This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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>>either that or people who do this sort of thing have different expectations. Most of the time when dealing with the pros this is true, but then I always seem to get the shi* clients that look at a production done on beta SP and choose 3/4-Hi8 to do their…
While FOUR audio tracks are indeed available in the Hi8 standard I don't know of any machine that can address them all at once. Usually only two at a time. These are the Left and Right PCM and the Left and right AFM tracks. Unless Sony has released a linear…
Hi8 to beta SP? I feel that the degradation process gets halted when any format is copied to beta SP for the next 6-7 generations as long as the beta to beta dubs are done component (Y, R-Y, B-Y). Hi8 will still look Hi8 on beta sp but editing can…
>>I don't know how I'd go about verifying this for sure but it does seem to me that my Ill Pro is outputting at the correct resolution as I think I am seeing the entire image. Hi John: I just went through a similar test on a consulting engineering job…
>>Should the flare1_i.ixp be deleted and only flare2_i.ixp be put on all network machines?, You really do need to have all of the most recent version of flare on all slaves. The two versions of lens flare handle the color space interpolation differently. If using release 3 or higher and…
>>Call me idealistically curious 🙂 Actually I was just thinking of you as an artist mentality as opposed to a pragmatic engineer type.
One thing you should always remember is that a VGA monitor will not yield the same colors as the VTSC monitor. What I don't understand is why your morph from ER was washed out after you sent it back to the PAR. I have only seen PAR artifacts when doing…
>>Kind of like you know how your legs work as their currently constructed, but you wonder just what a chair would look like if your knees bent the other way. No, I can't say I ever did wonder about a chair like that. I would be too busy designing a…
>>I just always hope that all the cuts are less than 62 seconds! If your edits are longer you may consider getting a new editor.
I have never had the color shift problem here. I use a vectorscope on the images and adjust the image before laying to tape if it looks off.
Sony betacam SP tape
Message #175152
I have purchased a quantity of BCT-30Ma betacam tape. It is all used but of excellent near new quality. Most has 5-10 minutes of first pass recording and then the rest blank. The recordings are from NBC Sports Golf footage. All in original boxes packed 10 per case. The tape…
For sale PVM-1344Q
Message #175151
I have a friend who has a Sony PVM-1344Q monitor for sale. wants $600.+shipping. E-mail for any details.
I have decided that the perception is more geared toward NLE applications where the PAR is better suited for simple animation output. This is based on the press release info we all have. We'll have to wait and see. For now I, too, am very happy with my PAR and…
I know everyone is going to utilize his PAR diferently. My point is that there are ways to get the highest quality out of the PAR drive and other ways that only result in poor quality. Many have announced here on the forum that they use the par drive to…
Are you getting this same problem after reformating the drive and recording your first ani file to the empty drive or only after many file deletes and optimizes and a long time since you last reformated?
Interesting about the SIPP requirement. Nobody told me about this before. Does the basic card come equipped with the minimum SIPP of 1 meg? Unfortunately, I sold all my SIPP inventory a year ago. Today they are hard to find. What does the increased memory get you in the way…
Jerome, please don't take offense to this but I really think your experimental work with this AR thing is a waste of time. This is NOT a subjective issue like "correct gamma" settings. This AR can be simply calculated using simple formula. If you were told otherwise then either you…
Would you believe: My largest volume customer for animation is still editing with 3/4 Umatic. They do a lot of projects weekly and give me plenty of work for short 3DS animation logos. The difference in the par output vs. targa+ even on the 3/4 Umatic is noticeable. With betacam…
Thanks for the response. How much overhead does the TB card use? I heard it uses a lot of memory and takes up 3 IRQ's; is this so? Do you need a special config/autoexec to run razor pro with the TB card in order to conserve memory? I haven't decided…
The PAR's compression is lossless when observing on most TV sets. On a good monitor viewing solid colors one can see many artifacts. But who cares at my level of video? My customers just love the output. By the time it gets edited several generations the artifacts disappear in the…
>>You could use your UVW-1800 for this easily. Yes, I did and it does work great. I even developed a set of clap board graphics for syncing the audio (just to be cute) I use the graphic as a one frame edit with a pulse of 1000 Hz. audio for…
I have been thinking about this SMPTE TC problem and the only way I see the PAR to handle it is as VITC. With VITC and an external reader/writer one may be able to rig the GPI or better yet if DPS came out with a pseudo RS-422 control protocol…
You won't get an exact match of NTSC to VGA monitors but one thing you might verify is the gamma setting for your "file output" This should be set for 1.5 to 1.8 for the PAR to yield good looking color depth. Be sure your monitor is calibrated for color…
Thanks for the tip. I got through this one using a bump map but in the future if I need anything more than simple boolean operations I will consider using different software as most have recommended.
Bob: I am planning to get a new sound card and have some questions about your PAR-Razor-TB setup. I assume it works without problems, like sync and "hiccups" when doing sound and video together. Is this true? Does your TB card require a lot of memory and IRQ,s to set…
#The PAR and Aspect Ratio
Message #174380
If you have to put in a number why not make it the correct number? It's 0.851.
