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From: Craig Simmons <[e-mail]>
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>>>You've just described a Quantel Hal.  "Stripey-string" motion
>>>paths, painting on a series of frames, keyframe motion effects,
>>>and all that.  Problem is, it'd be that expensive, too.  That type of
>>>capacity requires horsepower, and _that_ kind of horsepower
>>>costs BIG.
>
I realize that using a harry or hal would produce the results I'm looking
for.  I also realize that TOONZ, Eddit and Paralax Matador have tons of
capablilities I'd love to have on a PC platform.  Unfortunately, most of the
work I'm doing is for VR, Electronic Games and Multimedia and as such
budgets come into play.  We have 4 indy's at our disposal but there simply
isn't enough time to work on them (they are a shared resource).  We have
(and I have) acess to P-90's every waking moment with no problem.  What I
can't beleive is that there is a plethora (sp?) of 3D modelling, rendering
and animation software.  There is hardly any good 2D animation / Compositing
software available for PC's (windows,dos).  There are decent packages on the
mac and amiga (but no pc).  I find it almost ironic in a sense.  Oh well, I
guess I'll just continue fighting for time on the Indy's and PowerPC's.

>>Keep an eye out for Play's new paint program, which they've
>>demoed at NAB and the NY Video Expo. I believe it will do ALL of
>>this, PLUS, PLUS,PLUS!!!
>> Hopefully they'll have a release date by NAB '96.
>
I've heard a few rumours of this.  At last years NAB people were quite
exciting about it.  I'll be exited when they ship (and if they ship a
standalone version not attached to their Trinity Video system?)  One RUMOUR
I do recall (and it may have come from this list) was that Play's software
is based on TV paint.  Anyone confirm/deny this?  So many questions, so
little time.

>Hey, I hope it works too!  I'd love to see that kind of power devolve
>from the lofty heights of $600+/hr. rooms down to the "real folks"
>in the trenches.  Bear in mind though, that Quantel uses
>dedicated, optimized hardware tightly integrated with an optimized
>OS/software setup, it's all designed to do nothing but what it does.
>Personal computers are machines (still) designed to do nothing in
>particular.  Still, throw enough horsepower at something and it'll
>move!
>
Well, until real 2D compositing / animation tools arrive I can only dream.
FYI, these are some of the products that I have heard / read about that may
come to a desktop near you!

Adobe Aftereffects for '95 / NT             - At least a year away
Strata Media Paint for Windows          - Shipping First Quarter '96?
Play's animation software                   - ???
Animator Studio Pro                           - Up the price, add real
features?  Dare we dream?
Satori                                                - Someone mention this
in a newsgroup... Parallax Matador features running under NT.  When or if it
will be available remains to be seen.



Sorry about the long post (I must be passionate about the subject)

Thanks,

Craig

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New Brunswick Community College - Miramichi Campus
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