Combining CD-ROM technology with an Amiga CPU, Baby may revolutionize the home-computing market with its host of niullimedia entertain- mentyinlormalion-system applications. ARTICLES Fast Forward to the Future By Doug Barmy and Dan Sullivan......24 3-D Graphics and Animation is one of the hottest areas in the market. Find out what nine leading developers are planning to put on your Amiga later this year. Object Lessons By Bradley W. Schetick ..30 One of the most powerful, versatile 3-D modeling and animation programs, Turbo Silver can also be difficult to master. This hands-on, three-step tutorial on taming Silver’s Object Editor will help yon cut down the learning curve. WORD POWER By Nancy Dry den Lorieau .....44 Which word processor will do your kinds of jobs best? Here's a comparative evaluation with full test results of 12 leading programs to answer your questions. COLUMNS Chief Concerns By Doug Bamey .... 6 He’s "madder than a flea on a cleanshaven poodle" this month. But the editor has a 1-2 punch to drop all the multimedia critics who got him so riled up. Accent on Graphics By Joel Hagen ...50 More tips again this month on easy-to- master 2-D techniques to give an impressive 3-D look to your images. INFO.PHILE By Mark L. Van Name and Bill Catchings ...o8 Our Amiga DOS experts drop some command-editing hints to Shell users that will save them time and effort. POINTERS By Man in Landis .60 Our guest programmer this month shows you some subtle, but quite powerful techniques using Sculpt-Animate -ID's scripting language for more precise object creation. DEPARTMENTS Repartee .... 8 Tell it like it is. . .or how it ought to be! Notepad .... 10 The Amiga newsbeat. . .from Phoenix to Mars to NYC. Plus good news for Commodore customers. What’s New? 92 Check out the new-products fireworks in the Amiga market. Help Key ...95 "When the going gets tough, then the tough get going." So what are you waiting for? Coach Lou is ready to help you tac kle any technical problem. Hors d’oeuvres ..98 More hints and tips from AW readers. Last Licks . 104 'Fry a little luimor, rumor, and good fun before you close the hook. REVIEWS Amiga Video Terminal (Advanced Electronics Applications) ......12 AVT lets your Amiga send and receive high-rcsolution pictures. Fast FAX (MichTron) ...... 14 Full-service fax capabilities right on your own .Amiga. PAGESTREAM 1.8