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From: rvmst1@gl.pitt.edu (Rainer V Mager)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: SHAM - Dynamic Hires - WASP - Mostra - and Viewers
Date: 16 Apr 92 03:07:05 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

Hi,
	A few different things (well you guessed that from the title).
Some of these fight be FAQs, but I'm asking them any way.

1:  What is Dynamic Hires?
2:  What is SHAM?
3:  What the difference between 1 and 2?
4:  I've tried converting a Dynamic Hires file to SHAM with WASP with ok
results but I get lines through it when viewed with Mostra.  Is it WASP,
Mostra, or me?
5:  Is there a viewer out there that will view ANY iff pictures
including:  2,4,8,16 color pictures in LO or HIres and NON or LACE
and         32,64    color pictures in LO          and NON or LACE
and         4096     color pictures in LO or HIres and NON or LACE

i.e. any normal mode and SHAM and Dynamic Hires??????

Mostra seems to be able to do that minus the Dynamic Hires.



Well, any help greatly appreciated.

Rainer

P.S.  ANYONE HAVE THE SPECS TO A 24 BIT PICTURE FILE???????????
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP)
Subject: Re: RGB DCTV??
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 05:21:29 GMT

In article <1992Apr6.041732.9648@uceng.UC.EDU> skellner@uceng.UC.EDU (Sean F Kellner) writes:
>
> Although at first this seems like a wierd idea, it keeps popping up around
>the local users.  I keep hearing about rumors of a RGB version of DCTV for
>people with multisync monitors. This sounds like a good idea but is it possible/likely to happen. Has anyone here heard anything? I think that maybe just       converting the composite signal to RGB shouldn't be heard, but how much would
>that cost?
>
I heard another rumor is RGB DCTV is a vaporware. They don't advertise
"RGB option will be out soon" on any magazine anymore!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: bstevens@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Bob Stevens)
Subject: Michael Jackson Morphing...
Organization: /etc/organization
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 20:40:11 GMT

The following is the complete text of email sent to me on the issue of rumored 
problems in the commercial morphing used in the Michael Jackson video.  The 
comments are by Thad Beier who wrote much of the software in use for these 
techniques.  His response is to email I sent asking about the comments made 
by Ben Williams in comparing ImageMaster's morphing to PDI's.
 
-Bob
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interesting.  Well, like all good rumors, there is some truth and falsehood in
what he is saying.  To do simple morphs from one object to another that look
pretty similar to begin with, no touching up is required.  On the other hand,
these effects get kind of boring.
 
To do exciting transitions, it is necessary to be a little more aggressive. In
particular, we very commonly would cut the source image into separate layers
(with a paint program), morph the layers, and then composite the results back
together.  Is this touching up?  I don't think so.
 
For the Michael Jackson video (which was produced after I left PDI, so this
is kind of second hand) there was a lot of retouching of the ORIGINAL images,
because of some mistakes done in the original shooting and the film-to-tape
transfer, but this would have to be done for any morph algorithm.
The bottom line is that PDI is in the business of producing absolutely state-of-
the-art, exceptional quality graphics.  If that means that they have to paint
every frame to cover a blemish, then they do.  Not just in the morph animation,
but even in the straight computer-graphic animation that they do.  In my
siggraph paper, (to be released in July) there is a description of the major
problems with my technique, but they are all easily correctible with a little
user training.  (Doctor, it hurts when I do this!  Then don't to that!)
 
I have implemented all of the competing morphing algorithms, and I am convinced
that the one I have implemented at PDI is better than the rest so far.  Although
mine can certainly be improved too.
 
Who is this Ben Williams guy anyway, and why is he saying such nice things?
 
thad
 
Thad Beier..Silicon Graphics..415)335-1028..thad@sgi.com..C-172A N7770T.....FLY!
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BTW, I'm not saying anything against the ImageMaster morphing...it looks great
to me.  I just happened to have read Thad's discussions about his code in
comp.sys.graphics and wanted to find out more about Ben's rumors directly
from "the source".  My conclusion is that both systems work great, but I think
that PDI probably has an edge over any Amiga software! :)

Bob
From: brianm@sco.COM (Brian Moffet ext 7605)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: The RayTrace buzzword (was Re: Some information about Sally
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 92 17:35:50 GMT
Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.


jbono@tension.UUCP (John Bono) writes:
>However, raytracing does provide some *incredible* results.  It is almost
>impossible to do on anything less than a 68882 and a 68030, but the results
>are incredible, to say the least.

