<s>
Aladdin4D	B-Device
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
program	I-Application
for	O
modeling	O
and	O
rendering	O
three-dimensional	O
graphics	O
and	O
animations	O
,	O
currently	O
running	O
on	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A-EON	O
Technology	O
Ltd	O
owns	O
the	O
rights	O
and	O
develops	O
current	O
and	O
future	O
versions	O
of	O
Aladdin4D	B-Device
for	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
,	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
&	O
AROS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
other	O
platforms	O
including	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
iPadOS	O
,	O
iOS	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
&	O
Windows	B-Application
are	O
developed	O
by	O
DiscreetFX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aladdin4D	B-Device
was	O
originally	O
created	O
by	O
Greg	O
Gorby	O
at	O
Adspec	O
Programming	O
in	O
Ohio	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
an	O
earlier	O
3D	O
program	O
called	O
Draw4D	O
Pro	O
,	O
which	O
integrated	O
elements	O
of	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
into	O
its	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
unlike	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
3D	O
programs	O
,	O
it	O
used	O
scanline	B-Algorithm
rendering	I-Algorithm
instead	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
photo-realistic	O
ray	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
technique	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scanline	B-Algorithm
rendering	I-Algorithm
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
rendering	O
technique	O
used	O
in	O
most	O
Pixar	O
movies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DiscreetFX	O
is	O
developing	O
a	O
new	O
6.0	O
version	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
Android	B-Application
&	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
12	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
DiscreetFX	O
sold	O
the	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
source	O
code	O
and	O
development	O
rights	O
for	O
Aladdin4D	B-Device
on	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
,	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
&	O
AROS	B-Application
platforms	O
to	O
A-EON	O
Technology	O
Ltd	O
.	O
DiscreetFX	O
retains	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
other	O
non-Amiga	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
software	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
3D	O
applications	O
for	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
not	O
just	O
the	O
Amiga	O
platform--in	O
the	O
sense	O
that	O
it	O
uses	O
an	O
OS-compliant	O
GUI	O
,	O
supports	O
RTG	B-Application
displays	O
,	O
utilizes	O
the	O
AmigaGuide	B-Operating_System
Help	O
system	O
and	O
features	O
an	O
ARexx	B-Operating_System
port	O
for	O
scripting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
Aladdin4D	B-Device
has	O
rendering	O
features	O
like	O
motion	O
blur	O
,	O
multiple	O
pass	O
supersampling	O
,	O
lens	O
flares	O
,	O
32-bit	O
color	O
support	O
and	O
a	O
highly	O
optimized	O
68k	O
rendering	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aladdin4D	B-Device
supports	O
the	O
following	O
3D	O
formats	O
:	O
Aladdin	B-Device
4D	I-Device
,	O
LightWave	B-Device
3D	I-Device
,	O
GEO	O
,	O
EPS	O
,	O
DEM	O
,	O
Draw4D-Pro	O
and	O
Draw4D	O
,	O
3D	O
Studio	O
for	O
either	O
loading	O
or	O
loading	O
and	O
saving	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Image	O
formats	O
supported	O
for	O
loading	O
and	O
saving	O
:	O
IFF/ILBM	O
(	O
palette	O
mapped	O
and	O
24-bit	O
formats	O
)	O
,	O
JPEG	O
and	O
Video	B-Device
Toaster	I-Device
Framestores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aladdin	B-Device
4D	I-Device
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
rendering/animation	O
packages	O
to	O
support	O
video	O
editing/post	O
production	O
hardware	O
on	O
any	O
computer	O
platform	O
(	O
NewTek	O
's	O
Video	O
Toaster/Flyer	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aladdin4D	B-Device
5.x	O
supports	O
exchange	O
of	O
data	O
with	O
ImageFX	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
Lightwave	O
3D/Video	O
Toaster	O
,	O
World	O
Construction	O
Set	O
and	O
all	O
programs	O
that	O
support	O
Nova	O
Design	O
's	O
"	O
Magic	O
"	O
protocol	O
for	O
buffer	O
sharing	O
.	O
</s>
