<s>
This	O
article	O
deals	O
with	O
productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
created	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
line	O
of	O
computers	O
and	O
covers	O
the	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
operating	O
system	O
and	O
its	O
derivates	O
AROS	B-Application
and	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
and	O
is	O
a	O
split	O
of	O
main	O
article	O
Amiga	B-Device
software	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
See	O
also	O
related	O
articles	O
Amiga	B-Device
Internet	O
and	O
communications	O
software	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
music	I-Device
software	I-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
programming	I-Device
languages	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
support	I-Device
and	I-Device
maintenance	I-Device
software	I-Device
for	O
other	O
information	O
regarding	O
software	O
that	O
run	O
on	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
originally	O
supported	O
such	O
prestigious	O
software	O
titles	O
as	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
,	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
 '	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Lattice	B-Device
C	I-Device
.	O
Newtek	O
's	O
Video	B-Device
Toaster	I-Device
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
all-in-one	O
graphics	O
and	O
video	O
editing	O
packages	O
,	O
began	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Video	B-Device
Toaster	I-Device
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
accessories	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
big	O
box	O
"	O
Amigas	B-Device
(	O
2000	O
,	O
3000	O
and	O
4000	O
)	O
that	O
used	O
the	O
video	O
slot	O
and	O
enabled	O
users	O
to	O
turn	O
their	O
Amiga	B-Device
into	O
the	O
heart	O
of	O
an	O
entire	O
TV	O
production	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
later	O
addition	O
of	O
the	O
Video	O
Flyer	O
by	O
Newtek	O
made	O
possible	O
the	O
first	O
non-linear	O
video	O
editing	O
program	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
made	O
3D	O
raytracing	B-Algorithm
graphics	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
masses	O
with	O
Sculpt	B-Device
3D	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
raytracing	B-Algorithm
was	O
only	O
available	O
for	O
dedicated	O
graphic	O
workstations	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
SGI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
raytracing	B-Algorithm
software	O
also	O
included	O
TurboSilver	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
was	O
well	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
3D	O
rendering	O
capability	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
titles	O
being	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
mix	O
as	O
the	O
years	O
went	O
by	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
titles	O
were	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
continue	O
to	O
thrive	O
there	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
rendering	O
software	O
Cinema	B-Device
4D	I-Device
from	O
Maxon	O
,	O
and	O
LightWave	B-Device
from	O
Newtek	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
originally	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Video	B-Device
Toaster	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Video	B-Device
Toaster	I-Device
itself	O
has	O
even	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Windows	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LightWave	B-Device
was	O
used	O
for	O
low-cost	O
computer	O
generated	O
special	O
effects	O
during	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
,	O
with	O
Babylon	O
5	O
being	O
a	O
notable	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
TV-series	O
utilizing	O
LightWave	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
Microsoft	O
produced	O
software	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
AmigaBASIC	B-Language
,	O
an	O
advanced	O
BASIC	B-Language
software	O
development	O
environment	O
,	O
complete	O
with	O
an	O
integrated	O
development	O
environment	O
(	O
IDE	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
under	O
contract	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
had	O
its	O
beginnings	O
in	O
1985	O
with	O
a	O
strong	O
attitude	O
for	O
graphics	O
,	O
more	O
so	O
than	O
other	O
PCs	B-Device
of	O
its	O
age	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
peculiar	O
hardware	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
