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#94272From: Marion K. MarksMar 29, 1994 4:22 PM
I long ago made a wish that would incorporate that. Mine is that the Video Post Record be smart enough to detect when frames don't change, and send a single Auto-Edit command to do all of them at once rather than one frame at a time, repeating the same frame every time. Basically, if there is a sequence of frames that: 1. Do not involve the KeyFramer Scene. 2. Do not contain any .FLCs or .IPLs or sequences of stills for any purpose, including transitions and alpha as well as queue items. 3. Do not use any animated .IPXs (there would be a list of .IPXs in 3DS.SET that would be safe to include in a multiple batch — for instance, VBLUR.IPX would be safe, while HILITE.IPX might not due to the rotating hilight stars). 4. Do not contain any Fade In, Fade Out, or animated transitions. etc., they will be counted up and recorded to tape in a single "burst" or multi-frame Auto-Edit, rather than one frame at a time.
#94387From: Christopher MartinMar 29, 1994 11:34 PM
I have finally had to bite the bullet and fall back into my past life of dabbling in programming. I had some immediate needs. I have written a very simple BASIC program that will build and ASCII file of tape commands that run through my DQ422 card. When using the Betacam and QuickPass I can just sit there, but when dropping to the EVO-9650 this program has been able to do most of what I hope to see in R4. It would still be much nicer to be able to set this stuff up in the keyframer, however. That way you can check every 50th frame or so as a safety feature. With any luck, we will see this kind of addition.
#94541From: Jonas Ruikis [ADESK]Mar 30, 1994 12:26 PM
Christopher, << wish..>> got it. jonas[adesk]