Along with the v4.2 DT SiliconStudio directory contents included below, we have moved the EAC directory of the 1994 Entertainment Authoring Conference slides, which was one directory-level up, into its correct home, which is here with all other documentation related to Silicon Studio.
~4Dgifts/toolbox/documents/SiliconStudio README
from the front cover of the 4-page brochuere, "SILICON STUDIO, Third Party
Solutions for Film & Video Production", handed out during SIGGRAPH '93:
Silicon Studio is a professional film and video production system based
on Silicon Graphics workstations, specialized video options and
third-party software solutions. For years, SGI machines have been used
to produce special effects for movies such as "Terminator 2", "The Abyss",
"Death Becomes Her", and "Jurassic Park". Now the Silicon Graphics
Silicon Studio environment provides similar benefits to all aspects of
the film and video production process.
Professional film and video producers are in the process of replacing
single-purpose "black boxes" with multipurpose production systems. As
the premier multipurpose production environment, Silicon Studio
provides these advantages over single-purpose solutions:
* Low-cost Production System. Silicon Graphics' family of products
provides the flexibility to create a film production system at a
wide variety of price points.
* Increased Equipment Flexibility/Longer Life. Silicon Studio is an
open computer-based production environment. This means capabilities
can be augmented through software applications and peripherals --
virtually eliminating the obsolescence so common with other
single-purpose closed systems. Using the same computer for many
different applications during its life and selectively upgrading
provides lower lifetime costs and a greater return on investment.
* Easy to Integrate. Silicon Studio solutions are format compatible
with current standards and connect easily to Video Tape Recorders
(VTR's), Digital Video Effect (DVE) machines, Apple Computer's
Macintosh computers, PC's and a variety of specialized production
equipment. Consequently, Silicon Graphics solutions can be
integrated into an environment one piece at a time.
* Flexible Tools. The integration of Silicon Studio applications
allows easy exchange and sharing of data as well as access to more
than one application at a time. This is helpful when a person in
one production suite needs to make changes that would ordinarily be
handled in another suite.
Silicon Studio Software Solutions from third-party developers transform
Silicon Graphics computers into Silicon Studio film and video production
systems.
CreativeDestinations.txt: The Silicon Studio Training Center program is
designed to enhance your creative and technical edge by
offering courses in Film and Video, Publishing,
Interactive, Scientific Visualization, and Design
Visualization. The following eight locations are
described:
* Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
* Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
* The American Film Institute, Los Angeles, California
* Santa Fe Film Workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico
* Information Technology Design Centre, Toronto, Canada
* IMAGE WORKS, Starkville, Mississippi
* Center for Creative Imaging, Camden, Maine
* Image Factory, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[5 sstr*.ps files]: "Silicon Studio Technical Report", covers video and
compression products. Unfortunately, we were not able to
take the frame documents and successfully create a single
PostScript document, so the next best thing is the 5 files
that together comprise the complete report. Although not
*the* FINAL, completely-formalized report, this is a very
close-to-finalized draft, which, because of time
constraints with the schedule of the Toolbox, is the best
we could provide at this time. The following is taken from
the introductory Product Overview segment of each of the
four sections:
sstrTOC.ps:
Table of Contents page
sstrGV.ps:
* Gailieo Video Technical Report:
Gailieo Video(tm) is a video option for the Iris
Indigo(tm), XS, XS24, XS24Z, XZ, Elan(tm) and
Indigo^2(tm) desktop workstations. It provides
cost-effective, high-quality video input and output
in NTSC and PAL timings.
sstrIndyVid.ps:
* Indy/Indigo^2 Video Techincal Report:
Indy/Indigo^2 Video(tm) is a video option for the
Indy(tm) and Indigo^2(tm) desktop workstations. It
provides cost-effective, high-quality video input and
output in NTSC and PAL timings.
sstrCC.ps:
* Cosmo Compress Techincal Report:
Cosmo Compress(tm) is an option used in conjunction
with Indy Video, Indigo^2 Video and Galileo Video. It
provides compression and decompression of incoming and
outgoing video to the CCITT/ISO JPEG standard.
sstrSV.ps:
* Sirius Video Technical Report:
Sirius Video(tm) is a video option for SGI workstations
equipped with RealityEngine(tm), RealityEngine^2(tm) or
VTX graphics. It fully integrates broadcast-quality
video with Silicon Graphcs supercomputer graphics
capabilities. Sirius Video may also be installed in
CHALLENGE(tm) servers and POWERSeries(tm) server
configurations, making its broadcast-quality video a
network resource.
SSforPubs.ps: "The Silicon Studio for Publishing Environment from
Silicon Graphics", January 4, 1994.
Some highlights from this 7-page paper:
The Silicon Studio publishing environment is designed to
address five specific publishing requirements:
1) Extending the MacIntosh creative environment with more
power
2) Improving production environments with faster OPI, RIP
and image serving
3) Reducing dependency on special purpose hardware
4) Embedding high-performance technology in specialized
solutions
5) Media-rich electronic documentation
The components of the Open Publishing Architecture are:
IRIS Impressario
DisplayPostscript Level 2
Comprehensive Font Solutions
Open GL
Indigo Magic -- Intuitive Media User Interface
EISA bus
New Collaborative Prepress Production Environment with
IndyCam and InPerson
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