of jack of all trades and succeeds at none. It uses a tiled interface that has failed on Windows Phone for over two years. Now since that has been a complete failure Microsoft has chosen to force their Windows customers to adopt the same interface that was already rejected on phones. It's a risky venture and uses the Windows customer base as pawns to extend Microsoft's Apple envy. Maybe they don't have a choice. Apple is worth over half a trillion dollars now and the iPhone alone is a bigger than Microsofts entire business. We knew in 2007 when we took over the destiny of Aladdin4D that Windows would slowly fade into obscurity. That's why we promised to never sell Aladdin4D for Windows way back then. What we did not know is Microsoft's greed would make them force customers to leave Windows in droves. That is what Windows 8 is doing to their market. If you currently use Windows 7 and are happy please continue. That OS like XP works pretty well and does the job if you need to run Windows hardware/software. Please don't join the Win8 experiment/horror story. That devil coming out of a small software box will harm customers for years to come. Windows reimagined into your worst nightmare.

October Surprise!

2012-10-30T10:49:00.002-07:00

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

AmiWest 2012 Specials

2012-10-19T12:56:00.001-07:00

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

Lamp

2012-10-11T21:35:00.001-07:00

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

Platforms & Future Choices

2012-09-24T12:51:00.002-07:00

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

The Price of a DVD Movie!

2012-09-18T11:30:00.004-07:00

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

Preview Video of Aladdin 4D 6.0 Rough Cut

2012-03-18T10:18:00.002-07:00

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.

Exciting New Software from the Original Creator of Aladdin 4D

2012-03-05T19:53:00.004-08:00

DAM this software is nice! Digital Aircraft Modeler or DAM for short is a new program from the original creator of Aladdin 4D, 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

Diversification Breeds Innovation.

2012-03-03T03:30:00.001-08:00

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.

TV Paint - Inspiring / Powerful Painting Software for Modern Platforms

2012-02-27T09:41:00.000-08:00

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!

Aladdin 4D New Name / New Ownership (Joke)

2012-02-26T13:05:00.002-08:00

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)

LightWave 11 Trial Now Available

2012-02-23T17:29:00.002-08:00

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."

After Death, Comes Rebirth

2012-01-15T08:56:00.000-08:00

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.

Better than a 10!

2011-12-30T05:46:00.000-08:00

We like to sometimes mention other 3D Animation / Rendering software on the Aladdin 4D Blog. Especially if it has awesome features or is a must have powerful tool. A shining example of this is NewTek's Emmy Award winning LightWave 3D. This application blows Aladdin 4D away in its feature set and animation capabilities. The current version is 10 but version 11 is shaping up to be even better. It has a ton of new features like the ones listed here. A Pre-Release Upgrade of LightWave 3D 11 for Registered owners can be purchased on the link below.

NewTek Shopping

Why don'y you upgrade today or if you don't own LightWave 3D buy it now!

Rendered LightWave 3D Train Image
Courtesy of Ghostlight Productions

www.GhostlightDigital.com

Rumors - News & Nonsense

2011-12-04T15:55:00.000-08:00

A few rumors about Aladdin 4D 6.0 have been spreading lately, like it will never ship or has not even been developed yet. We have also caught some flake for developing the Mac OS X version first. We could have cancelled the Aladdin 4D 6.0 project long ago but chose to continue to put resources into it. As far as releasing the OS X version first, this helped to get the code cleaned up and will help fund the other versions. We can't give you a firm shipping date but we had hoped to have the Mac version done by November 30th, 2011 so we are getting closer.

Stoneworks!

2011-11-21T17:03:00.000-08:00

Because of the long upgrade cycle many of you have started to think Aladdin 4D might be forever stuck in software code time. This analogy might make sense when you stop to consider the program has stayed relatively unchanged from a customers standpoint since 1999. Like a block of stone timelessly frozen or at least from an outside point of view. But Aladdin 4D has slowly been crafted into something new and we hope you will be pleasantly surprised when the unveiling begins.