Ray-Tracing *can* provide some incredible results.  However, just because
something is ray-traced does not mean that the results will be fantastic.

I know, I've written (am writing) a ray-tracer, and I have some pretty
dull images :-)   It's something I just wanted to do, and next I'll figure out
what scan-line rendering is... ;-}

brian moffet
-- 
             "I am NAN!  I am a free man!"	--	paraphrased

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: watters@rhombus.cis.ohio-state.edu (david r watters)
Subject: Re: RCS Fusion Forty Offer (was RE: Special for US clubs/developers)
Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Computer and Information Science
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 17:12:12 GMT

In article <1992Apr14.101432.905@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes:

>In the latest issue of Avid (Amiga-Video Journal) magazine one of their
>reviewers mentions some compatability problems with the RCS Fusion-Forty
>which dont happen with the Progressive Peripherals 040 board.
>
>                               Scott Corley

Would this be the problem when coupled to a 6.2 motherboard that they know
about and are actively fixing for current owners?
 
David
Watters
-- 
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     Yep... finally... so the companies can now form a line to the left.
   watters@cis.ohio-state.edu | Video Toaster Chef | call sign: The Weasel! 
   "Eagles may fly, but a weasel will never get sucked into a jet engine!"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: roachp@wl.aecl.ca
Subject: Hpgl or Post Script converter ?
Organization: AECL RESEARCH
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 04:45:37 GMT

I'm looking for  conversion routine to convert HPGL or Post Script files to DXF or Dynacad DEF file formats. I have heard rumours Interchange might do it
but Syndesis seems to be neglegent in answering their phone.PJR
From: menzies@CAM.ORG (Stephen Menzies)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: RCS Fusion Forty Offer (was RE: Special for US clubs/developers)
Date: 11 Apr 92 23:40:59 GMT
Organization: Altitude, St-Lambert QC  CANADA

hoffmann@ssd.kodak.com (Marty Hoffmann 39782) writes:


>	a) I get nothing in return

guess you'll have to wait until everyone else recieves their boards:)
Anyway, I don't think you're really interested in what the original      
message poster has to say but rather, what other buyers of the board
have to say..
		
>	b) I get something that no one else would buy and the company is 
>	   dumping on the market just before they go belly up

Kinda doubt anyone's going to go belly up selling boards like they are
right now. And who says they're not even making more profit/board than
they were. And it's a special..it's supposed to be agressive. And wasn't
this the price that evryone was saying the 040 would cost before they
hit the market? And I kinda doubt all the other companies (Innovatronics,
Octree, BBelt) are going broke. Hey this is some of the most advanced and
software on the Amiga and they're *hot*...and they come "alive" on the 040.
  
>	c) I get the greatest 68040 board around, only to find that nothing
>	   I have runs with it.

To my knowlege there are no problems (above and beyond any software bugs)
with Imagine. I have done many tests with it and the RCS040. I saw absolutly
no problems but then again I don't use Imagine anymore. When I tested it
it was about 3-4.5 times faster than on my other machine (A3000/25).
I use Caligari-Broadcast2.1 and have thrown absolutely everything I can
at it (thousands of frames) with absolutely no problems. I'm not saying
all software works flawlessly. I do have a directory of a few PD utilities
that have problems with copyback on but most evreything just flies 
particularily software that has been tested (before shipping) on the
040 extensively. BTW, I use both the Firecracker and DCTV. No problems.
From what I have seen, if a software has a problem running on the 040,
it's the fault of the software (and has proven to be just that).  
                     
