This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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You will need to create two files in your Prefs:env-archive/mosaic directory — Editor and Sendmail. For editor my file reads workbench:utilities/ed -sticky (this is the ed program that comes with CygnusED v3.5 that I just got) For sendmail the file reads AmiTCP:bin/SMTPpost Other files were required to be defind for…
If you have a Toaster you could import their bars from the framestore buffer to toaster paint then save the iff from there. If you have no Toaster just let me know what format you want and I'll e-mail you the bars here. Joe Maulucci >>> Accadia / MotionCLIPS 716…
New Price!!
Message #121758
MotionCLIPS CD-ROM announces new pricing… Royality Free Stock Footage in Flyer/LightWave aspect ratio. See MOTION.LZX in AmigaUsers/News and Reviews. Or EMAIL 70702,230 Joe Maulucci >>> Accadia / MotionCLIPS Voice: 716 881-5215 BBS/FAX: 716 882-1774
#New Pricing
Message #48152
MotionCLIPS CD-ROM announces Lower Pricing… Moving Clipart for Non-Linear Editors, DTV and 3D Artists. see MOTION.LZX file in AmigaUsers/New and Reviews. or EMAIL 70702,230 Joe Maulucci >>> Accadia / MotionCLIPS Voice: 716 881-5215 BBS/FAX: 716 882-1774
No more Amiga Toasters?
Message #118638
> Keep in mind that the split at NewTek did come with some sort of cost/loss. Along with the lack of new Amigas, it is remarkable that NewTek R&D is able to look at other markets. Other companies can't afford R&D and are waiting for new machines so that they…
#Special Offer
Message #46891
The Review is out!! MotionCLIPS Awesome for many reasons, this CD is a must-have for computer artists and animators. -R. Shamms Mortier Review in VTU May 1995 Issue To celebrate, MotionCLIPS has a special offer! MC for just $99 (Save 50%) if you order by May 31st! Remember Toaster System…
Martin, I do not have WB3.1. I don't recall seeing a sample mountlist in the previous versions. But still you should not format the hard drive under Amiga DOS (or has that changed also). Joe Maulucci >>> MotionCLIPS, CD-ROM Voice: 716 881-5215 BBS/FAX: 716 882-1774
Robert, There is a product on the Amiga side called CrossDOS which will allow you to read and write SyQuest 88s — I do it all the time. Contact the manufacture: Consultron 8959 Ridge Rd Plymonth, MI 48170 USA 313 459-7271 cstron@m-net.arbornet.org BTW — the version of CrossDOS that came…
Then I take it you don't miss the AA chip set. Joe Maulucci >>> "MotionCLIPS CD-ROM – 20 Royality Free Image Sequences" Call 716 873-1856 to order (The MicroWorks)
The only reason the Amiga had a chance was via developers and not C=. Applications sell computers, no one cares what it is only what it can do. The only reason why the Amiga is where it is today is simply C=, and their lack of concern for developers and…
Things to think about…. 1) IDG does not only publish Amiga World but other Amiga magazines outside of the USA and they are still in business. (ex Amiga Computing) 2) CEI said that the sale is proceeding and independent of the 3 vs 12 month issue. So any restrainment order…
Extended File Names
Message #102449
Does anyone know if this is true … CD-ROMs mastered to ISO/Level 2 with extended character file names will not load on a NT/Windows Lightwave Engine. I have one user with a Raptor Workstation who cannot load anything from my CD-ROM. The files are JPEG and named like "CD0:CloudsCU1_R2L.JPG/CloudsR2L.0001" "CD0:CityNights.JPG/CityNights.0001"…
New Amiga Product Info
Message #3081
Accadia Electronic Arts Announces… MotionCLIPS CD-ROM and PEGGER Bundle for only $199! MotionCLIPS is a collection of Moving Clipart for 3D Artist, DTV users and Non-Linear Editors. Over 8,000 frames of Royalty-Free stock footage on one CD-ROM. These 752×480 24 bit JPEG Sequences are perfect for programs like Alpha Paint,…
#New Product Info
Message #102259
Accadia Electronic Arts Announces… MotionCLIPS CD-ROM and PEGGER Bundle for only $199! MotionCLIPS is a collection of Moving Clipart for 3D Artist, DTV users and Non-Linear Editors. Over 8,000 frames of Royalty-Free stock footage on one CD-ROM. These 752×480 24 bit JPEG Sequences are perfect for programs like Alpha Paint,…
Nate, Thanks for your input. It seems that the IBM world is inflexable! If the file does not have an extension it will not do anything. You can tell photoshop that it is a jpeg file but still no extension means "Unknown file format NONE" error. With the .jpg extension…