multimedia	O
chipset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphical	O
chip	O
Agnus	O
could	O
access	O
directly	O
RAM	B-Architecture
and	O
pilot	O
it	O
with	O
DMA	B-General_Concept
(	O
Direct	B-General_Concept
Memory	I-General_Concept
Access	I-General_Concept
)	O
privileges	O
,	O
and	O
featured	O
Bit	O
Blitter	B-General_Concept
and	O
Copper	O
circuits	O
capable	O
to	O
move	O
ranges	O
of	O
pixels	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
and	O
deal	O
directly	O
with	O
the	O
electronic	O
beam	O
of	O
the	O
TV	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
systems	O
,	O
AmigaOne	O
systems	O
have	O
no	O
integrated	O
multimedia	O
chipsets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AmigaOne	O
systems	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Mac	O
or	O
PC	B-Device
,	O
sport	O
AGP/PCIe	O
graphic	O
cards	O
,	O
embedded	O
audio	O
AC'97	O
sound	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
use	O
PCI/PCIe	O
audio	O
cards	O
,	O
even	O
some	O
professional	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
expanded	O
capability	O
of	O
faster	O
CPU	O
performance	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
standard	O
expansion	O
graphic	O
cards	O
,	O
lead	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
generation	O
of	O
graphic	O
software	O
being	O
born	O
for	O
the	O
AmigaOne	O
machines	O
such	O
as	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
"	I-Operating_System
Visual	I-Operating_System
Programming	I-Operating_System
Suite	I-Operating_System
"	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
made	O
it	O
also	O
easy	O
to	O
port	O
modern	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
software	O
like	O
Blender3D	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
suite	O
of	O
programs	O
by	O
German	O
software	O
house	O
is	O
a	O
multimedia	O
and	O
presentation	O
program	O
available	O
for	O
all	O
Amigas	B-Device
(	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
,	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
AROS	B-Application
)	O
and	O
recently	O
,	O
,	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
became	O
available	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
load	O
Scala	B-Application
projects	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
PowerPoint	I-Application
"	O
.PPT	O
"	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
module	O
is	O
not	O
only	O
a	O
modern	O
multimedia	O
authoring	O
software	O
but	O
also	O
a	O
true	O
complete	O
cross	O
platform	O
multimedia	O
application	O
layer	O
capable	O
of	O
creating	O
whole	O
Amiga	B-Device
programs	O
through	O
a	O
Visual	B-Language
design	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
can	O
save	O
executables	O
in	O
various	O
formats	O
:	O
68k	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
WarpUP	B-Device
,	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	O
and	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
executables	O
and	O
Intel	O
X86	O
code	O
for	O
AROS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
versions	O
of	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
allow	O
for	O
creating	O
executable	O
programs	O
for	O
Intel	O
Windows	O
machines	O
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
for	O
PPC	O
processors	O
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
for	O
Intel	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
fairly	O
modern	O
,	O
recent	O
graphic	O
software	O
that	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
AmigaOne	O
machines	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
are	O
still	O
usable	O
on	O
Amiga	B-Device
platforms	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
TV	B-Language
Paint	I-Language
was	O
born	O
in	O
1991	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
32bit	O
graphic	O
software	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Latest	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
(	O
3.59	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
and	O
actually	O
is	O
distributed	O
publicly	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
still	O
proprietary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programs	O
like	O
Candy	B-Application
Factory	I-Application
for	O
AOS	O
4.0	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
create	O
special	O
effects	O
for	O
images	O
,	O
brushes	O
and	O
fonts	O
to	O
create	O
gorgeous	O
internet	O
objects	O
and	O
buttons	O
used	O
in	O
designing	O
web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pixel	O