-stephen  


>Marty Hoffmann

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From: Paula_Lieberman@amicol.UUCP (Paula Lieberman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Amiga Graphics Reputation
Date: 8 Apr 92 14:29:23 GMT
Organization: Amiga Colony BBS

I got a phonecall this morning from someone who was trying to find a source
to rent an Amiga from -- the person is student at either Mass College of
Art or the Boston Museum of Fine Arts' Museum School (both places have
computer graphcs classes which use Amigas). She said she was thinking of
buying a computer but wasn't really sure which one to go with "All my
friends say I should buy a Mac or a PC."  As regards software, she was
worried about the number of colors, resolution, and software availability. 
She also said that "people tell me that Amigas are less expensive, but a
3000 costs $3000!" -- however, it turns out the Mac people were suggesting
she get is a IIfx! -- which is rather more expensive....... 

Anyhow, I mentioned that there are higher resolution boards out and more on
the way for Amigas -- she said they were expensive, I said that getting the
same sort of thing for a PC or Mac was also going to be expensive..... I
also mentioned Art Deptment Pro as being a program some people are using to
assist some Mac work, and Imagemaster as having some capabilities that
Photoshop doesn't ahve -- of course, she had never heard of the programs,
and her Mac-lowing friends undoubtedly never have, either..... 

There's still a tremendous lack of accurate information about Amigas in the
graphics and animation world -- people are aware they're used for video a
lot, but not really aware of the tradeoffs between Amigas and the other
machines out there [she mentioned a Targa Board, for example, in terms of
getting video nd animation for PCs, but the only thing she knew about
"Video Toaster" was that she'd heard the term somewhere].  And there was
also the fact that the person I was talking to was looking at the
diffferent computer lines in terms of measuring high end of line machines
to one another -- calling an Amiga 3000 "expensive" but not comparing it
terms of pricing to Macs of similar power.....

She was aware that Amigas do animation, but didn't have a base for
comparing that to other machines, or for what it would take to run
animation on the other machines at a level like Amigas......  anyway, I
think that more information has to be gotten out inthe graphics arts world,
because people just don't have the information to make informed decisions,
as opposed to recommendations from tunnel-visioned friends.   // It could
well be that a Mac is which would be the best machine for her -- some
people get along with them superbly.  But even if I weren't a much more
enthusiastic user of Amigas than Macs, I would still feel that people ought
to be using accurate information for making their decisions, and I don't
feel that up to date and accurate information about Amiga capabilities --
good, bad, and indifferent -- as compared to Macs and PCs is generally
available. 


-- Via DLG Pro v0.991
From: markus@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de (Markus Illenseer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Imagemaster
Date: 13 Apr 92 11:49:00 GMT
Organization: Universitaet Bielefeld, Technische Fakultaet.

In article <1992Apr10.060341.21191@seas.gwu.edu>, gerald@seas.gwu.edu (Gerald G. Washington) writes:
|> blackbelt@cup.portal.com (Ben - Williams) writes:
|> >
|> >No - Imagemaster is available only on the Amiga.
|> 
|> Good.  Let's keep it that way.  It is nice to have something over the
|> Mac and Intel PC's besides the Video Toaster.  Now if only I could get
|> my hands on a Video Toaster and Imagemaster...
|> 
|> -- Gerald

 I don't agree. The more one product is known on more platforms, the better 
 the support is. (Well, besides of Ben :-)
 
 I would like to have a product, which runs on many systems, that's why i use
 dkbtrace and not Imagine. Because dkbtrace runs on these fast Unice-machines
 i have access here. The same way for other prodcuts would be nice.

 How about to port XV 2.0 (VERY good ImageViewer for X11-Windows). 

 Also, how about to port Khoros ?     

 Well ,just my few words. 

