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From: juncewic@turtle.cis.ohio-state.edu (thomas michael juncewicz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Video Toaster Question, again...
Date: 13 Oct 92 18:25:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: cis.1992Oct13.182534.1006
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science

This is the third time I'm trying to get my news reader to post this...

Hope this works this time :(

Ok, I need to do some video editing at work.  We have considered purchasing
the Video Toaster for this purpose.  My question is what would I need to 
purchase in addition to the Toaster Workstation to be able to do AT LEAST
the following:
	-cuts
	-fades
	-wipes
	-some titling

I've heard terms such as Time Base Correctors and Kitchen Syncs (?) mentioned.
Would I need to purchase this stuff in addition to the Toaster?  Also, would
a single frame recording VCR be required if I'm only working with video, i.e.
no raytraced animations that need to be rendered then saved a frame at a time.
Please respond by E-Mail.
Thanx,
	Tom
From: ad99s461@sycom.mi.org (Alex Deburie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: DCTV software
Distribution: world
X-BBS-Software: EXCELSIOR! v0.960
Date: 11 Oct 92 00:27:36 EST
Organization: Michigan Information eXchange

On <Fri, 9 Oct 1992 22:19:36 GMT>, freire2a@serss0 (Angel Freire) writes:
> allow me to make an assumption (yes i know about assuming):
> 
> DCTV has sold reasonably well. 
> 
> having said that, one can logically conclude that Digital Creations
> has made a good amount of money off that product. now, maybe i'm just
> being a bitchy customer but hasn't it been a LONG time since they
> updated the software?! The software, although very good and efficient,
> could stand several additions. an arexx port, animation support (ala
> dpaints light table would be neat), a dpaint like move requester, and 
> numerous other useful additions.
> 
> my question is: Are these guys just sitting around counting their
> money? or is a software upgrade anywhere on the horizon?
 
I'd like to know the answer to this also. The least I would expect is
some form of documentation describing how to render to the screens (NOT
the dctv.library, which is useful only for conversions) so other
vendors might create apps to really use the device.
 
I do know Digital Creations is coming out with the RGB converter, but
some kind of software update, or the specs on writing software for the
device would help.

     -- Alex Deburie
        ad99s461@sycom.mi.org
From: Chris_Lynn_Minshall@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: the A4000 and the Toaster:  the sage continues...
Date: Fri,  9 Oct 92 21:41:15 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa

I work for Heifner Communications (makers of the Toaster Cozzy) and I also
have a 4000 (we are a Commodore dealer, commercial developer, and a newtek
dealer).  The 4000 currently does not work with the video toaster due to a
software problem which we are praying Alcatraz is working on.  The 4000
will never be able to physically house a toaster card ever.  In fact,
Newtek has a cozzy right now and are using it to test with the 4000.  We
are taking the approach that if people can't wait any longer to get a
toaster...then buy a 3000 or upgrade their 3000 with a cozzy.  Waiting for
a 4000 fix could be a long process (i.e. Toaster 3.0) and quite frankly,
the toaster is not going to do anything special in the 4000 that it wouldn't
due, today, in a 3000 with '040 accelerator.  BTW, we are a FULL SUPPORT
dealer and starting in January we will be offering training in our new
training facility on all aspects of the toaster, desktop video, the amiga,
and related software (morphing,editing,etc.).  Anyone who is interested in
in the Toaster Cozzy is urged to seek out the new issue of Video Toaster
User Magazine which should be hitting shelves in a few weeks or so.  We are
given a very nice recommendation by James Hebert, Head of Tech Support at
Newtek.  Also, our full color ad hits that issue!  Any questions, send me
mail.