Using boolean for simple boring of holes is about all that 3DS boolean is good for. With really complex geometry it just does not work as described. I'm talking text or whole words etched out of a flat plate object. This is too complex to decide which element to start…
Thanks, Gus for the info. I'll follow up with Brick next time we chat. For now I have reseated the PAR board and IDE cables and the error has temporarily disappeared. Maybe it was just some oxidation build up on the mechanical connections. I'll be starting another rendering soon so…
>>The black triangles you are seeing might be faces with their normals flipped. Try rendering 2 sided and see if the triangles render. I, too, have been having a lot of problems with boolean and flipped normals. What I don't understand is why object unify doesn't seem to correct this.…
#PAR errors
Message #173970
Hi Gus: I have several questions regarding some peculiarities of the PAR I have been noticing since ver 1.5. Intermittantly, when I launch parinit/pardrv I get an error message that states: Super 8 Timed Out, waiting for Ack Last Micro Code Command ===> 56 If I rerun my PAR start…
The Par will output SVHS (Y/C signal) simultaneously as composite video. Just hook up either wire between your PAR and your VHS deck and be sure you have the appropriate input selected on the VHS deck. Hook up a video cable from the VHS deck's output to the monitor.
Re-consult your manual. The PAR requires a frame size of 752X480X0.851. The aspect ratio must be 0.851 to yield distortion free geometry on a 1.33 aspect ratio NTSC TV screen. You plug in these figures in 3DS and everything will be fine. Every frame buffer has its own specs for…
I believe it triggers on a +5vdc pulse. This usually what the GPI interface generates on send. At least this is what I see on the scope. The other thing you might need to calibrate is the GPI timing delay in the PAR. This is setup in the submenu and…
>>but would rather use VP if possible. (that way I don't have to worry about cropping off edges, I've done this often and have, so far, found the simple way is to just use the safe frame and create a rectangle object that you map the IFL to with the…
Last week I was in a meeting with my Internet service provider along with a client I do engineering for. They have a commercial web page to advertise their products. The purpose of the meeting was to determine why their sales were so low from the web page offering. They…
Respecting VHS, the quality can get quite good on a deck like the JVC 800 series and the Panasonic AG7750 but the price will be near the price of betacam UVW-1400. The 1600's will be about the best you can get with consumer decks. Keep in mind that there is…
Format wars? The biggest problem in selecting formats is trying to decide how much degradation you can stand in the duplication process. Feeding a 3/4 Umatic machine with a Par is fairly good quality but it goes soft when using this 3/4 tape to produce VHS copies. Since the PAR…
I find there are two types of Mac users, and for that matter PC and Amiga users too. Those that are dedicated to the artistic discipline of their profession and those that are dedicated to their hardware. Generally the latter are the ones that exhibit the obstreperous actions we both…
I really meant obtuse. ie Slow to catch on to the real world.
Good luck! I don't envy anone that has to do it the way you are going about it. Printing MAC heads can be so obtuse at times. I've found they are happiest when they can do their own thing with the transparency.
Since you apparently can gain access to a scope you should check out the bars that come with the PAR. Then you could use these as the default colors and just be sure your lines are short (less than 10 feet) and use the PAR bars as reference. As I…
>>Thanks for the info but I don't know what the finally size with be in print. That is up to the publisher. You said the magic words. Judy, when I get assignments like yours I beg off trying to supply a file as anything you do won't be right. What…
Paul: Unless someone pulled my original uploads on the color bars the ones in the library were originally intended for use with the targa+ board. I also submitted a "NTSCCB.prj file that you could render. This file was produced with release 2.01 I believe. The output was checked with a…
Prior to page roll IPAS for 3DS I used Topas for creating any animation that required an object to bend greater than 180 degrees. 3DS still has this limitation but you can do it via the viewpoint IPAS. Match bit map perspective is available in Topas but since R4, 3DS…
It's all in what you're used to. I found Topas awkward, It was very picky as to the graphics cards that would give you good displays and designing everything using basicly one screen was slow and confusing for me. I only used it for those things that can't be done…
>>All products are under warranty from manufacture and work great Except maybe the Topas which "work great" is very debatable.
Yes, Thanks Greg. We're parouting again, correctly this time but I do get those phantom files. Gus says I need an update to the program to correct this.
>>ROFL! I love your diving tips and stories. My favorite shark story is about a tangle I had with a small 4 foot Nurse shark under the 7 mile bridge in the FL. Keys. I was digging in holes in the bottom trying to pull some lobster when I felt…
>>yeah, maybe the hammerhead migration is a once in a lifetime experience for the very patient. You need to dive offshore Jacksonville 55 miles out in the winter. You'll see them every dive constantly trying to take your grouper away. A real nuisance! My rule is: If the Hammerhead is…
>>It was very impressive, however for the money, I would take 10 pentiums and 3DS over an SGI Indigo 2 anyday.] That's the attitude I mean. And what will the high end guys do when the middle road software gets as good as Alias and SI?
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