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- From: watters@cranel.com (David Watters)
- Subject: Re: Matrox Studio
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.230143.17534@cranel.com>
- Organization: Cranel, Incorporated, Worthington Ohio
- References: <C140vz.J3I@watserv2.uwaterloo.ca> <ksPPXB3w165w@gilligan.tsoft.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:01:43 GMT
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- In article <ksPPXB3w165w@gilligan.tsoft.net> bbs.mirage@gilligan.tsoft.net (Jerry Lee) writes:
- >nowinski@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca (Andrew Nowinski) writes:
-
- >> Does any one use Matrox Studio? Is it better than the Video
- >> Toaster? How much does it cost? Can animation like LightWave 3D
- >> be done on it? Does any one have the companies E-Mail address?
-
- >Well.. the Video toaster can't compare with the Matrox. The Toaster for
- >one thing can't control any devices such as recorders.
-
- It can for laying down animation.
- It is not, and does not try to be, an edit controller. It is a production
- switcher, comparable to any medium price switcher on the market. It
- has low-end DVE effects. It has 2 frame buffers for frame-grabs, and
- paint box work. It does Chroma effects. It has a VERY decent character
- generator built in with 24bit fonts, and gosh jolly it just happens to have
- a _very_ useable 3D model/animation/render package thrown in... useable
- enough for a Mac worshipper/Amigaphobe like Tod Rudgren and many others
- doing actual production animation. How much do you say??? Current prices
- I have seen are in the $2000-2100 range. (see below *)
-
- >The quality
- >between the two is very great. From my experience (a hands on demo at
- >school -- we also have one by the way),
-
- This certainly qualifies you as a Toaster/Amiga critic! Not.
-
- >I would say that the quality of
- >the matrox far surpasses that of the toaster..
-
- (see below *)
-
- >besides, anything with a
- >"sheep wipe" ... well. you gotta wonder huh? <- The sheep thing is on
- >the toaster by the way. =)
-
- Please, a little more bias in you _opinion._
-
- >I'll try to get you the phone number and
- >address to the company as soon as possible.. (by Monday for sure). All I
- >know right now is that they are located in Canada and it costs around
- >$20K; the key word is around since the actual system that we have at
- >school cost more around $25-30K.
-
- * - Oh Gee! And you think it is better than the toaster? I should certainly
- hope so at 10-15x the price!
-
- >One more note.. the Matrox is capable of A-B-C rolls (two sources and 1
- >recorder)
-
- It better be for $30k.
-
- David
- Watters
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- David R. Watters (watters@cranel.com) Cranel Inc. Development & Engineering
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