image	O
editor	O
,	O
formerly	O
Pixel32	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
3D	I-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
cross	O
platform	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
a	O
first	O
pre-release	O
of	O
GIMP	B-Application
is	O
available	O
on	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4.0	O
through	O
the	O
AmiCygnix	O
X11	B-Operating_System
graphic	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
release	O
2.1	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
has	O
included	O
its	O
own	O
standard	O
Paint	O
utility	O
called	O
Sketch	O
,	O
simple	O
but	O
powerful	O
,	O
and	O
AROS	B-Application
has	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
last	O
free	O
version	O
of	O
Luna	O
Paint	O
which	O
become	O
actually	O
a	O
commercial	O
paint	O
program	O
for	O
various	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
Amiga	B-Device
it	O
existed	O
very	O
professional	O
software	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
noteworthy	O
to	O
mention	O
at	O
least	O
some	O
the	O
most	O
important	O
and	O
widely	O
used	O
into	O
Amiga	B-Device
market	O
like	O
Cinematte	O
,	O
CineMorph	O
,	O
Morph	O
Plus	O
,	O
Impact	O
!,	O
Essence	O
,	O
Magic	O
Lantern	O
and	O
Pixel	O
3D	O
Pro	O
,	O
that	O
were	O
only	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
notorious	O
ones	O
in	O
the	O
vast	O
range	O
of	O
graphic	O
utilities	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
purchased	O
by	O
skilled	O
and	O
professional	O
users	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
platform	I-Device
in	O
its	O
golden	O
age	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
created	O
physics	B-Algorithm
simulation	I-Algorithm
in	O
3D	O
scenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Magic	O
Lantern	O
was	O
a	O
true	O
color	O
animation	O
compressor	O
and	O
player	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Pixel	O
3D	O
Pro	O
utility	O
it	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
models	O
for	O
3D	O
objects	O
and	O
save	O
it	O
in	O
various	O
3D	O
formats	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
transform	O
any	O
model	O
object	O
from	O
a	O
3D	O
file	O
format	O
to	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Common	O
widely	O
used	O
format	O
for	O
vector	O
graphics	O
in	O
Amiga	B-Device
are	O
EPS	O
and	O
IFF	B-Device
DR2D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
originated	O
from	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
Amiga	B-Device
was	O
the	O
first	O
platform	O
on	O
which	O
ran	O
Ghostscript	B-Language
natively	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
IFF	B-Device
DR2D	O
was	O
the	O
original	O
standard	O
for	O
vector	O
graphics	O
generated	O
by	O
Amiga	B-Device
ProVector	O
and	O
later	O
adopted	O
by	O
other	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
Art	O
Expression	O
and	O
Professional	O
Draw	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foremost	O
used	O
Amiga	B-Device
drawing	O
and	O
vector	O
graphics	O
utilities	O
are	O
Aegis	O
Draw	O
,	O
ProDraw	O
(	O
Professional	O
Draw	O
)	O
from	O
Gold	O
Disk	O
Inc.	O
,	O
DrawStudio	O
,	O
Art	O
Expression	O
,	O
ProVector	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
some	O
basic	B-Language
vector	O
graphics	O
,	O
also	O
the	O
tools	O
of	O
Professional	O
Page	O
and	O
PageStream	B-Device
are	O
useful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
modern	O
vector	O
graphics	O
programs	O
on	O
Amiga	B-Device
are	O
actually	O
MindSpace	O
1.1	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
aimed	O
mainly	O
at	O
design	O
flowcharts	O
,	O
mindtables	O
,	O
UML	O
and	O
diagrams	O
,	O
and	O
Steam	O
Draw	O
a	O
2D	O
simple	O
vector	O
paint	O
program	O
available	O
for	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
SWFTools	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
command	O
line	O
programs	O
to	O
convert	O
and	O
save	O
various	O
raster(bitmap )	O
image	O
formats	O
from	O
and	O
to	O
Flash	O
SWF	O
vector	O
animation	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
are	O
available	O
the	O
widely	O
used	O
free	O
distributable	O
vector	O
to	O
graphics	O
conversion	O
facilities	O
Autotrace	O
,	O
Potrace	B-Application
,	O
XTrace	O
which	O
can	O
run	O
also	O
in	O
AROS	B-Application
Amiga	B-Device
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
clone	O
OS	O
and	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
Amiga-Like	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Desktop	O
Publishing	O
software	O
