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#5479-
Another new member
Message #5634
Hello John! Thank you for your hint, it would have been really useful! I looked there myself, and they have a lot about anaglyphs, but my real problem was inomation about how to set the cameras, ow to set the poin of interest, but I found no one anywhere to…
#5477-
Cardinal SnapPlus
Message #5599
I'm sure if it had, Play and NewTek would have made arrangements, anyway. But you must admit, the products are very similar in concept. Hank Videology, Inc Where you always get P.O.M.P. and Service under all circumstances
#5476-
Programable Video Player
Message #5493
Thanks John. I'm currently looking for such a remote. I'll let you know if I come across a VCR like the one you mentioned. Bill
> their titler does not scroll lots I've been told the scrolling is possible ONLY with a card using the ET4000 video chip. I dunno for sure if this is exclusively correct but it came from knowledgeable sources. Magni makes this sort of genlock card. I dunno what AVer's card…
Howdy
Message #5449
Hi, Im a 3D studio chap basically, producing MPEG animations on my PC. Now getting into Video… Just about to get Premiere 4, and looking at purchasing some hardware to capture, compress(MPEG/MJPEG) and edit, then Output.. SVHS quality video.. Any personal recommendations would be appreciated..
Thanks a lot, James! -John
#Newsletter Posted
Message #5432
The latest issue of THE MULTIMEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY EXAMINER has been uploaded to Library 2 of this forum. This issue covers DARK FORCES from LucasArts, the MASTER HUNTER Probe from Harris-Dracon for the HA/BA Installer, movies on CD-i, and more. This issue also marks the commenmcement of coverage of the…
William: >> There is two different types of compressions (Cinepak and Animation) used for the quicktime digital video.
#Animation Compressor
Message #5401
Hello, I just had a CD burned of a recently developed interactive multimedia project so I could test performance of the quicktime digital video. There is two different types of compressions (Cinepak and Animation) used for the quicktime digital video. When I play teh CD the cinapak movie is fine…
Thanks Gary >>arry an excellent overlay card from AVer Media, called the AVer PRO. It is now available with your choice of titling programs. Curtain Call for windows
The Fast system offers another advantage for the videographer. It lets you do both real time linear digital effects (A/B rolls, title overlay, chroma key) and NLE. As for ease of set up, it can be a crap shoot. For any NLE product I recommend this minimum configuration. Pentium, 16…
Hi all, I was on the west coast visiting Fast, AVer media, the Montery Aquarium and many, many vineyards. I'm back and her to help. I assume that you want to add titles to video, so you will need an overlay card to superimpose them over vide, or to output…
John is correct. The Movie Machine Pro turns your PC into a digital video mixer for under $500. You can do several different A/B wipe effects including picture in picture. For more info and specs, send me your mailing address, and I'll get you out a free copy of "THe…
>While there is probably good shareware do what you ask, I thought I'd just drop in a plug here for WinImages FX/Morph from Blackbelt systems. It is an awesome product at 10 times the price. The price, $99.95 retail.< Hmmm…that's okay for me, but I'd also like to convince other…
Hi John – Welcome to the forum. I saw the Video Cube at NAB and was most impressed with it. Could you give me an overview, pros, cons, etc. Hope we make you feel welcome and look forward to your input. Hank Videology, Inc Where you always get P.O.M.P. and…
Smart Video Rec. Pro
Message #5381
Bernard: It took me a day to confirm, but the Smart Video Recorder Pro_IS_still being sold by Intel. And very successfully so. I suspect that somehow in your communication with Intel that the SVRP was confused with the Action Media II card. That product, jointly developed by Intel and IBM,…
Timothy, While there is probably good shareware do what you ask, I thought I'd just drop in a plug here for WinImages FX/Morph from Blackbelt systems. It is an awesome product at 10 times the price. The price, $99.95 retail. -John
Michael, Re: the FAST interface to the Alladin. Theoretically that is in the 2.0 release of the FAST software (available on MultiBven). However they do not seem to document the connection. I assume that it is GPI, meaning I have to get FAST's $1300 or so GPI box, but I…
Thanks John
Chris: >Thanks for your help anyway. When I find the solution I'll let you know.< Thanks for the offer! I'd like to hear about it, Best, Tim
Rick, you will find DeBabelizer in almost any mac mail order catalog; MacZone, MacMall, MacWarehouse, etc. I think I paid about $180 or so for it. It is a killer program. I use it almost daily to convert .tga's on my Pentium PC into a quicktime moov which I can…
Have you looked at the Grass Valley Model 1000? It has integral licences Ultimatte technology.
Chris: I've had software solutions for this offered to me on productions by gaffers and techs. Did you try your nearby friendly gaffer and lighting company? Bet the've run into this and have a solution. Also,I've also seen programs which claim to do this offered in film magazines like American…
You may want to give the miro products a good looking over. Many forum members say that the installation is much less painless than other boards. miro has NTSC output on the DC1TV and capture without output with the 20TD boardset. Some vendors bundle it with software. But check what…
Tim, Thanks for your help anyway. When I find the solution I'll let you know. Chris Dunne
They're in NY. Advertise in Videomaker. Been in business since 84. Focus on the amateur market. Phone is 516-759-1943. Ask for Gary. He visits this forum and several others.
