This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Which chip bad?
Message #197757
Help!! My Amiga A2K has been acting up lately. The screen will start to "sparkle" (random color pixels appearing, then rewritten back), then appear "staticky", and finally appears to be green 1/2 screen 3D-look boxes rolling up as if the vertical sync had been lost. Sometimes it goes to black.…
Paul, Try using the AT&D0 command instead of &D2. Check you modem manual, but the &D0 command should tell it to not hang up even if the carrier is dropped. What is going on (I'm guessing) is that you are essentially leaving CIS to a new system, and the carrier…
Steve, I've been kinda hesitant in doing the upgrade to 3.x. Are many problems anticipated with an A2000/GVP '040/Toaster system? TIA, Nate. Nate Wahl Emerald Video
Scott, I feel that what John says is true, but not maybe in the way you're thinking. I'm donating some time to a nearby university for some graphics for their news program, and I always donate an anim or photographers video portfolio sale item to the local PBS stations funding…
Ideas on Field Deck
Message #3016
All, Does anybody have a suggestion for a good SVHS field record deck? I'm doing some location multi-camera shoots, and I really hate to drag my AG7750 editor around to do them. Portabiliity would be great, but even something the size of a 1970 would do. What would really be…
Joe, That's all great to hear! You've been struggling all along here, and you deserve the success. Congrats! Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that PCQuirk about extension naming. They could easily tell the file formats from the header info that all graphics files have, but that would require more…
Joe, Sounds like it'll work, especially if they use the ? wildcard to substitute for characters that are numbers that could screw up something. BTW, congratulations on getting the CD out. It sounds like very useful stuff, especially if one doesn't have the ability to grab video for themselves. Will…
Joe, For what it's worth, the Personal SFC will use a sequence with the numbers internal to the filename. It recognized Big1.jpg, Big2.jpg, etc., as a valid sequence. This is with the present rev. Just don't have names with more than one set of numbers (pic12A.001) and you're fine, so…
Jerry, How you been, guy? As for the Amiga parallel port not having enough 'push', I don't believe that. Too many other things run too well for this not to have been a big deal earlier. Check the parallel port pins for bent ones, and look around here for some…
Michael, Hey, thanks mucho, guy! Just what I needed. Looks like I have to use the MX-1 on input 1 and use a DA to get the signal (sync) to the decks, but I'd rather get that tape and see how to do it right. I'll let you know how…
David, I can't answer your question, but I've been working closely with someone for the last several months who really fits the description! Glad you asked. 8^) Nate Wahl Emerald Video
Bob, Thanks very much. I'm sure the info will be very useful. Regards, Nate Wahl Emerald Video
Thanks, John. I may have that around here somewhere now that you mention it. Regards, Nate Wahl Emerald Video
Vance, Good Christmas here, too. Working feverishly here on a project for a client, and have been for five months now. I did the sales video for it, and am doing test runs now. I can't say much, but it's a new TV show under development. Learning lots about editing,…
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A legal question
Message #1291
John, PMFJI, but do you or anyone here have a good generic release form that they could upload somewhere? Or know any examples around here? I'd at least like to see what others are using. BTW, getting a business's storefront in a shot sure seems to help. A store owner…
Gary, BTW, you mention editing to a musical beat. The Nucleus PersEditor has a nice feature for marking a list at points with a single keystroke for use later. Now if I only had rythm… Got the MX1 in; you are right, the delays are a bit unsettling. It should…
Gary, Thanks mucho for the timely feedback. It's just what I was after; unfortunately, the client went and ordered it yesterday so I'll get to see it's shortcomings today. At least the timing in this shoot shouldn't be too critical, and he;ll be using it more than me until the…
Vance!!! Afraid I'm another "VanNo" artist. I don't move this stuff unless I absolutely have to. Things keep breaking! So, how's the projects lately? I'm afraid I haven't been popping in here much of late; too busy! You? Good Holidays so far? Nathan Wahl (Nate) Emerald Video
#Videonics MX1 OK?
Message #44868
To All, Happy Holidays!! Has anybody had any experience with the Videonics MX1 Digital Video Mixer? I'm looking to use one for field production (easier to move aro}nd than the Toaster), and was wondering how well it works. Also, any luck using it as a TBC for Toaster inputs? Regards,…
Animation Storage
Message #96961
Jim, Right, but the internet has special uses for commas (,), so you must use a period in it's place in the CIS ID#. So mine would be 71673.252@compuserve.com Vance, if you get this, too, I'll e-mail you my address for where I work, provided I can remember where I…
Edward, Make sure that the A2000 doesn't have an extension on the RGB line. The A2000/T2000 combination doesn't like anything but the standard cableing. So, done any beer bottles lately? 😉 Regards, Nate.
James, Glad that worked out so well. Yup, the grabbing is great! I too considered a PAR, but with what I can do here using the grabbing and SFR capabilities makes beating up the decks worthwhile. Besides, I had a technician in to look at the 7750 the other day,…
James, The problem you'r having seems a bit familiar, but it was fixed in 1.04. First, make sure that you don't have 1.03j from the about screen. Did you make sure and delete (or rename) your old config files in the S: directory? You have to do this every time…
Joe, Yes, Terry said the new 1.04 version will be out very soon. Quite nice work, many new features. Grabbing four full frames at a pass will save a lot of wear and tear on many decks out there. Regards, Nate.