PageStream	B-Device
has	O
a	O
tracing	O
utility	O
as	O
bundled	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
programs	O
can	O
read	O
DXF	O
(	O
almost	O
all	O
Amiga	B-Device
CAD	O
programs	O
)	O
,	O
EMF	O
,	O
SVG	B-Application
,	O
CGM	O
,	O
GEM	B-Application
,	O
WMF	O
,	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
converting	O
tool	O
that	O
reads	O
many	O
formats	O
and	O
output	O
DR2D	O
is	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
program	O
MetaView	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
exists	O
also	O
a	O
SVG	B-Application
Datatype	O
to	O
support	O
directly	O
in	O
the	O
OS	O
,	O
on	O
any	O
program	O
,	O
the	O
feature	O
of	O
loading	O
and	O
saving	O
files	O
in	O
SVG	B-Application
(	O
Scalable	B-Application
Vector	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
)	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
its	O
beginning	O
Amiga	B-Device
was	O
considered	O
to	O
offer	O
the	O
most	O
powerful	O
graphic	O
platform	O
at	O
a	O
reasonable	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
various	O
CAD	O
programs	O
available	O
for	O
it	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
X-CAD	O
,	O
IntelliCAD	B-Algorithm
,	O
DynaCaDD	O
,	O
MaxonCAD	O
,	O
IntroCAD	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
programs	O
to	O
design	O
and	O
test	O
electronic	O
circuits	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
ElektroCAD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
peculiar	O
capabilities	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
in	O
multimedia	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
bit	O
blitter	B-General_Concept
circuit	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
was	O
capable	O
of	O
performing	O
advanced	O
animation	O
and	O
video	O
authoring	O
at	O
professional	O
level	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
and	O
thus	O
it	O
was	O
created	O
a	O
vast	O
amount	O
of	O
software	O
which	O
filled	O
also	O
this	O
segment	O
of	O
the	O
professional	O
video	O
editing	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Amiga	B-Device
there	O
were	O
available	O
animation	O
programs	O
like	O
:	O
Aegis	O
Animator	O
,	O
Lights	O
!	O
Camera	O
!	O
Action	O
!,	O
DeLuxe	O
Video	O
,	O
Disney	O
Animation	O
Studio	O
,	O
versions	O
later	O
than	O
3	O
of	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
,	O
The	O
Director	O
(	O
a	O
BASIC-like	O
language	O
oriented	O
to	O
animation	O
)	O
,	O
Scala	B-Application
,	O
Vision	O
from	O
Commodore	O
itself	O
,	O
VisualFX	O
from	O
ClassX	O
,	O
Adorage	O
Multi	O
Effect	O
program	O
from	O
proDAD	O
,	O
Millennium	O
from	O
Nova	O
Design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
released	O
on	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
this	O
program	O
,	O
equipped	O
also	O
with	O
a	O
complete	O
cell-frame	O
preview	O
feature	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
many	O
animation	O
studios	O
worldwide	O
at	O
its	O
age	O
and	O
still	O
used	O
by	O
some	O
several	O
studios	O
in	O
Europe	O
as	O
a	O
useful	O
preview	O
tool	O
,	O
The	O
software	O
is	O
mainly	O
used	O
for	O
Independent	O
and	O
amateur	O
animators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
golden	O
age	O
Amiga	B-Device
can	O
count	O
on	O
a	O
vast	O
range	O
of	O
animation	O
and	O
video	O
authoring	O
software	O
;	O
Aegis	O
Animator	O
,	O
Lights	O
!	O
Camera	O
!	O
Action	O
!,	O
DeLuxe	O
Video	O
,	O
Disney	O
Animation	O
Studio	O
,	O
versions	O
later	O
than	O
3	O
of	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
,	O
The	O
Director	O
(	O
a	O
BASIC-like	O
language	O
oriented	O
to	O
animation	O
)	O
,	O
Scala	B-Application
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
Vision	O
from	O
Commodore	O
itself	O
,	O
VisualFX	O
from	O
ClassX	O
,	O
Adorage	O
Multi	O
Effect	O
program	O
from	O
proDAD	O
,	O
Wildfire	O
by	O
Andreas	O
Maschke	O
(	O
ported	O
by	O
author	O
to	O
Java	O
later	O
)	O
,	O
Millennium	O
from	O
Nova	O
Design	O
,	O
ImageFX	O
from	O
Nova	O
Design	O
,	O
and	O
Art	O
Department	O
Pro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3D	O
rendering	O
and	O
animation	O
software	O
includes	O
Sculpt	B-Device
3D	I-Device
,	O
TurboSilver	B-Device
,	O
Aladdin4D	B-Device
,	O
Videoscape	B-Device
3D	I-Device
,	O
Caligari	O
,	O
Maxon	O
Cinema4D	B-Device
,	O
Imagine	B-Device
,	O
LightWave	B-Device
from	O
Newtek	O
,	O
Real3D	O
from	O
Realsoft	O
,	O
Vista	O
Pro	O
,	O
World	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
3D	O
terrain	O
rendering	O
programs	O
,	O
and	O
Tornado3D	O
by	O
