Animation programs
18-Jan-92 11:28:48
Sb: #15014-Animation programs
Fm: Charles Blaquiere 76046,1756
To: Jonathan Hirschman 70274,2526
Jonathan,
one advantage DCTV has over HAM-E is that DCTV will accept either 3- or
4-bitplane images, whereas HAM-E is stuck in a 4-bitplane world. 4-bitplane
images cause severe bus contention problems, especially when overscan is
involved. (Overscan is a must with HAM-E due to its visible "magic cookie")
A 3-bitplane animation, such as DCTV "64K colors" or standard Amiga HAM,
can play at most any speed if you have a fast machine. On my 3000, I get
frame rates as low as 7 fps when animating HAM-E images.
I wonder, though, how good/bad DCTV looks in 3-bitplane mode. Anyone?
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