Chris Minshall
Heifner Communications
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: johnh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (John J Humpal)
Subject: Re: Imagine Problems and Book required
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 00:41:58 GMT

In article <1992Oct09.132725.22180@bmerh85.bnr.ca> hounsell@BNR.CA writes:
> [...]
>
>  I have heard that there is a companion book available called something like
>"The Imagine Guide" or somesuch. Can anyone tell me the publisher, and
>possibly whether or not it is worth purchasing?
>
	The best Imagine book is Understanding Imagine 2.0 written by
Steven Worley and published by Apex Software Publishing (405 El Camino Real
Suite 121, Menlo Park, CA 94025).  Buy it, you won't regret it.  I think
it retails for something in the  neighborhood of $30.

>  Q: The manual states that "an object will always follow a path in the
>object's y direction". I have created a simple airplane and was trying
>to get it to animate by following an oval path in the horizontal plane.
>What I get is the plane being translated around the oval, but always
>oriented to the "left" in the front view. I made sure that the y axis of
>the plane was pointing out the nose.
>
	Did you click in the little "Align Y to Path" box in the extrude
requester?
-- 
-John

John J. Humpal -- johnh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu -- short .sig, std. disclaimer
From: chrisg@cbmvax.commodore.com (Chris Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Amiga and Quicktime
Date: 16 Oct 92 11:48:54 GMT
Reply-To: chrisg@cbmvax.commodore.com (Chris Green)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <Bw73vB.1nE@news.iastate.edu> barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N Barrett) writes:
>   For example, let's say Apple releases Macintoshes two years from now that
>are four times faster than the fastest Macs today, and Commodore also 
>releases Amigas two years from now that are four times faster than the A4000. 
>Would the playback of existing ANIMs improve on the new Amigas?  No.  The
>existing ANIMs are hard-coded to 320x200 or 320x400 32-color graphics, and
>better hardware will not improve the existing animations. However, on the
>faster Macintosh, the playback existing QuickTime animations will improve
>dramatically.  Eventually, Macintoshes will be released that will be able 
>to play existing QuickTime animations at 60 fps on the full screen, at very
>high resolutions, in full 24-bit TrueColor.  When this happens, the animations
>will become truly useful.

	NO they won't. No if these aleged macs ever came out, most existing
quicktime animations would have only been encoded at some approximation
of how fast they can play now, because anything more is a waste of disk-
space, in the short term.
	What's this 320x200 32-color crap? Real Amiga animations will be in
hires-ham8.

>
>   Yes, you must be crazy to argue with a Master Debater such as me! :-) :-)
>
s/de//g


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: juncewic@turtle.cis.ohio-state.edu (thomas michael juncewicz)
Subject: Video Toaster Question
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 22:40:45 GMT

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: rnollman@osf.org ()
Subject: the A4000 and the Toaster:  the sage continues...
Originator: rnollman@serverx.osf.org
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 14:41:13 GMT

With the coming of the A4000 (and the volumes of opinions, facts,
rumors, fiction, and apparent long-time vendettas against Commodore)
and a new version of Lightwave (and changes to the Toaster), I have a
few questions that I need answered.

It will help me sort out whether or not I want to:

    upgrade my 3000 for the toaster with a cozy board and 040 accelerator 

    upgrade to an A4000 and hope to hell that I don't get burned again (I
    bought the 3000 instead of an accelerated 2000 with the ridiculous 
    notion that NewTek would HAVE to come up with a way for the Toaster to 
    work with the 3000 in the very near future--yeah sure...)

Is IDE vs. SCSI a really big deal?  Dave Haynie (or one of the
Commodore engineers) said that there are not very many people who
could tell the difference between the speed of IDE vs. SCSI drives.
Does this really limit in a big way the number of available drives?
Also, why would Commodore have chosec IDE over SCSI if SCSI was so
prominent?

What it is about the A4000 that does not allow it to work with the
Toaster (or maybe I better ask the question in reverse)?  The story
with the A3000 was that NewTek did not build to the specs.  What
happened this time?  I called Hefner Communications, Inc. (the makers
of the Cozy expansion box) and talked with a marketing/sales person
who said that NewTek called THEM and was asking them if they had a
solution to the compatibility problem between the Toaster and the
A4000.  Doesn't Commodore talk to companies developing products for
its platform?  Isn't that standard, normal, sensible, good business
practice?  Why do I find myself in the exact same dilemma that I had
with the A3000?