the	O
Italian	O
company	O
Eyelight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
computer	O
platform	O
to	O
allow	O
amateur	O
and	O
professional	O
video	O
editing	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
capability	O
in	O
connecting	O
to	O
TV	O
sets	O
,	O
Video	O
codecs	O
and	O
deal	O
with	O
Chroma-Key	O
,	O
Genlock	O
signal	O
,	O
at	O
full	O
screen	O
with	O
overscan	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
good	O
noise-gain	O
ratio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
its	O
video	O
peripherals	O
(	O
mainly	O
Genlock	O
boxes	O
and	O
digitizing	O
boxes	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
nineties	O
were	O
available	O
at	O
reasonable	O
prices	O
and	O
then	O
this	O
made	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
to	O
become	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
professional	O
video	O
market	O
leader	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
capable	O
of	O
dealing	O
with	O
broadcast	O
video	O
production	O
(	O
Newtek	O
VideoToaster	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
age	O
around	O
the	O
1992	O
–	O
1994	O
,	O
despite	O
of	O
the	O
Commodore	O
demise	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
knew	O
its	O
golden	O
age	O
as	O
a	O
professional	O
video	O
platform	O
and	O
there	O
were	O
available	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
a	O
vast	O
amount	O
of	O
any	O
kind	O
of	O
video	O
software	O
,	O
graphic	O
facilities	O
and	O
reselling	O
of	O
any	O
of	O
GFX	O
and	O
image	O
gallery	O
data	O
files	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
applied	O
to	O
video	O
productions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amongst	O
these	O
software	O
it	O
is	O
worth	O
mentioning	O
the	O
main	O
Amiga	B-Device
video-editing	O
programs	O
for	O
desktop	O
video	O
with	O
both	O
linear	O
and	O
non	O
linear	O
editing	O
with	O
4.2.2	O
capabilities	O
as	O
the	O
ones	O
from	O
Newtek	O
available	O
with	O
VideoToaster	O
Flyer	O
external	O
module	O
for	O
Video	B-Device
Toaster	I-Device
and	O
just	O
called	O
NLE	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Non	O
Linear	O
Editing	O
)	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
MainActor	B-Application
,	O
Broadcaster	O
32	O
and	O
Elite	O
(	O
with	O
Producer	O
software	O
)	O
,	O
Wildfire	O
by	O
Andreas	O
Maschke	O
for	O
vfx	O
(	O
now	O
in	O
Java	O
)	O
,	O
expansion	O
Amiga	B-Device
cards	O
PAR	B-Device
,	O
VLab	O
Motion	O
(	O
with	O
Movishop	O
software	O
)	O
and	O
VLab	O
Pro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
desktop	O
video	O
proved	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
major	O
market	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
a	O
surge	O
of	O
word	O
processing	O
,	O
page	O
layout	O
and	O
graphic	O
software	O
filled	O
out	O
the	O
professional	O
needs	O
starting	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
Amiga	B-Device
text	O
program	O
Textcraft	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
mix	O
between	O
a	O
real	O
word	O
processor	O
and	O
an	O
advanced	O
text	O
editor	O
,	O
but	O
capable	O
of	O
changing	O
page	O
layouts	O
,	O
fonts	O
,	O
enlarging	O
or	O
reducing	O
their	O
width	O
,	O
changing	O
their	O
colors	O
and	O
adding	O
color	O
images	O
to	O
the	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notable	O
word	O
processing	O
programs	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
included	O
the	O
then-industry	O
standard	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
up	O
to	O
version	O
4.1	O
,	O
Shakespeare	O
,	O
Excellence	B-Device
,	O
Maxon	O
Word	O
,	O
Final	O
Writer	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
Writer	O
,	O
Scribble	O
!,	O
ProWrite	O
,	O
Wordworth	O
and	O
the	O
little	O
Personal	O
Write	O
by	O
Cloanto	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
page	O
layout	O
software	O
included	O
Page	O
Setter	O
and	O
Professional	O
Page	O
from	O
Gold	O
Disk	O
Inc.	O
,	O
and	O
PageStream	B-Device
by	O
Soft-Logik	O
,	O
known	O
today	O
as	O
Grasshopper	O
LLC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
PageStream	B-Device
was	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
platforms	O
and	O
continues	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
lacked	O
an	O
office	O
suite	O
as	O
the	O
term	O
is	O
meant	O
now	O
,	O
but	O
integrated	B-Application
software	I-Application
was	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
similarity	O
in	O
name	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
no	O
