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- From: tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
- Subject: Re: Who is the best for multimedia?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.155651.17079@enea.se>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 15:56:51 GMT
- References: <Mike_Whalen.0z3x@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US>
- Organization: Enea Data AB
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- Mike_Whalen@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Mike Whalen) writes:
- : In a message dated Tue 3 Nov 92 22:00, Pl159410@academ01.mty.itesm.mx (ale
- : wrote:
- :
- : P> Q: WHY would anyone awant a 'resizable' anim for multimedia apps?? At
- : P> the most,
- : P> I would rather sacrifice having to resize an entire anim (which can be
- : P> done in
- : P> the Amiga DeluxePaint) which could be any # of colors and run at full
- : P> speed,
- : P> than stick with a slow QuickTime movie. (Please correct me if I'm
- : P> wrong about
- : P> QTie's slowness... but I have seen it in action and it is rather slo
- : P> and
- : P> jerky-- maybe it was an old version??)
- :
- : QuickTime is not slow at all. It DOES depend on how you render it. If I
- : rendered it full screen with the new version (which comes with 7.1) it
- : would work quite well. Right now, taking a QT movie with a logo rotating
- : mapped with a reflective chrome, it runs pretty well at larger sizes.
- :
- : What I want to see is full speed full-time.
- :
- : P> Well, with the A4000 available now, and a1200's pretty close to
- : P> production,
- : P> you could easily use the more powerful 4000 for production, and 1200s
- : P> as
- : P> kiosk delivery systems, etc. This would be a far cheaper solution than
- : P> having a Quadra for production, etc..
- :
-
- The A1200 is out in the UK, 399 pounds (about $650?). It needs more
- FAST-RAM, though. The basic config isn't (as always) really useful.
-
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