#Multimedia Solution
I posted this message on the Broadcast Professional Forum as you
suggested but got no response. Maybe someone on this forum can give
me some pointers…..
Andy.
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We want a system that will allow us to produce 24-bit frame accurate
presentations down to BetaCAM/SVHS/VHS formats.
These animations would be anything from company showreel to music
video to games demo and as such we have 2 major requirements:
1. We need the ability to combine video with the generated images.
The video could come from LaserDisc/Video Camera or BetaCam/SVHS tape.
Hence this system must recognise alpha channel information and
anti-alias graphics to the video images.
2. We want the ability to queue up audio (music or sound effects)
frame accurately.
We only want to go down to tape when _necessary_ to avoid quality
loss. I want to be able to queue up animations, define transitions
between rushes on-screen and check them out beforehand. I want to
line up audio and quickly check out different sound effects for any
given animation.
When I'm completely happy with my sequence of sound and audio, THEN I
want to lay this all down to tape.
I'm currently looking at some Mac solutions which will read my TGA's
(from 3ds) in as a QuickTime movie and allow me to define transitions
and preview them. It also allows me to "scrub" the video and audio by
moving the timeline back and forth over segments – which seems ideal
for checking parts of an animation out.
Another bonus was that all the PhotoShop filters were recognised,
allowing you to apply a wide range of special effects to rendered
animations/video.
There was a question mark over the frame accuracy of the animation
once converted to QuickTime format. I think QuickTime is a lossy
compression solution, and I would prefer to avoid any quality loss.
For the past 9 years I've been a diehard PC fan, but it seems as
though multimedia in the Mac world is miles ahead of the PC. What do
you think?
I would really like to do as much as possible in software,
maintaining quality and control over the results – rather than
fiddling about with multiple BetaCAM decks, switchers and the like.
My address is:
BITS Corporation
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ENGLAND
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