Russ, A CD-ROM will hold only around 650 MB. With JPEG, I am able to offer 20 scenes/8,000 frames on one disc. Other simular products also require a hard drive. The Pyromania CD (From Movie Effects Studio) is a collection of great fire stuff in 1,182 PICT files at 640×480.…
Nate, Thanks for the info. I was more concern with Amiga/Toaster users when I first started this project. The CD-ROM works find for that format. But with more people getting rendering engines, I have to start looking at a more universal scheme. I am told that MAC/IBM users should be…
Russ, The sequences are in JPEG – 752×480. Lightwave does not load JPEG. You need to temporary copy the frames to a HD converting them to IFF or with LW 3.5 you can use Targa which loads faster into LW. Joe Maulucci >>> "MotionCLIPS CD-ROM – 20 Royality Free Image…
WaveMaker 2.0! The last thing I heard from John Gross was that Tony Stutterheim was shopping for a new publisher. How did you find out about it? Do you know if there is an upgrade offer? Who can I talk to? Joe Maulucci >>> "MotionCLIPS CD-ROM – 20 Royality Free…
Russ, Instead of offering a demo, if you buy direct there is a 15 day risk free guarantee. If you really want to see a demo I can quickly toss the scenes onto a VHS. I will send you a thumbnail sample of the frames via E-MAIL. E-MAIL an address…
John, E-Mail your address so I can send you a copy! I am still wondering about the 3 character extension though. For example some programs will be looking for a numeric sequence at the end of the file name and will see the extention instead (like Lightwave or Personal SFC).…
John, Actually the CD-ROM is mastered to ISO-9660/Level Two, the extended character set. I understand that it should play on some other platforms, but I do not have any non-Amiga users to confirm this. I am of the understanding that should include AMIGA/SGI/WINDOWS-NT/UNIX/MAC/OS2. I have a friend who has a…
#Market advice
Message #2666
I currently have out on the market an Amiga based product. It is a CD-ROM of image sequences (30 FPS 752×480 .JPEG). I am looking for advice as I am planning to expand into other markets. "MotionCLIPS is 8,000 frames of royality free stock footage for use with NLE, 3D…
Lee, I am a PAR user… Yes ADPro 2.5 does read PAR Motion-JPEG, one frame at a time. You can then modify to your hearts content. There is a freeware front end program call PAR Processor that does batch with PAR & ADPro ( I have seen it but have…
Product Announcement
Message #2152
Press Release…. Accadia Electronic Arts announces "15 Days Risk Free Guarantee" on MotionCLIPS CD-ROM. (See our ad in Video Toaster User) MotionCLIPS is 100% guaranteed. If you are not satisfied with your purchase, contact us at 1 (716) 873-1856 within 15 days for a product refund. You must call first…
Well it is alot quicker — color on the 800C is done on one pass. Resolutions depends on how much RAM you have. Higher the res, more RAM needed — full color, even more RAM. I capture mostly in grey, using as much RAM as I can. Then I will…
I have been using Epson's 800C, works great with ADPro. The advantages are mostly that you do not have to worry about uneven light source. I work with alot of logos, mostly on letter heads and business cards. There is hardly any clean-up required! Big difference from the old DigiView…
Kevin, You may have more than one patch in the file you d/l'd. If for example there is a version between 2.01 and 2.34, you must apply the middle patch first to 2.01, then apply the 2.34 patch to the version you just created. Joe Maulucci >>> Accadia BBS -…
Nick, I think Andrew was saying that everyone will be getting the same software with an upgrade to 4.0 — those who do not have a Flyer, will be able to set up & run "scripts" excluding those that conrol Flyer's ability of full motion video. The fact that the…
I transfer files all the time from my A4000 to the PC world and back. The A4000s came with a high density drive and the floppy part of the CrossDOS software is included with Amiga OS 2.1 and up. Keep in mind that when you do name your files for…
Ron, Since I was not in our HE for some time now, I was not sure if we were still using PreVue with an Amiga. In fact today, I talked the guy who has the Amiga 500 and the PreVue software in his new office. He said yes, we still…
Mike, AlphaPaint is well designed. I like how it makes good use of keyboard shortcuts found on other paint programs. I am looking forward to the first bug update though. I found out the hard way to turn off onion skin or go to 100% view before saving. But hey,…
