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- From: cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP)
- Subject: Re: Setting up new multimedia facility
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.034204.24018@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca>
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- Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
- References: <1992Aug26.144839.15553@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 03:42:04 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug26.144839.15553@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> wyllie@csri.toronto.edu (Andrew Wyllie) writes:
- >
- >
- >I am faced with putting together a video editting/computer
- >animation suite for a small data visualization lab. We
- >would like to be able to combine live video (eg., someone
- >introducing the video or sitting in front of a computer.),
- >single frame animation (generated by Alias), and the real
- >time output of some of our in house software. The idea
- >is to generate a promotional video for our lab as well
- >as videos to complement reports. I will
- >need video and audio capabilities as well as a method to
- >generate titlesi, music, etc.
- >
- >Currently, all of our images (except live video) are being
- >generated on SGI machines. For our editting suite, I will
- >more than likely be purchasing a new machine, so I will
- >basically be starting from scratch. I'm not sure if going
- >to a Mac or maybe the Video Toaster would be better than
- >trying to do everything on a workstation.
- >
- You can ask the people who work in U of T Computer Store. John
- (supervisor) and Gary (staff) are very helpful. They know everything
- about the MAC and Amiga.
-