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From: baer@percival.UUCP (Ken Baer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Capturing animation to videotape or film
Keywords: RGB Video Creations
Message-ID: <1328@percival.UUCP>
Date: 20 Aug 88 20:45:45 GMT
References: <3771@ubc-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: baer@percival.UUCP (Ken Baer)
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In article <3771@ubc-cs.UUCP> blee@grads.cs.ubc.ca (Bernard Lee) writes:
>Does anyone have experience in videotaping or filming frame by frame computer
>animation?
>
>We used the Amiga in low res mode (320 x 200) and the genlock to put it to
>both VHS and 3/4 inch videotapes.  The result was not very satisfatory.  And
>320 x 200 is the maximum resolution which I could get it going 30 frames per
>second in real time.  And the musicians are crying for higher resolution.  So
>in order to improve, I could only think of doing it frame by frame.
>
>Are there any hardware for the Amiga to control a VCR or a motion picture
>camera frame by frame?  Or are there any of those services available?
>                                              Bernard Lee
>                                              blee@grads.cs.ubc.ca

RGB Video Creations has a software package for controling a number of deck
hooked together with VideoMedia's VLAN video network.  They are using
Panasonic ProLine S-VHS decks (forget the model #).  At SIGGRAPH I was 
recording some animation at 30fps, and it was VERY clean.  I used our
Display program to single frame the animation (works with our format AND
ANIM format).  Some of the pieces I put on video were HAM-LACE, and it looked
great!  I'm not a video expert, so I'm not sure about the details of their
setup, but I think you could also use 3/4" and 1" decks with their software.
If you are looking for a higher end video editing setup, RGB is the place to
look.  MicroIllusions has a Transport Contoller that works with the VLAN,
its not as advanced as the RGB setup, but might work well for your single
framing needs.  Hope this helps.

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