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- From: cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP)
- Subject: Re: Amiga v. Mac (multimedia/video-editing)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep5.041306.13391@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca>
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- Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
- References: <James_Hastings-Trew.0jaw@telepro.UUCP>
- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 04:13:06 GMT
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- In article <James_Hastings-Trew.0jaw@telepro.UUCP> James_Hastings-Trew@telepro.UUCP (James Hastings-Trew) writes:
- >
- >Objectively speaking, I really don't know what the use for QuickTime is,
- >other than demonstrating QuickTime, and adding a few poorly done animations
- >to some CD encyclopedia sets. The Amiga ANIM format is more compact, and
- >plays back at full screen, with better frame rates than do 2x2 inch
- >QuickTime movies. I'd give up 8 bit colour in a tiny window to animate 6
- >bit colour on an full sized, overscanned monitor any day.
- >
- With DCTV or HAM-E plus, you can animate full 24 bit full screen overscan
- animation instead of 8 bit. I think this is what MAC can't do.
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