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- From: djmccoy@netcom.com (Daniel J. McCoy)
- Subject: Re: Space Ranger?????
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.000344.28525@netcom.com>
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- References: <JL0DwB1w164w@geloser.login.qc.ca> <9212290843.AA13852@acs1.acs.ucalgary.ca>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 00:03:44 GMT
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- In article <9212290843.AA13852@acs1.acs.ucalgary.ca> jkung@acs.ucalgary.ca (Jimmy Kung) writes:
- >DS9, but I only saw the electronic presskit feed) The one thing
- >that bugged me was the special effects, which were kinda lame.
- >They seemed far too "processed" for my taste, and stand out of
- >the shot much more than TNG. They also seem like they were done
- >on an Amiga. (not to put down the Amiga, it's a good lower-end
- >SFX system, but GREAT SFX should be done on a more powerful and
- >complex workstation with that new 3D programming language!)
-
- I know the individual who did the graphic work for Space Rangers. I'm not
- sure what he used in terms of available Amiga graphic packages but creating
- great level of SFX can certainly be done on the Amiga and at a far lower
- price tag than "more poweerful and complex workstations". One prime example
- of this will be Babylon 5 where Video Toasters are put to darn good use. I
- know the guy who worked on Space Rangers has a Toaster himself but perhaps
- not the same level of "toys" as Foundation Imaging who does Babylon 5. Of
- course, the artist also has something to do with it and Ron Thorton of FI
- is one mean artist! If I had a fraction of his talents...
-
- Having not seen Space Rangers yet, I can't comment but I felt I did have to
- follow up. The Amiga is certainly capable of high level effects provided
- the artists knows how to produce them.
-
- All I know is that I'll be enjoying all these new sci-fi programs. :)
-
- Dan
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