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- From: pk-asdg@cup.portal.com (Perry S Kivolowitz)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Press Release Concerning ADPro/Abekas
- Message-ID: <64870@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 18:43:44 PDT
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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- Art Department Professional owners can now read and write video
- streams using the same file format and hardware medium used on the
- Abekas A60, A65 and A66 Digital Disk Recorders. This capability
- dramatically increases the appeal and usefulness of the Commodore
- Amiga to video professionals.
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- ASDG Incorporated announces the development of Art Department Pro-
- fessional support for the industry standard digital video scheme used
- by Abekas Digital Disk Recorders.
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- Using this support, digital video images stored on 8mm cartridge tapes
- can be directly exchanged between the Amiga and Abekas A60, A65 and
- A66 systems. As a result, it is now more likely that professional
- videographers will use Amigas for high-end video work.
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- Additionally, videographers who do not own an Abekas system but do own
- an Amiga, can create digital video streams (essentially treating the
- 8mm tape drive as a single frame recorder) which can be used by an
- Abekas equipped post-production facility.
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- Previous to ASDG's development, transferring video streams to and from
- high-end digital video systems was extremely time consuming, if not
- impossible, due to the sheer bulk of the data.
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- These limitations are eliminated by ASDG's ADPro loader and saver for
- the Abekas format since these modules can directly control the same
- type of tape drive (from Exabyte) and interpret the same file format
- used to store the Abekas images in the first place. Full overscan
- broadcast frames can be read or written in as little as 11 seconds on
- a stock A3000.
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- By using ADPro's extensive format conversion and batch processing
- capabilities, multi-minute video streams can be transferred between
- any format and an Abekas tape automatically.
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- ADPro support for the Abekas carries a list price of $200 and requires
- a Commodore SCSI disk controller and an Exabyte tape drive to
- function.
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- For information as to how to acquire ADPro's Abekas support or where
- to purchase Exabyte tape drives, contact Gina Cerniglia at ASDG
- Incorporated, 925 Stewart Street, Madison, WI 53713 or call (608)
- 273-6585.
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- Art Department is a registered trademark of ASDG Incorporated. Amiga
- is a registered trademark of Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
-