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland)
Subject: Re: RCS Fusion Forty Offer (was RE: Special for US clubs/developers)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 02:41:52 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Distribution: na

In article <1992Apr12.071916.20903@wam.umd.edu> walrus@wam.umd.edu (Udo K Schuermann) writes:
>Does anyone have any information on how the RCS Fusion40 board compares to
>the '040 board from Progressive Peripherals ... (PP&S)?  Reliability,
>speed, expandability?  I've been told that the RCS board was a bit on the
>"slow" side.  Is there any truth to this?  I'd hate to buy the 'Yugo' of
>68040 boards ...
>
>If anyone has anything to offer on this, please email me and I will
>summarize the results to this news group (csa.graphics).  THANKS!
>
> ._.  Udo Schuermann       "qaStaHvlS wa' ram IoS SaD Hugh SlijlaH qetbogh IoD"
> ( )  walrus@wam.umd.edu                                     -- Klingon Proverb
> Seeking virtual memory

I hear that the RCS is just a bad idea all around. The PPS 
would be a great decision. I am at the point of making such a choice 
in which way I want to go with my Amiga 3000 (sell or get a 68040). 
It seems that Supra might have a 68040 out that will cost much 
less than PP&S's 040 becuase SUPRA looks like a bigger company 
(or at least it is wider in platform, which implies that they can 
sell for lower prices [by buying 040's in bulk]).

Serriously, RCS was advertising before the 68040's released
which shows that they were just hyping a bunch so they 
would get a lot of compulsive buyers (one reason 
I never subscribe to Amiga world anymore).

Later
From: v139r563@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Brian R. Talty)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: antic arch design interchange
Date: 9 Apr 92 00:11:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

A few days ago i had posted an article requesting info on an 
interchange for AEGIS architectural design for use on Sculpt animate 4d,
caligari 3d, digipaint, or introcad. There was an error in that article,
for the company that makes architectural design is NOT aegis, but ANTIC.
Any info concerning the interchanges are apprecited.
Brian 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: NEC Multisync Monitor
From: hoffmann@nutmeg.cs.ntu.edu.au (Arthur Hoffmann)
Date: 16 Apr 92 17:31:28 +0900
Distribution: world
Organization: Information Technology, Northern Territory University

Hi, there

I have an A3000 and an A1801 monitor :-( Since this is a rather hopeless         
configuration I am plannig to buy a Multisync monitor. It has to be a NEC because
I like Quality. The question is would a non interlaced monitor like the NEC4FG 
be an improvement over an interlaced monitor like the NEC3FG? I find this is 
important because of the huge difference in price between the two modells.
Will I still be able to use the normal Amiga Graphics modes with either of the
monitors?

Please reply by email.

Thanks for your help.

Arthur.
From: pk-asdg@cup.portal.com (Perry S Kivolowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: FRameEDitor 001.000.002 & ADPRO2.1.3
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 13:30:32 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>Having just got my ADPRO upgrade ( at no cost to me ) I have been exploring
>FRED. 

>Yep still working ...... it seems to be doing something now.......Yes all
>OK I foregot the put in the base name The tutorial doesn't mention it.
>Anyone else doing anything with FRED with 256 colour and how do view them

>Looks a great programme.

>Keith

The tutorial DID neglect to mention that a base image name must be 
specified if you want the images to be rendered back to disk. Being able
to run without specifying all of the (otherwise) arguments adds a lot
to FRED's flexibility. However, having the tutorial not mention to
specify a base image name for that particular demonstration was pretty
fatal. Sorry....

Anyway, specify the destination sequence and base image name and your
results will be on your disk where you specified.

BTW: I just got back from doing an ENTIRE VIDEO TAPE using FRED for
*ALL* video transitions and custom effects.

There's a lot of potential in FRED.

pk
From: menzies@CAM.ORG (Stephen Menzies)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: IMPORTANT (forwarded) RCS message
Summary: 2 important messages from RCS Management
Keywords: RCS, Fusion40
Date: 14 Apr 92 01:24:03 GMT
Organization: Altitude, St-Lambert QC  CANADA


Message#1 is forwarded message direct from RCS to ALL present owners
of their Fusion40 board.

Message#2 is a forwarded message direct from RCS regarding the US
special offer and method of payment.