The issue comes up for me because I have heard from several very
reliable sources (including salesperson from Hefner Comms who has gone
to many seminars NewTek seminars on new things being developed for the
next upgrade of the Toaster AND another person who is a beta tester
for Lightwave) that the next version of the Toaster will be a
mindblower.  To quote one of my very reliable sources (who I don't
want to identify because the NewTek secret police might pay him a
visit in the middle of the night), "It (Lightwave) will just about
absolete all PC class 3D animation packages and look very threatening
to the high-end packages."  When the guy from Hefner added his two
cents and said that Lightwave 3.0 will be so advanced (from what he
has seen already) that it will seriously challenge Wavefront, I
decided that it was about time to get on the NewTek bandwagon.

The bottomline line is:

 I WANT THE NEW IMPROVED TOASTER AND I WANT THE A4000! Period.  End of
 discussion. 

NewTek and Commodore, why the #&*! can't I have both without waiting/hoping
for two years for some kludge!  I am sitting with checkbook in hand ready
to write the checks...

Rich Nollman
From: mane@vsbbs.UUCP (Mark Kane)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Alladin 4D
Date: 14 Oct 92 00:47:53 PST
Organization: BBS

Weel I saw the ads for the first time in A.W. and the review on it there.
Anyone out there get to use this program yet? How is the new GAS ?texture?
And since I am begging for mini reviews how about "ESSENCE texture pac for
Imagine?

                Thanks for the replys!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland)
Subject: Re: NExT!!  Who cares!
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 19:42:32 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <trat.0ae6@amiganet.chi.il.us> trat@amiganet.chi.il.us (Thomas Reamer) writes:
>I am sick and tired of people comparing the Next with an Amiga.....Who cares
>abotu the NeXt...I don't have one, never will...I own an amiga, not A
>NeXt...Next (pardon the pun)  We might as well compare ibm to Amiga again....No
>this shouldn't be here...But this is applications and the NeXt is always
>mentioned many times....I want AMIGA applications not NeXt applications

If you had half the brain to figure it out you would shgut up.

The NeXT Color Dimension for instance, costs about 12000 dollars, 
but it has a i860, C-Cube JPEG compression hardware, and a high-res
32-bit graphics setup. The NeXT itself has a internal Motorola 
560001 DSP internal to it. This is all RISC level technology
and there is nothing close to this on the Amiga currently. however, 
Amiga's are cheaper ;-)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: olson@dstl86.gsfc.nasa.gov (Paul Olson)
Subject: Re: LCD glasses for Amiga
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Mission Operations and Data Systems
Distribution: usa
Date:  7 Oct 1992 08:05 EST  

In article <1992Oct06.193507.3618@crash>, johnl@crash.cts.com (John Lindwall) writes...
>Are there any LCD shutter glasses sold for Amigas?  I'm interested in
>the glasses that 'blink' one eye and then the other in sync with the display
>to allow a 3D effect.  Thanks!
> 
>---
>John Lindwall                                    johnl@crash.cts.com
>"...always use the formal attribute mechanisms for changing any field;
>do not poke the objects." -- Jim Mackraz

Yes, they're called the X-Specs by a company called Haitex in South Carolina.
THey're listed in the AC's Guide to the Amiga.  If you don't have access, I can
email the address.  I have a pair, and with the exception of the way they fit
on my head (they rest on my brow just a bit too heavily), they work great. 
They also fit over glasses without a problem.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.multimedia,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.multimedia,rec.video.production,comp.graphics,comp.graphics.animation
From: oivindi@dhhalden.no (OIVIND IDSO)
Subject: OpalVision (Q)
Keywords: sort of a repost...!
Organization: Ostfold College
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:04:55 GMT


In the September (and October) issue of Amiga World, there is an ad for the 
new Opalvision card and included software.