Toaster BG CD-Rom
Message #95126
MOTION CLIPS –> Digital Sequence Library GENERAL COLLECTION | Vol. 1 MASTERED TO ISO 9660 / LEVEL TWO 752×480 24 bit .JPEG Sequences Over 8,000 frames of royalty free stock footage on one CD-ROM! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Use these sequences in LIGHTWAVE as image sequences for background and texture maps. > MAP…
#New CD-Rom for the Amiga
Message #44355
MOTION CLIPS –> Digital Sequence Library GENERAL COLLECTION | Vol. 1 MASTERED TO ISO 9660 / LEVEL TWO 752×480 24 bit .JPEG Sequences Over 8,000 frames of royalty free stock footage on one CD-ROM! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Use these sequences in LIGHTWAVE as image sequences for background and texture maps. > MAP…
Martin, Thanks for the info, I'll put in my order for the 4000. Joe Maulucci >>> Accadia Electronic Arts DTV & DTP BBS FidoNET & Amiga/IBM Store On-Line call 1-716-882-1774
Tony, Did you do configure the drive as a master with no slave? I believe also there are a few jumpers that you have to pull. Give DPS a call if that is the case, the tech support is great! Joe Maulucci >>> Accadia Electronic Arts DTV & DTP BBS…
Mark, I have a mail order house on my Amiga DTV/DTP BBS (free memberships). Call Ray at Tronix Micro Systems at (716)668-8176, I do not know if he deals with DPS but this is a start. Joe Maulucci >>> Accadia Electronic Arts DTV & DTP BBS FidoNET & Amiga/IBM Store…
Frank, The demo board that I have seen was not only tweeked to the Opal main board, but was attached to a modified mother board. Perhaps that is why they need to know what machine you are going to use. If this is the case, I wonder if this will…
Jim, You should get a CD-ROM drive (and not just because I'm coming out with a collection of motion stock footage .jpeg / 752×480 — 8000 frames on one CD-Rom!), but because both Opal and NewTek will be releasing software on CD-Rom. Did you know that a CD-Rom can hold…
Frank, I just got mail from Centaur, telling me that they will need to get my Main Opal board back to "align" it to the video processor. I must also tell them in advance what Amiga I will be using. They will pay for the shipping, but are not ready…
Wasn't it CEI that prepaid an Amiga production run, I think you can say they carried forward Amiga technology. Besides, I thought it was CEI & Scala Inc. Scala atlease has "the engineer". Joe Maulucci >>> Accadia Electronic Arts DTV & DTP BBS FidoNET & Amiga/IBM Dealer On-Line call 1-716-882-1774
#GPFAX & TrapDoor
Message #167482
I am using the latest GPFax and TrapDoor, I have set up everything according to the new GPFax manual using the second set of scripts for TrapDoor. Here's the problem. After the system starts and GPFax initializes the modem, if the first call is a fax — all is fine.…
Fred, If you keep them down to 5 seconds, they should work like any LW anim. I believe that the Flyer will act like any single frame recorder, so HFX should be useful there. Some of the higher end NLEs let you preview an edit using a simple DVE moves…
John, Complain me! Well no one will hear it here. Anyways I pass on the info about IC to my report back to my bbs users. Joe Maulucci >>> Accadia Electronic Arts AMIGA DTV & DTP BBS 1-716-882-1774
John, It is a great product, so I am glad to hear that there will be an update. Thanks for keeping us informed. Joe Maulucci >>> Accadia Electronic Arts AMIGA DTV & DTP BBS 1-716-882-1774
The Toaster compresses using a 4×4 ratio, VP on a A4000 uses 1×1. Joe Maulucci >>> Accadia Electronic Arts AMIGA DTV & DTP BBS 1-716-882-1774
If there were no rumors then the Amiga would really be dead. Who ever wins the technology better have the money to do a large media blitz. Here's an idea for a tv spot… B&W scenes from Frankinstein: Laboratory, the doctor, the gismos, and something on the operating table. After…
#WaveMaker
Message #92100
Does anyone know if there will be an update to WaveMaker for LW 3.5? LW crashes when WM sends the scene file directly. I guess it is well known that if you create a scene with WM with LW not loaded, save it. Start LW, load the WM scene, immediatly…
Hollywood FX does create 41 effects by rendering through LW, using backgrounds and/or image sequences. They are preset effects, you do have some choices (resolution, anti-aliasing, field render etc.). You cannot alter anything directly in LW — HFX does not make LW.scene files. Once rendering is done, HFX removes the…
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