--------------------start of forwarded message#1------------------

Anyone with a Fusion40 who's socket U37 contains a lattice:
"GAL22V10-15LP" and is experiencing *any* problems at boot, random
crashes and very unstable operation with *6.2* motherboards, please
notify RCS immediately at:

Voice# 514-871-4924
Fax#   514-871-4926

This problem has been solved. The offending part needs to be changed.
RCS will ship the new part immediately!

Note that this message concerns all Fusion40 users with 6.2 motherboards
*everywhere*.

Thankyou for your patience.

-RCS Management.
-------------------------forwarded message#2--------------------

The following is in regards to the announced RCS Management Special
Offer to United States (only) Amiga club members and developers.

RCS Management *DOES* accept personal checks as payment. However the
the order cannot be shipped until the check has been cleared. This check
clearing time will be between 3-4 weeks. RCS is not responsible for
this delay. This *is* the time required for a US bank to clear a check.


RCS Management does NOT have a policy to deal with credit cards do to
fact that RCS is not a dealer and generally does sell directly to the
public. In otherwords, RCS is not set up to accept credit card payments.
As this is a limited time offer, RCS will not be setting-up to deal
with credit card payments at this time. RCS apologizes for any
inconvienience this may cause.

-RCS Management

----------------------end of all forwarded messages-----------------


The 3-4weeks required for a US check to pass is not an exaggeration. Last
October I brought back a check from Texas and it took the full 4 weeks
to pass.


-stephen
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: chymes@zurich.csmil.umich.edu (Charles Hymes)
Subject: DCTV as RGB->NSTC converter (ie a kind of Genlock)
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 13:33:53 EDT
Organization: Cognitive Science and Machine Intelligence Lab, U. of Michigan
Keywords: n


-------------------------------------

I need to take ordinary 16/32/4096 color anims and such from
Amigavision and display them on monitors and record on videotape. Can
DCTV do this well? Or will it only output screens that have the magic
cookie in the corner? I Don't want to cough up $250+ for a genloc if I
can get near 24 bit color for $100 more. I am also not thrilled with
the $50 commodore jobber as it is so limited.

Charles Hymes
From: tomme@Minsk.docs.uu.se (Thomas Holmstr|m)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Imagine 2.0 question
Date: 6 Apr 92 11:45:05 GMT
Organization: UDAC, Uppsala, Sweden


  dbkaul@rodan.acs.syr.edu (david B Kaul) writes:
  >In article <1992Apr1.155137.1036@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dtiberio@engws10.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:
  >>
  >>	I have been using Imagine 2.0 for about two months now and am having
  >>trouble figuring out some things. I want to color certain faces of an object
  >>differently that the rest of the object, so in order to reach some of these I
  >>have to rotate the object. When I rotate the perspective view, the other views
  >>just sit there and don't change. How do I rotate something?
  >>
  >>	I also try to move the object with the cursor keys. But when there
  >>are more than one object on the screen, all of them move with the cursor keys!
  >>What gives? It must be some kind of serious bug...
  >Well, it certainly would have been benificial to you if you had even BOUGHT
  >the software.  I believe that you would have somehow been able to figure out
  >after two months of using the software how to do a simple translation! 
  >However seeing that it is very unlikely that you have ever seen a REAL copy
  >of the actual manual, I suppose I understand.
  >>
  >>	And the same goes for sizing an object. When I zoom in everything gets
  >>bigger, including the grid! How do I get an update or something? Can somebody
  >>send me a working copy on disk? I will pay shipping costs.
  >Are you SERIOUS?!?!? Do you believe that people are stupid enough to actually
  >copy the software for you, after spending our own money PAYING for the software?
  >>
  >>	This program has some SERIOUS bugs. I thought Impulse was a good
  >>company. I tried calling them for a bug fixes but they gave me some crap
  >>about sending them the original disks back.
  >>
  [Proper flame deleted]
  >Dave


	Maby this guy (that's D. Tiberio, of course) don't really know how serious
a crime software theft is? This guy has to have a account for Internet, since he
wrote, right? And it's supplied by *Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY*, right ?
So what if Syracuse University found out they are having a PIRATE in their system?
Rather serious matter, I think.	Just a thought :-(.

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