connection	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Works	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
page	O
layout	O
language	O
LaTeX	B-Application
was	O
available	O
in	O
two	O
ports	O
:	O
AmigaTeX	B-Device
,	O
which	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
(	O
the	O
first	O
LaTeX	B-Application
can	O
be	O
edited	O
with	O
a	O
front	O
end	O
program	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
PasTEX	O
,	O
available	O
on	O
Aminet	B-Device
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modern	O
software	O
AbiWord	B-Language
is	O
available	O
today	O
on	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4.0	O
through	O
the	O
AmiCygnix	O
X11	B-Operating_System
graphical	O
engine	O
,	O
Scriba	O
and	O
Papyrus	O
Office	O
pre-release	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Text	O
editors	O
available	O
on	O
Amiga	B-Device
include	O
Vim	B-Application
,	O
Emacs	B-Application
and	O
MicroEMACS	B-Language
(	O
included	O
)	O
,	O
Cygnus	B-Device
Editor	I-Device
also	O
known	O
as	O
CED	O
,	O
and	O
GoldED	B-Device
,	O
which	O
then	O
evolved	O
in	O
2006	O
into	O
Cubic	B-Device
IDE	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UNIX	B-Application
ne	B-Language
editor	O
and	O
the	O
vi-clone	O
Vim	B-Application
were	O
initially	O
developed	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Text	O
editors	O
never	O
stopped	O
in	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2001	O
,	O
in	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
limited	O
edition	O
version	O
of	O
GoldEd	B-Device
called	O
MorphEd	O
is	O
available	O
,	O
and	O
since	O
2008	O
and	O
,	O
a	O
universal	O
editor	O
which	O
runs	O
on	O
any	O
Amiga-like	O
platform	O
,	O
are	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
first	O
age	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
(	O
1986	O
–	O
1989	O
)	O
there	O
were	O
cross-platform	O
spreadsheets	O
available	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
MaxiPlan	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
available	O
also	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Logistix	O
(	O
real	O
name	O
LoGisTiX	O
)	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
spreadsheets	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Microfiche	O
Filer	O
Plus	O
was	O
a	O
database	O
which	O
gave	O
the	O
user	O
the	O
experience	O
of	O
exploring	O
data	O
as	O
using	O
microfilms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SuperBase	B-Device
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
finest	O
programs	O
available	O
for	O
C64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
then	O
ported	O
on	O
Atari	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
and	O
later	O
on	O
PC	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
on	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
it	O
would	O
become	O
a	O
standard	O
reference	O
,	O
available	O
in	O
two	O
versions	O
Superbase	B-Device
Personal	O
and	O
SuperBase	B-Device
Professional	O
It	O
could	O
handle	O
SQL	B-Language
databases	I-Language
and	O
had	O
a	O
query	O
internal	O
language	O
such	O
as	O
BASIC	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
capable	O
of	O
creating	O
forms	O
and	O
masks	O
on	O
records	O
and	O
handling	O
multimedia	O
files	O
into	O
its	O
records	O
years	O
before	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Access	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Superbase	B-Device
also	O
featured	O
VCR	O
control	O
style	O
buttons	O
to	O
browse	O
records	O
of	O
any	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Softwood	O
File	O
II	O
was	O
another	O
simple	O
multimedia	O
database	O
which	O
then	O
evolved	O
into	O
Final	O
Data	O
,	O
a	O
good	O
database	O
available	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
from	O
Softwood	O
Inc	O
.	O
From	O
the	O
same	O
firm	O
there	O
was	O
Final	O
Calc	O
,	O
a	O
very	O
powerful	O
spreadsheet	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
TurboCalc	O
from	O
the	O
German	O
company	O
Schatztruhe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
was	O
a	O
fairly	O
full	O
featured	O
(	O
for	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
spreadsheet	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gnumeric	B-Language
spreadsheet	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
ported	O
on	O
Amiga	B-Device
through	O
an	O
X11	B-Operating_System
engine	O
called	O
AmiCygnix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
recent	O
times	O
MUIbase	O
was	O
born	O
and	O
mainly	O
cross-platform	O