James, I just had the pleasure of putting together most of a rapid-paced six minute sales tape this weekend with a test version 1.03j, and 1.04 will be shipping probably this week. It's pretty robust, too; 35 hours of editing, painting, rendering, taping, matching video clips to the audio master…
GE, The number for Nucleus is 905-859-5218, and the FAX is 905-859-5206. Remember it's a two-deck only system at this time, but it probably integrates the Amiga/Toaster into your system better than most else out there, and you can't beat the price. A/X roll, CG support, SFR, etc. Regards, Nate.
Bruce, Have you tried the "Remove Isolated Pixels" function of ADPro? That might work, but you will have to play with the settings, I think. Or, in DPaint, you may be able to lock the background color using the stencil, and just paint with the foreground colors. Say you've got…
Peter, For a complete review of the PE, check out this month's issue of TV Technology magazine. Regards, Nate
#Nucleus Personal Editor
Message #43402
If anyone needs a good edit controller for a cuts only system, the latest rev of the Nucleus Personal Editor just came out, and I highly recommend it. The newest version arrived Friday. My son's freshman football game started at 10 yesterday, and by 4PM I had dubbed the tape…
T'all and you, Jim, OK, OK, it's a fisheye! I think I knew that from my photography days, but the client is always right, right? Anyway, what he wanted was just a pan out to a super wide angle, almost like what a zooming fisheye would yield. The object starting…
Yeah, that's what I thought it was called, but the client is always right, you know. Actually, I thought a fisheye was just a super wide angle lens but still having the same aspect angle. Hmm. Anyway, maybe I can render them at some wierd res and scale in ADPro…
#Mimic Fishhook Lens
Message #88602
Can anyone tell me a little about setting up a "fishhook" lens effect in Lightwave? I've modeled a room, and am trying to pan from a shot of one side, zooming out yet keeping the far left of the screen showing the origional location. The problem is that way too…
I AM happy! Got a real good customer, so more new toys in the future. Now if someone with a Screamer/Raptor would render all this stuff for me… So, how's the underground video biz in the big city? Got any new directors cuts in your library? I see you're getting…
NewTek called back Friday (this is quite a shock in itself!!!) and said that the buffer problem was identified, and they were working on it. No word yet on what the fix will be or how they're going to get any changes out.
Yeah, I guess I look foreward to that, too, but it frightens me to think of having to name gazillions of objects and surfaces with just 8 characters. That just ain't right!
I get the same thing when using SDrill and Booleans to punch holes in relatively simple things. Sounds like memory allocation for a data buffer being too small. I faxed Tech Support (now that I know I'm not alone), and will let you know what I hear.
Raptor Rends Needed
Message #88256
Raptor/Screamers owners, please see my classified in AmigaUser. I need some help on a project. Anybody had LW3.5 lock up suddenly, or Modeler not have enough buffer size?
Need rates on rendering
Message #160268
If anybody has a Screamer/Raptor for hire, give me a call/Email/mail or fax with your rates, availability and supported video formats (at least SVHS, plus an SVHS dub). It's for a portion of a project of about 60 seconds total (1800 frames). I can render the first part at night…
Creative Computers, in the magazines. Now I'm getting a wierd problem with 3.5. Modeller keeps telling me it's internal buffers are too small when trying to do a solid drill tunnel on one 72 side cylinder with another (making a ring shape). Could've swore I was doing more complex stuff…
Ed, It was $100 or thereabouts (not billed yet) from Creative. They said it'd take two weeks, came two days later. Haven't done much with Modeler yet (did see 10 layers, some more screen options and such), but there's a grunch of new stuff in LW. 4 or 8 color…
Trent, Must be; I'm installing it this AM! Nate.
#Toasterpaint autoscroll
Message #87788
Jerry, With scroll enabled (no help toggle or modifiers), if you slam the cursor into the side of the screen, nothing happens. Try backing about 1/2" or so away and approach the edge more slowly, then keep pushing the screen around when you get it to move. Seems to work…
Need Color Scans
Message #42502
Vance, Good to hear from you. Yup, me 'n the VT are doing just fine now that GVP helped me get rid of a bad SIMM on the 040. Kept crashing during writes, messed up my HDs pretty bad. Lost a lotta stuff, was pretty PO'd. I've been looking in…
Thanks!! and help all
Message #86600
A great thanks to the guys at Fax Tech support at GVP for helping me out with what turned out to be a bad SIMM module. They helped narrow down the problem very quickly, and the new replacement arrived in a timely manner. Now the only thing I can't do…
Michael, Sounds great, will give you a call. If you're ever going to be out east of town stop around. BTW, there's about three or four others around here using Toasters for various purposes. I might see if we could all meet sometime. Maybe somewhere central like John Rerucha's studio…
John, Thanks for the info. I guess I'll just have to supply a text file describing the positions needed for the objects to be moved to. Being unfamiliar with anything byt LW stuff, I wasn't sure. regards, Nate.
Convertable objects
Message #85074
Anybody know if there's a way to save a LW object that keeps the center of rotation used in a scene? I'm trying to make some stuff that can be readily converted to other formats, and I understand that scene files aren't so translatable. Basically, I have a parent object…
Gary, Got someone arranged for the scans, but thank you very much for the offer. Appreciate the consideration. Let us know how the scanner works out. You using it for video apps or print stuff (or combination)? Regards, Nate.
John, Got the job covered, but thanks very much for the offer. I appreciate the consideration. Will keep the barter thing in mind; with this much talent around here sticking together is a good idea! Regards, Nate.
Mike, Tape's on the way. Not more business than I could handle (hey, you know what part of the country we're in!), but a bad SIMM that only showed up during harddrive writes and when I needed the system the most. Very frustrating, like most Amiga-related activities. Of course, I…
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