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- From: dyer@nrlvx1.nrl.navy.mil (Doug Dyer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
- Subject: Re: Best way to scan/obtain images?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.085935.879@nrlvx1.nrl.navy.mil>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 04:59:35 GMT
- Article-I.D.: nrlvx1.1992Nov17.085935.879
- References: <1992Nov16.114115.875@nrlvx1.nrl.navy.mil> <69631@cup.portal.com>
- Organization: NRL SPACE SYSTEMS DIVISION
- Lines: 115
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- In article <69631@cup.portal.com>, Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser) writes:
- >>Hey!
- >>
- >> Whats the best way to obtain images into the computer? Hand scanner?
- >>Digi-view? Whats a "xapshot"?
- >>
- >>thanks,
- >>
- >>--
- >>Doug Dyer * STI * dyer@nrlvax.nrl.navy.mil | "(2B) | !(2B) -> ?"
- >
- > Don't you hate people who answer questions like this with "well, it
- > depends"??
- >
-
- First, thanks a LOT for you guys who posted. I saved those articles :)
-
- > Well, it depends. :-)
- >
- > 1. How much ya wanna spend?
-
- Assume price is no problem, but that the item must work with an A4000 so I can
- take it with me :)
-
- > 2. Ya wanna carry the digitizer around with ya?
-
- Thats no problem.
-
- > 3. Ya want the highest possible quality but willing to spend more for it?
-
- The image will be used for video-tape and for kiosks, so "print-quality" might
- not fit in. I don't know, I'm new at this but looking forward to it :)
-
- > 4. Ya real cheap and yer destination images will be low-res so high
- > quality isn't important?
-
- Video tape and screen renderings are the destination. Printing is of no
- importance, so that I hope helps out :)
-
- >
- > For flat artwork, books, magazines, etc. the best way to get the images
- > into an Amiga is with a 24bit flatbed color scanner. A good one, like
- > the Epson ES300C plus driver software is gonna cost ya about $1000 give
- > or take. "Hand scanners" are generally b&w only.
- >
- Is this overkill for video?
-
- > Digiview is real cheap, but you need a camera, lights, a copy stand,
- > and a helluva lotta patience to use it and its quality won't approach
- > that of a good scanner, altho talented folks can do good things with it.
- >
-
- I hear that digiview has problems on an A4000 :(
-
- > A framegrabber can grab frames from live television or running videotapes.
- > Many are out there, quality and prices vary. Figure about $300 minimum.
- >
-
- This could be what I want. I have a nice4-head vcr with a solid pause, and a
- camcorder.
-
- > A slow-scan digitizer like DCTV or DigiView can grab frames from still
- > video sources, or paused VCR tapes if they have a rock-solid pause
- > mode, preferably digital freeze-frame although if you add a time-base
- > corrector, this can make up for a less-than ideal paused source.
-
- ahh, maybe this is what my vcr would be good at. Does DCTV work with the
- A4000? Does scala support it?
-
- > A Xapshot is a hand-held very compact still video camera made by
- > Canon USA Inc., officially called the RC-250. It has color NTSC
- > (television) output and can be input fed into a DCTV for excellent
- > results. A Xapshot/DCTV combination will set you back around $700
- > again give or take.
-
- So this would give me a slow-scan digitizer for video sources and a "camera"
- for outside then? To my needs, this seems to have an advantage over the
- scanner, or is the quality not worth it? Is the xapshot color?
-
-
- > But this combo will not approach the quality
- > you'll get with a nice 24 bit flatbed scanner, because scanners
- > have higher resolution.
- >
- Do you think the higher resolution would be waisted for video uses? I'd also
- have to get photos made of my images, but I can also use this to grab anything
- from magazines :)
-
- > I've used all these devices and currently own the Epson scanner,
- > the Canon Xapshot, and DCTV so I can help you with specific questions
- > on those. You'd be best off finding a quality Amiga dealer who can
- > demo these devices for you and show you what kind of software
- > interfaces them to an Amiga. Such dealers do exist but they are
- > rare.
-
- I am in the DC metro area. There is a nice shop called "Diskcovery" but they
- don't have anything like this (ie: one old a500, 3 suped-up ibms).
-
- As for software, my base will be:
- morph+
- scala2mm (they told me it will be upgraded for a4000 support)
- a 3D software (currently imagine, but hopefully something more
- friendly, maybe caligari24..)
- sunrize 12-bit audio board
- brilliance (or, DCTV paint now that you got me thinking about it :)
-
- So these images will be stretched and pulled rather extensively :)
- > Regards, Harv
-
- Thanks, Harv.
- --
- Doug Dyer * STI * dyer@nrlvax.nrl.navy.mil | "(2B) | !(2B) -> ?"
- DISCLAIMER: These are my opinions, and not necessarily | LOWLY SHOPKEEPER,
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