MySQL	B-Application
database	O
language	O
became	O
a	O
reference	O
on	O
Amiga	B-Device
also	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQLite	B-Language
,	O
a	O
self-contained	O
,	O
embeddable	O
,	O
zero-configuration	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
engine	O
,	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
found	O
available	O
on	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	O
and	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2010	O
,	O
Italian	O
programmer	O
Andrea	O
Palmatè	O
ported	O
IODBC	B-Language
standard	O
to	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maple	B-Language
V	I-Language
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
general	O
purpose	O
mathematics	O
software	O
(	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
also	O
,	O
and	O
appreciated	O
by	O
many	O
scientists	O
using	O
Amiga	B-Device
in	O
its	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Distant	O
Suns	O
,	O
Galileo	O
,	O
Digital	O
Almanac	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
Digital	O
Universe	O
(	O
from	O
Bill	O
Eaves	O
for	O
the	O
OS4	O
)	O
were	O
stellar	O
sky	O
exploring	O
programs	O
and	O
astronomic	O
calculators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
age	O
of	O
CDTV	B-Device
many	O
historic	O
,	O
science	O
,	O
and	O
art	O
CDs	O
like	O
Timetable	O
of	O
Science	O
,	O
Innovation	O
,	O
Timetable	O
of	O
Business	O
,	O
Politics	O
,	O
Grolier	O
's	O
Encyclopedia	O
,	O
Guinness	O
Disk	O
of	O
Records	O
,	O
Video	O
Creator	O
,	O
American	O
Heritage	O
Dictionary	O
,	O
Illustrated	O
Holy	O
Bible	O
,	O
Illustrated	O
Works	O
of	O
Shakespeare	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Amiga	B-Device
there	O
were	O
literally	O
hundreds	O
of	O
entertainment	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
notable	O
programs	O
for	O
kids	O
and	O
learning	O
were	O
:	O
Adventures	O
in	O
Math	O
series	O
of	O
floppy	O
disks	O
,	O
from	O
Free	O
Spirit	O
Software	O
,	O
Animal	O
Kingdom	O
series	O
of	O
disks	O
from	O
Unicorn	O
Software	O
,	O
Art	O
School	O
all	O
the	O
series	O
of	O
Barney	B-Application
Bear	I-Application
software	O
,	O
the	O
Discovery	O
series	O
,	O
including	O
Discovery	O
trivia	O
,	O
Donald	B-Application
's	I-Application
Alphabet	I-Application
Chase	I-Application
,	O
Mickey	O
's	O
123	O
's	O
and	O
Mickey	O
's	O
ABC	O
's	O
by	O
Disney	O
Software	O
,	O
the	O
Electric	O
Crayon	O
and	O
Ferngully	O
series	O
of	O
educational	O
coloring	O
book	O
software	O
(	O
Ferngully	O
was	O
taken	O
from	O
the	O
animated	O
feature	O
film	O
)	O
,	O
Fun	B-Application
School	I-Application
series	O
of	O
disks	O
,	O
Kid	B-Application
Pix	I-Application
set	O
of	O
disks	O
from	O
the	O
well	O
known	O
Broderbund	O
Software	O
house	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
famous	O
in	O
the	O
nineties	O
,	O
Miracle	B-Application
Piano	I-Application
Teaching	I-Application
System	I-Application
to	O
teach	O
music	O
to	O
kids	O
,	O
various	O
tales	O
of	O
Mother	O
Goose	O
,	O
and	O
World	O
Atlas	O
by	O
Centaur	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZoneXplorer	O
from	O
Elena	O
Novaretti	O
is	O
considered	O
amongst	O
Amiga	B-Device
users	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
fractal	B-Application
experience	O
programs	O
ever	O
made	O
on	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
if	O
not	O
on	O
any	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
the	O
X-Specs	O
3D	O
Glasses	O
from	O
Haitex	O
Resources	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
interactive	O
3D	O
solutions	O
for	O
home	O
computers	O
were	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
created	O
on	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
were	O
the	O
multimedia	O
interactive	O
TV	O
non	O
immersive	O
Virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
exploring	O
software	O
Mandala	O
from	O
Vivid	O
Group	O
Inc.	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Virtuality	B-Application
System	I-Application
Virtuality	B-Application
1000	O
CS	O
3D	O
VRML	O
all-immersive	O
simulator	O
from	O
W-Industries	O
(	O
then	O
Virtuality	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
)	O
,	O
for	O
game	O
entertainment	O
in	O
big	O
arcade	O
installations	O
and	O
theme	O
parks	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
A3000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magellan	O
v.1.1	O
(	O
Artificial	B-Application
Intelligence	I-Application
Software	O
)	O
,	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
