CompuServe Thread

#Another Suggestion

11 messages in this thread
#102215From: Fred BerneyFeb 21, 1995 12:15 AM
Hank, Add this to your list of "wish list" when you write to NewTek. Some way of being able to see the last frame of an outgoing scene and the first frame of an incoming scene, at the same time. Maybe this has been suggested before, but if not, it would be extremly helpful. I just received an AVID system to play with for about six weeks. This is a feature that it has. You ought to see my editing room now. On one wall is the AVID NLE. One the next wall is my standard video tape editing system. And on the third wall is the Flyer. In about a month from now, I fear I will know much more than I ever did about NLE systems. I'll get a chance to start using the AVID tomorrow, it just arrived today, and I spend most of the afternoon trying to figure out how to set it up. Now if I could just get some work done. Note the time of this message. I haven't been home yet. On my way now. Goodnight. Fred
#102271From: Michael ZahurakFeb 21, 1995 5:51 PM
Another little bit for the Flyer "Wish List" that I'd like to see… I'd like to be able to use the 1/4 screen view in the new TPAINT. I do a lot of close-up work, and while the new HAM8-looking screen looks pretty good (a little bit of color distortion/fringing due to the way HAM works, I suppose), the pixels are just too darn small to work in close-up, and the zoom mode is just as useless in the new version as it was in the old. Ed Z. MZA
#102279From: BRAD HAYESFeb 21, 1995 7:53 PM
Ed: I'm glad some one feels the same about this as I do. Even in the old T-Paint you had the choce between full screen and quarter screen. Now they have limited our choices. 8-( Brad Hayes Hayes Visual Communication
#102374From: Wayne ColeFeb 22, 1995 9:35 PM
Ya know, you guys oughta just break down an buy Alpha Paint. You'll think you died and went to heaven. wmc – via Autopilot!
#102405From: MICHAEL SMITHFeb 23, 1995 6:41 AM
Couldn't have said it better myself!! Mike
#102458From: BRAD HAYESFeb 24, 1995 12:05 AM
Alpha Paint! That Program Sucks!!!! Just kiding.*8^) Just because I use A-Paint certainly does not mean I don't use T-Paint. I think That T-Paint has really gotten a bum-rap Ther are a lot of things you can do with it that you just cant do any were else. Not to mention that you can use it without shutting down the toaster and the File reqesters are still easer to use than A-Paint. Brad Hayes Hayes Visual Communication
#102495From: Wayne ColeFeb 24, 1995 11:28 AM
I use TPaint on occasion for a quick touch-up or a simple "texture" map tiling operation. But, by the same token, if I have to cut a 2 x 6 and there is a hand saw and a Skil saw on the table in front of me, and the power is on, I'll go for the electric one… wmc – via Autopilot!
#102323From: henry tellerFeb 22, 1995 7:26 AM
Mike – It sounds what you're really saying is that the new TPaint should have a better zoom mode. I agree wholeheartedly. I'm not sure how this one came about, but I find it 'bleeding' into other pixels and making touchup very tedious. Of course, you could use AlphaPaint and never look back. Hank Videology, Inc. Where you get P.O.M.P. under all circumstances
#102576From: Michael ZahurakFeb 25, 1995 2:16 PM
Hank- I've been thinking that -every- version of Tpaint (and Digipaint – yes, I do go that far back on the amiga) needed a better zoom mode. I'd just really really like to be able to use the HAM-res 1/4 screen view that I'm used to. The new view is absolutely no good for the kind of touch-up and close-up work I spend a lot of time doing. -Ed MZA/TSA
#102640From: henry tellerFeb 26, 1995 10:11 AM
Mike – I remember DigiPaint too. But if you're looking for a great paint program with zoom features, try AlphaPaint. Not only can you zoom in for pixel by pixel painting, but you can zoom out to work on the overscan border!! We have a special on through 2/28. Let me know if you're interested. Hank Videology, Inc. Where you get P.O.M.P. under all circumstances
#102657From: Michael ZahurakFeb 26, 1995 2:37 PM
Hank- Well, I don't really need the ability to zoom in and out too much. The 3.1 Tpaint's 1/4 screen was close enough for me to work in. For now, I'm just writing up a couple of scripts/requesters to switch between Tpaint's, since the old one will work with the Flyer. But if I had around $500 to spend, I'd probably nab AlphaPaint. But hey, rent, alpha paint, rent, alpha paint… It's an easy decision, unless AlphaPaint has a box big enough to live in. 🙂 Ed Z. MZA/TSA (This thought just occured to me – I wonder what Compuserve would do if we started uploading out favourite Flyer Clips? *laugh* )