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moffitt@ravel.udel.edu (Curtis Moffitt) writes:

>Hi all,
>   I have an interesting question....  I would like to know if there is any
>way to digitize video in real-time and do some special effects on the 
>images for display as part of a psychedelic lightshow.....

>   What I ultimately want to do is use a video camera and show the images
>while creating real-time psychedelic special effects such as "trails" and 
>"color distortions" on moving objets...

>   Is there any way to do this kind of thing on a PC type platform?  Maybe
>a high-end 486/33MHz with some video cards?

What about the Video Toaster ? It has lots of hardware horsepower for
real time video effects that any general purpose CPU would have a very
hard time matching. I believe the Toaster software uses the Amiga's
inter-process communication and control language AREXX, which basically
allows you to control one or more programs from a script. For example,
it could randomly choose the video effect currently running.

The toaster's specs have been re-hashed many times, but basically you
can frame grab in 1/60th of a second, mix from up to four input video
sources, fade between sources, do colour effects, and heaps of wipes.
All this for $1600 (+ the Amiga you put it in).

I also believe it can be controlled by a PC, but what's the point ?
The Amiga's real time, multitasking OS would be just the shot for this
type of thing.

Regards,

Gary McGhee

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