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Re: NeXT used in Def Leppard video?

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From: Todd M. Swan
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 15:31
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In article <#paHe+pl6@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)  
writes:
> 
> In article <s0d56INNq20@agate.berkeley.edu> et@ocf.berkeley.edu (Eric  
Thompson) writes:
> 
>    Def Leppard has a new video, "Let's Get Rocked," and it contains a
>    bunch of 3-d type animation.  They have what look like animated
>    shots of a computer screen.. which looks NeXT-ish.  (I don't have
>    mine yet, so I can't compare.)  They open some windows ("Virtual
>    Audio"?) and stick some boxes together with lines (IB?).. well
>    anyway.
> 
> Looked like an SGI to me.
> 
> In this weeks issue of Business Week, the article on DSPs has a
> picture of a NeXT.  However, NeXT is never mentioned and the computer
> itsef is referred to as a PC.

I didn't necessarily think that a NeXT was used.  (The windows in it looked to  
Windows-like.)  But I did think that the animation could have been done with  
Renderman.  Did anyone else think that?

Todd
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