Welome to the DTV Forum, John -John
Thanks John >>Call Electronic Mailbox
#.AVI -> .MOV converter?
Message #5342
I'd like to lay my hands on a shareware that will convert .AVI files to QuickTime .MOV files (so I can upload video clips as QT for both Windows and Mac). Seems to me somebody mentioned it once, but I lost the message.
Bernard: >Will the FAST Movie Line Pro, or competive products do much more for me than the Intel/IBM card? The Fast come with a "special version" of Permiere.< If I can jump in here for a sec… The Fast Movie Line Pro, unlike the Smart Video Recorder Pro, was designed…
Thanks for your response. I know where Deland is (my folks have owned property up there for a number of years), and it's too bad you're too far away to get together on a regular basis. What I'm trying to do is simple. Find a group of independent video producers…
PrimeTime. MS-DOS based. Not sure if they have one for Windows. Call Electronic Mailbox and inquire. That's where I got my copy. -jts
#Getting started with NLE
Message #5330
Jeff: Have just been in touch with Intel and they seem to have discontinued selling the Smart Video Recorder Pro, it seem now that IBM sells it. Is this significant in that there are problems with the latest version? Will the FAST Movie Line Pro, or competive products do much…
Jeff: Thanks so much for your tip. Also will take serious note of all caps comment.
Chris: >What's going on on the screen will be shot while someone is speaking in front of it and possibly interacting with the computer, so it needs to be actual software running. I know you can adapt video cards to run at 24fps, but I don't know if you can…
Hi Patrick, >> I've been talking things over with the guy we buy things from and he's got me a little confused (he's more of a salesman than a technical kind of guy). Basically, Linear editing is for "Live" type editing, where the computer is acting as either another "video…
I've happily stumbled on your forum. I've supported myself for the last 32 years in this business. There comes a time when you can no longer be in a room with 12 agency art directors surrounding a slice of pie. I have moved into the desktop video world with a…
Bernand: FYI, capital letters imply that you're SCREAMING! No need to shoot around here. Intel has made significant progress with the newer Smart Video Recorder Pro. I'd say an upgrade to that could help your performance right away. Jeff Sauer
The first thing that comes to mind is that audio has a data rate too. Your system will have some data rate max. That could be a few hundred kb/sec or it could be a couple of MB/sec if your system is really moving. Whatever it is, to play a…
#Titling Software
Message #5317
Can you help by pointing me to some simple windows titling software -just enough to scroll a very long cast list reasonably smoothly? Thanks for any ideas Peter Goldfield
You look lonely out there with no responses. I'm not in south Florida (although I was in WPB for a few years). I'm up in the Central Florida area now. Deland, specifically ( between Orlando and Daytona ). I'm interested in what you're trying to do.
Tim, >Don't know of any offhand, though I'm wondering if you couldn't just shoot the screen as is for monitor background sequences, and "dump" the monitor signal to tape and do a film-tape transfer for the sequences where reading what's on the monitor is crucial. I take it you really…
Bernard, You might take a look at a new product called the Perception board with the AD-2500 Input module from DPS, Inc. This is a PCI based video capture board with broadcast quality input and output from Composite-Y/C-Component sources. It should work with Adobe Premiere when it is released and…
David, There is a device called the Movie Machine from Fast Electronics that I believe will do what you want to do, create a main and inset picture. It takes two video inputs and I believe that it comes with software that would allow you to create a picture in…
#GETTING STARTED WITH NON
Message #5306
WOULD APPRECIATE ANY "REAL-WORLD" ADVICE AND RECCOMENDATIONS TO HELP ME GET STARTED – HAVE PC PENTIUM AT 90HZ WITH 2 GIGS HARD DRIVES AND PREMIERE INSTALLED. PRESENTLY USING AN ANCIENT INTEL SMART VIDEO BOARD. DO I JUST NEED TO GET AN UP-TO-DATE CAPTURE DIGITAL BOARD OR DO I NEED SOMETHING…
#HD won't play video file
Message #5305
I have a Western digital caviar 540Mb HD, a Vision VL controller and a 66Mhz DX2. I can play all video files from CDrom, MPEG files from HD and AVI without sound from HD but when I play AVI or MOV files with audio from HD the sound and picture…
hi, ill do my best…. 😉
#Debabblizer ?
Message #5302
We recently brought a new Avid Media Composer 1000 into our video editing suite. Based on the PowerMac, we are finding the need to be able to covert many of our graphics which have been created on PC's. We've been told a product called Debabbelizer is the tool for the…
Chris: >I'm looking for any information on display cards for the Mac and PC that will run the computer monitor at 24fps so it can be filmed in shots with dialogue. Any help would be greatly appreciated.< Don't know of any offhand, though I'm wondering if you couldn't just shoot…
#Computers and 24fps film
Message #5293
I'm looking for any information on display cards for the Mac and PC that will run the computer monitor at 24fps so it can be filmed in shots with dialogue. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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