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In article <1992Nov17.141533.1250@polaris.utu.fi> jahtikari@finabo.abo.fi (Jukka Ahtikari) writes:
>I have tried to get still pictures from VideoSpigot/ScreenPlay-program to
>other Macintosh-programs, such as MacroMind Director 3.1, Adobe Premiere
>etc. Unfortunately some of those video still pictures haven't appeared in
>those programs. You may get a QuickTime -logo or absolutely nothing in
>the program window.  
>
>I am using Macintosh Quadra 700 with 16" color monitor (millions of
>colors). This problem doesn't appear when you are using 256 colors, but
>the quality is not so good and according to the local
>VideoSpigot-importer this card and its programs should be compatible with
>millions of colors (32-bit). Does anyone have similar problems and how
>they have been solved?

I am using a Q700, 16" monitor, and video spigot as well.  It is my
experience that video spigot only really works in millions of colors
mode, but that I have to change to 256 color mode when I view still
shots or videos in Aldus SuperCard.  Anyone else find this to be the case?


Christopher Gronbeck

(Running System 7.1, QuickTime 1.5)

In article <1eb4kjINNgih@morrow.stanford.edu>, ceg@nova3.stanford.edu (Chris Gronbeck) writes:
>
> I am using a Q700, 16" monitor, and video spigot as well.  It is my
> experience that video spigot only really works in millions of colors
> mode, but that I have to change to 256 color mode when I view still
> shots or videos in Aldus SuperCard.  Anyone else find this to be the case?

Nope. I have an LC with a 13" Apple RGB monitor, and even with a full complement
of VRAM its on-board video can't give me more than 256 colours. I have used
the Spigot in all modes from 1 to 8 bits per pixel, with no problems.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-7-856-2889
Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-7-838-4066
University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
Hamilton, New Zealand    37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+13:00

In article <1992Nov17.141533.1250@polaris.utu.fi>, Jukka Ahtikari <jahtikari@finabo.abo.fi> writes:
> I have tried to get still pictures from VideoSpigot/ScreenPlay-program to
> other Macintosh-programs, such as MacroMind Director 3.1, Adobe Premiere
> etc. Unfortunately some of those video still pictures haven't appeared in
> those programs. You may get a QuickTime -logo or absolutely nothing in
> the program window.

I've had absolutely no problems getting images from a Spigot (grabbed with
ScreenPlay) into Premiere (both 1.0 and 2.0) and Canvas 3.0.

Re the QuickTime logo--would that be the image you get when you try looking
at a QuickTime-compressed picture on a machine which doesn't have QuickTime
installed?

> I am using Macintosh Quadra 700 with 16" color monitor (millions of
> colors). This problem doesn't appear when you are using 256 colors, but
> the quality is not so good and according to the local
> VideoSpigot-importer this card and its programs should be compatible with
> millions of colors (32-bit). Does anyone have similar problems and how
> they have been solved?
> 																									Jukka

Are you saying you have one of these still images in a window, and it shows
up in 256-colour mode, but disappears when you switch to "millions" of colours?

All the PICT files that ScreenPlay creates always contain "millions" of colours,
regardless of your screen mode at the time you grab the images.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-7-856-2889
Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-7-838-4066
University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
Hamilton, New Zealand    37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+13:00