NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #26/NN_1992_26.iso/spool/comp/graphics/animatio/931

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From: [e-mail] (Ole Holm Nielsen)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
Subject: SoftVTR animation software - any recommendations ?
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Date: 5 Nov 92 15:38:51 GMT
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We have been offered a computer animation solution consisting of the
SoftVTR software running on one of our Sun SPARCstation machines, in
conjunction with the new Sony EVO-9650 VTR.  We use the RasterOps TC/S
video card for loading still-video images from the computer.

Can anyone comment on whether the SoftVTR software with the mentioned
hardware will create a good working environment for producing
single-frame animation.  We think that the Hi8 video quality is good
enough for us, we're more concerned with convenient ways of controlling
the single-frame recording.

Our scenario would typically be:  We'll generate 500 raster images
using our own software.  We want to end up with a 20-second animation
sequence (we're using PAL, 25 frames/sec) on Hi8 tape, by means of
single-frame recording onto the VTR.  This should finally be copied to
a VHS tape with leading and trailing still-text images.

With best regards,

Ole H. Nielsen
Laboratory of Applied Physics, Building 307
Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
E-mail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone] ext. 3187
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