In this ad, the words "live video" appear several times, and I'm not really 
sure what they mean: Is it "live video" as in connecting a VCR to the Amiga, 
and *then* mixing this signal live with for example Amiga animations or 
graphics? Or is it "live video" as in *first* recording one or several live 
videosequences to harddisk, and then arranging them to a complete movie 
combined with animations, graphics and digital video effects in the included 
OpalPresents software?

The ad also says that you can grab multiple frames from a non-still video 
source with the Opalvision Genlock/Framegrabber? Would this be the same as 
grabbing a live video clip from for example a videocamera, and then saving 
it to harddisk? If yes, how many frames pr. second will it be able to 
record *and* play back on for example a A3000 or A4000? What about 
compression and decompression?

What about the soon to be released enhancing modules? Is it possible to use 
the Digital Video Effects in the Roaster Chip with recorded harddisk-
video-sequences? What will the price be on these add-on modules?

To put it relatively simple: what's the difference between Opalvision and 
Macintosh QuickTime applications like Adobe Premiere or DiVA Videoshop?

Please E-mail me with any info you've got!
From: dtiberio@csws20.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: amiga logo
Date: 16 Oct 92 00:49:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: sbcs.1992Oct16.004915.21630
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook

In article <thumper.719125830@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu> thumper@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Chris Mojica) writes:
>plin@alheka.usc.edu (Po-Han Lin) writes:
>
>>I found this from someone's footer... anybody have better?
>
>>              _#      **MMp     g#00   `N##0"    _agN#0P0N#           _#L
>>             g##       jN##    j##F     J##    _dN0"      "          g##L
>>           _#]##      _0 ##L  jN##F     ###   g#0"                 _03##L
>>          gE_j##      #  0## jF ##F    j##F  j##     ______       gE_j##L
>>        _0"""N##     d"  J##L0  ##F    0##   0##     "9##F"     _0"""5##L
>>      _gF    ]##    jF    ##0   ##F    ##F   `##k     d##     _gF    j##L
>>    _g#_    _j##L__g#__   ]N  _j##L_ _d##L_   `#Nh___g#N'   _g#_    _j##L_
>>   `""""    """""'""""'    "  """""" """"""      """""""   `""""    """"""
>
>
>Someone posted a week or so ago where ifftoascii converter could be found.
>Could someone please repost the site where this can be found.
>

	I have a program that is supposed to do this. Instead it erases all
of my workbench prefs and my entire s: directory. I lost a lot of good stuff
in my s: directory because of this 'virus'. Now I run a backup sequence in
my startup-sequence that backs up my most valuable files to a partition.

	The program I had was called iff2ansi, and it said it was by Nico
Francis. I do not know if Nico is the author of a working iff2ansi program,
but this one was defintely a virus, and it said it was version 2.0. Run
SnoopDOS and you will find it deleting certain directories.


-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: jpbaker@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jon P Baker)
Subject: Re: GIF Conversion
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:42:08 GMT

Just as an aside, you can use the filters from HamLab 1.0 as
standalone programs. Wasp will read HL's proprietary file format. Use
them like this:

xxxtohl <picture.type >outputfile

Jon

-- 
  Jon Paul Baker, Chaos Foundation  jpbaker@silver.ucs.indiana.edu 
       Computer Science Major, Indiana University Bloomington  
                         ----====><====----
From: Jamie_Krutz@a68k.denver.CO.US (Jamie Krutz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Full motion video (was Re: Amiga and Quicktime)
Distribution: world
Date: 14 Oct 92 10:37:53 MST
Organization: The Arvada 68K BBS- Westminster, CO

From: dingebre@imp.sim.es.com (David Ingebretsen writes:
>Hmmmm, let's see. DMI has a full screen full motion video card for the
Amiga 
>using the MPEG chips for $2500 US.

