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Vista and Vista Pro are 3D landscape generation programs originally for the Amiga, Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows (PC) range of home computers. It was written by John Hinkley and its own About box describes it as "''a 3-D landscape generator and projector capable of accurately displaying real-world and fractal landscapes.''" It was published by Virtual Reality Labs and developed by Hypercube Engineering.〔http://amr.abime.net/review_21979〕 The latest versions were published an developed by Monkey Byte Development.〔http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/VistaPro_For_Mac_Released〕 ==Graphics Generation== Vista operates similarly to a ray tracer in that light paths are generated. The user specifies light sources, and camera angles. The ground may be colored to create different ground styles. Vista has water, tree and cloud effects, making some images almost photorealistic. The ground itself may either be generated from a random (or user inputted) number, or it may use DEM landscape files for real-world views, the software having come with a number of maps of Mars and Earth. Vista can load and save output images in PCX, BMP, JPG and Targa formats. PCX files can also be imported as elevations and ground colors to allow third-party creation of landscapes in other image editors. Trees can be placed on landscapes as either 2D or 3D objects. In 2D, the trees always face the camera and are fast to generate. 3D trees are created using fractals and can be given a variable bending of the branches to make them look more complicated. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「VistaPro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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