Directory	O
Opus	O
Magellan	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
program	O
to	O
emulate	O
Artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
responses	O
on	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
by	O
creating	O
heuristic	O
programmed	O
rules	O
based	O
on	O
machine	O
learning	O
in	O
its	O
form	O
of	O
supervised	B-General_Concept
learning	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
would	O
choose	O
into	O
decision	B-Algorithm
trees	I-Algorithm
and	O
decision	O
tables	O
system	O
of	O
AI	B-Application
featured	O
by	O
the	O
Magellan	O
program	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
to	O
input	O
objects	O
,	O
and	O
desired	O
outputs	O
and	O
describe	O
all	O
associate	O
conditions	O
and	O
rules	O
which	O
the	O
machine	O
should	O
follow	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
output	O
pseudo-intelligent	O
solutions	O
to	O
given	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AmiATLAS	O
v.6	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
complete	O
Route	B-Application
planner	I-Application
tool	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digita	O
Organizer	O
v.1.1	O
from	O
Digita	O
International	O
was	O
the	O
best	O
Amiga	B-Device
program	O
to	O
let	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
note	O
about	O
dates	O
,	O
meetings	O
,	O
remember	O
expiry	O
dates	O
,	O
etcetera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
for	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
by	O
Frédéric	O
Rignault	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Easy	O
Banker	O
,	O
Home	O
Accounts	O
,	O
Small	O
Business	O
Accounts	O
,	O
Small	O
Business	O
Manager	O
,	O
Account	O
Master	O
,	O
Accountant	O
,	O
AmigaMoney	O
,	O
Banca	O
Base	O
III	O
,	O
HomeBank	B-Application
,	O
CashMaster	O
,	O
Counting	O
House	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AVT	O
(	O
Amiga	B-Device
Video	O
Transceiver	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
software	O
and	O
hardware	O
Slow-scan	O
television	O
system	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
"	O
Black	O
Belt	O
Systems	O
"	O
(	O
USA	O
)	O
around	O
1990	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
home	O
computer	O
popular	O
all	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
before	O
the	O
IBM	O
PC	B-Device
family	O
gained	O
sufficient	O
audio	O
quality	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
special	O
sound	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSC	O
or	O
"	O
MIDI	O
Show	O
Control	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
theatre	O
sound	O
design	O
software	O
which	O
was	O
used	O
extensively	O
in	O
the	O
theatre	O
,	O
theme	O
park	O
,	O
display	O
,	O
exhibit	O
,	O
stage	O
managing	O
,	O
show	O
and	O
themed	O
entertainment	O
industries	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
and	O
1990s	O
and	O
at	O
one	O
point	O
in	O
the	O
mid	O
90s	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
many	O
high-profile	O
shows	O
at	O
major	O
theme	O
parks	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
being	O
controlled	O
by	O
Amigas	B-Device
through	O
software	O
simply	O
called	O
Stage	O
Manager	O
which	O
then	O
evolved	O
into	O
its	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
called	O
ShowMan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
dozens	O
at	O
Walt	O
Disney	O
World	O
alone	O
and	O
more	O
at	O
all	O
other	O
Disney	O
,	O
Universal	B-Application
Studios	I-Application
,	O
Six	O
Flags	O
and	O
Madame	O
Tussauds	O
properties	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
in	O
many	O
venues	O
in	O
Las	O
Vegas	O
including	O
The	O
Mirage	O
hotel	O
Volcano	O
and	O
Siegfried	O
and	O
Roy	O
show	O
,	O
the	O
MGM	O
Grand	O
EFX	O
show	O
,	O
Broadway	O
theatre	O
,	O
London	O
's	O
West	O
End	O
,	O
the	O
Royal	O
Shakespeare	O
Company	O
's	O
many	O
venues	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
Branson	O
,	O
Missouri	O
's	O
theatres	O
,	O
and	O
scores	O
of	O
theatres	O
on	O
cruise	O
ships	O
,	O
amongst	O
hundreds	O
of	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RSD	O
purchased	O
used	O
Amigas	B-Device
on	O
the	O
web	O
and	O
reconditioned	O
them	O
to	O
provide	O
enough	O
systems	O
for	O
all	O
the	O
shows	O
that	O
specified	O
them	O
and	O
only	O
stopped	O
providing	O
new	O
Amiga	B-Device
installations	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
still	O
an	O
unknown	O
number	O
of	O
shows	O
on	O
cruise	O
ships	O
and	O
in	O
themed	O
venues	O
being	O
run	O
by	O
Amigas	B-Device
.	O
</s>