The DMI Digital Editmaster board uses the LSI Logic JPEG chipset, according
to the brochure.  This board has potential, but I have heard no reports on
the editing software yet, and it may be a while before software is ready. 
The Digital Film board from SuperMac runs with Adobe Premier, an editing
package which looks promising.  That package will be shipping in a month or
three.  The demo I saw was impressive but there were still some glitches. 
The rep recommended putting the board in a Quadra.  If DMI gets it together
well they will have a serious price advantage.  If they don't, it doesn't
matter how cheap their package is...

Here's hoping they do!
 -J

-- Via DLG Pro v0.995
From: trat@amiganet.chi.il.us (Thomas Reamer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: NExT!!  Who cares!
Date: 9 Oct 92 17:27:37 GMT
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

In article <trat.0ae6@amiganet.chi.il.us>, trat@amiganet.chi.il.us (Thomas
Reamer) writes:
>I am sick and tired of people comparing the Next with an Amiga.....Who cares
>abotu the NeXt...I don't have one, never will...I own an amiga, not A
>NeXt...Next (pardon the pun)  We might as well compare ibm to Amiga
again....No
>this shouldn't be here...But this is applications and the NeXt is always
>mentioned many times....I want AMIGA applications not NeXt applications
Sorry this is graphics and the......
From: pjotr@ludd.luth.se (Peter Sj|str|m)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Full motion video (was Re: Amiga and Quicktime)
Date: 14 Oct 92 09:43:42 GMT
Organization: Lule} Tekniska H|gskolas Datorf|rening - Ludd

In <1992Oct13.163613.15894@javelin.sim.es.com> dingebre@imp.sim.es.com (David Ingebretsen) writes:

>Hmmmm, let's see. DMI has a full screen full motion video card for the Amiga 
>using the MPEG chips for $2500 US.

	Wrong, it use jpeg chips to compress each image by itself down
to HD, including synched sound with additional hw. You need 900kb/s hd.
Then you can also play jpegs in any order from HD and record to any
PAL/NTSC/SVHS recorder. :)

		/Peter
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: thumper@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Chris Mojica)
Subject: Re: ERIC SCHWARTZ COLLECTION???
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 03:24:57 GMT




Does anyone know a site where there are ALL of the Eric Schwartz animations??

Thanks,
         Chris

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: loyd@seq.uncwil.edu (David Loyd)
Subject: Does anyone have the VistaPro DEM disks?
Organization: Univ. of North Carolina @ Wilmington
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 12:03:33 GMT

I am looking for the scenery disks to VistaPro 2.0
I am also hunting Makepath and Terraforms.
If you have these and want to sell, please email meand we'll 
set up the transaction.
Thanks

-- 
                       Amiga 2000     9megs Ram       52Meg Quantum HD  
loyd@seq.uncwil.edu    2400 Modem         Sony KV-1311CR Monitor 
                       VXL '030 w/ 25mhz 68882     Epson LQ-510 Printer 
                       Tanberg 60meg QIC Tape Drive
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel)
Subject: Re: New 1960 Monitor HELP
Organization: Grebyn Timesharing
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 02:57:27 GMT

In article <7721@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> rvmst1@gl.pitt.edu (Rainer V Mager) writes:
>Hi,
>	I just purchased a C=1960 monitor :-)!  Now a few questions
>about it.  BTW I'm at school and do not have many manuals here so please
>don't tell me to RTFM!

Why, you filthy scum!  We can see right through you!  We all know that
when someone claims to be unaware of how a product operates because
they left their manual in their other jacket (or some other similarly
flimsy excuse), it's really because they *pirated* that product and
didn't copy the manual!  Confess!  You *copied* that 1960 monitor,
didn't you???

(Sorry - I couldn't help myself.  It was all I could think of when I
read this. :-)
-- 
Richard Krehbiel                                 richk@grebyn.com
OS/2 2.0 will do for me until AmigaDOS for the 386 comes along...
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