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#Should I Toast?

    05-Jan-93 11:06:49
Sb: #Should I Toast?
Fm: Kevin Welty 72060,1357
To: All
Our company, being an R&D company involved with lasers and other optical equipment, currently has the need to produce high-quality videos for company overview, product demos, product training, proposals and other areas. WE have been debating whether this is something that our company can do internally or should we invest in outside resources. Here is some advice I need: If we invest money into a Toaster setup, with an accelerator card, TBC's and VCRs/Cameras, can we expect to put together the aforementioned videos with little or no trouble. We understand the learning curve of using a new product, but want to know, from *your* experience using the product, whether or not it is worth our time and effort to undertake. As for technical expertise in our company, we have all sorts which range from design/draftsmen(using AutoCAD R12) to Electronic Engineers. We would like to do some animation derived from AutoCAD drawings we have made, incorporating them with other filmed bits, and put together a finished copy in-house. Are we biting off more than we can chew? Thanks in advance for any replies! Kevin Welty