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- From: c60c-3gp@web-3g.berkeley.edu (Francois Chew)
- Subject: Computer to Videotape
- Message-ID: <1992Sep16.005528.12020@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
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- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 00:55:28 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep15.173923.7448@cognos.com> faraghec@cognos.com
- (Chad Faragher) writes:
- >What options does one have for creating animation non-real-time
- >directly to videotape? For example, I would like to render a frame,
- >write it to the tape, then generate the next frame. Hopefully
- >there is someone out there to help me.
- >
- >Chad Faragher -- INDEP.
-
- I am a videomaker interested in going into computer graphics as
- a special effects tool and have just purchased NewTek's Video Toaster.
-
- Usually, the computer will render all of the frames and save them to
- disk. Then there are certain compression programs that will compile and play
- the frames in sequence, as fast as possible to a 30fps rate while a VCR is
- recording. The problem is that it may slow down for frames that have a larger
- delta than the previous frames and it's never completely smooth.
- The best way to do it is to get a single frame recorder. Once the
- picture files are rendered, the computer loads up each frame at a time, and
- sends a signal to the recorder to record a frame.
- The next problem for low-budget video-makers like me is getting
- your hands on a consumer single frame-recorder.
-
- I subscribe to "VideoMaker" magazine, where they are keeping up
- to date on desktop video (I highly recommend it if you are interested in
- joing your computer animations with your videos). I recently saw an ad
- for Sony's latest Hi8 deck, capable of single frame recording, for
- about $6000. (It's called the EV-3000, or the EV-something)
- Just hang on (like me), and they'll probably come out with cheaper
- models in the future..
- If you have any comments or questions,
- please e-mail me at fchew@ocf.berkeley.edu
- Thanks,
- Francois Chew
-