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- From: bdonison@bigbird.UVic.CA (Only AMIGA!)
- Subject: Re: emulating PIP with...
- Message-ID: <1992Aug22.175803.1961@sol.UVic.CA>
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- Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
- References: <713455396.F00006@therose.pdx.com> <pl159410.714254092@academ01>
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 17:58:03 GMT
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- In article <pl159410.714254092@academ01> pl159410@academ01.mty.itesm.mx (Alejandro Garza Gonzalez) writes:
- >Lee.Bosch@f601.n105.z1.therose.pdx.com (Lee Bosch) writes:
- >
- >>OA>I thought that I could use DPaint to make up the slides and then
- >>OA>place them ontop of the video. Are there any other nifty ways of
- >>OA>doing it? I want to use some interesting fades/wipes as well for the
- >>OA>border pictures.
- >
- >> Without some fancy hardware, you CANNOT do fades. Genlocking
- >>requires that a particular color register (zero) be overridden by the
- >>video image. You cannot place any color other than zero on the areas
- >>that you want to peek through nor can you do anything to shade that
- >>area (aside from dithering in an animated or still image).
- >
- >The 'fancy hardware', specifically, is either a Video Toaster ($2000) or
- >a SuperGen Genlock ($300) ... the SuperGen can be software-controlled,
- >like the VT, but it is limited to fading video and graphics. A slideshow
- >can be automated using amigavision (or some oter authoring software) by
- >calling up your graphics via keypresses (or mouse clicks) and have the
- >SuperGen fade up your particular graphic(s) on top of incoming video
- >(just like CNN) :) To do this you need the authjoring software to be able
- >to execute DOS commands, and compile the software included with the
- >supergen. Mail me if you need more info!
- >
- >============================================================================
- >| Alejandro Garza / (83)38-46-86 / Monterrey, Mexico :: ^^^^^; |
- >| JanusMan- IRC :: pl159410@academ01.mty.itesm.mx :: ('') ; (the hell?)|
- >| luisk@men_at_work.mty.itesm.mx :: /_ ; o |
- >| // Only amiga, folks! :: |_- _; .o |
- >| \X/ "That's very intelligent of you... *NOT!*" :: == J'92! |
- >============================================================================
-
- Thanx for the info. The SuperGen sounds like a cost effective solution,
- but what sort of time would be involved to get the setup to work using
- AmigaVision? If it is too complicated I just might suggest that the
- faculty get a video toaster to replace the JVC editing equipment and AmiGen
- and the OLD 1000.
-
- There was a multimedia demo here at the University of Victoria, and I saw
- some neet stuff done with the Toaster. Now to sell the idea to my prof!
-
- BTW. I'm also demoing a few items for my Education prof. AV, DPaint IV,
- AM III. Hopefully they will expand their Amiga section from a 500 and
- 1000 to some power Amiga systems. Wish me luck!
-
- Brad...
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