The programs included in this archive file are of great use to the
video professional and amatuer alike. These programs were produced
by Mike Berro of BCS software and now product manager of Microillusion Software. It is all public domain software unless indicated otherwise. Shareware versions of some of these are available by writing, calling or Email-ing Mike Berro (PLINK ID MICROILLUS)
VTOT- Video Tools on Tap
This is perhaps the most useful tool of the bunch. VTOT allows the user to select test patterns and screens via hotkey combinations.
Caution: For some unknown reason this program will not run on some computers. I have no explanation for this except that maybe some other program interferes or that low levels of chip ram may be the cause.
After doubleclicking the icon to start VTOT the following keys activate these screens:
Press Shift-Left Amiga + " "
B - Black screen
F - Full field 75% color bars
C - SMPTE color bars
G - Gray scale
P - This will show any pic found in the S directory with the name VTOT.pic
N - This will reverse the screen's colors to the negative.
V - Flips the current screen vertically
H - Flips the current screen horizontally
D - Fades the screen to black
U - Fades the screen back from black
0 -9 Sets speed of fades (defualts to 1 sec)
L - Small line grid
X - Clears all screens
I - Toggles interlace mode on/off
S - Shuffles through all open screens
W - Iconifies VTOT window
Q - Quits
LACE
This program toggles interlace mode on/off when the icon is doubleclicked.
LACER
This program interlaces the output and won't let another program de-interlace it. Quiting the program will return you to non-interlace mode.
TIMECALC
This program calculates SMPTE time code for you. Just plug in the numbers and look at the results. Docs appear upon stating the program. More sophisticated version that generate and read timecode are available as expalined in the docs.
This upload brought to you Oran Sands III and Excalibur Graphics!
Many thanks to Mike Berro for producing such usable tools.
