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Article #125Re: Real-time video and special effects.....
From: SHUK C YIP
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 16:13
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 16:13
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In article <amuser.713090161@marsh> amuser@marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au (Bill Sharp-Smith AUG) writes: > >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). > If you want to utilize the full power of Video Toaster, I recommend ShowMaker from Gold Disk.
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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!utcsri!torn!newshub.ccs.yorku.ca!newshub.ariel.yorku.ca!cs902125 From: cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP) Subject: Re: Real-time video and special effects..... Message-ID: <1992Aug6.161309.11607@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> Sender: news@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca (USENET News System) Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada References: <BsFAun.75J@news.udel.edu> <amuser.713090161@marsh> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1992 16:13:09 GMT Lines: 17