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#VT Flyer in Indiana?

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#3476From: Greg W. RodenrothMar 5, 1995 8:35 PM
I have been using a video Flyer for the past month. Although I already have a serious case of Flyer addiction, I must tell you that you should not seriously research the flyer until its final software release comes out. The versions currently out now are called .9 Newtek estimates that the final release should be out at the beginning of April sometime. Right now, many of the Flyer functions are not working well and others don't work at all. Currently, long video sequences with lots of effects cause all sorts of playback problems. You cannot assemble rotoscoped clips in T-Paint, you cannot use scroll, key or crawl pages in your productions, these are just a few important things that need to be resolved. Newtek swears that all these will be addressed in the final software and there is no reason to think it won't. I rarely had system crashes based on my Toaster, and I believe the Flyer will be of the same quality. Regards Greg Rodenroth
#3493From: Stan ShumlickMar 6, 1995 2:15 PM
Greg, You can assemble the rotoscoped clips as a background image sequence in LW. Stan Shumlick 2 Tall Video
#3511From: Greg W. RodenrothMar 7, 1995 6:51 AM
I appreciate that. We've done this before. However we couldn't decide if antialiasing made a difference on the images. It got to be time consuming. Do you know if it does??? I'm going to try an arexx script that allows you to assemble RGB's into a clip file. Hopefully that will work
#3529From: Stephen BaileyMar 7, 1995 1:37 PM
Antialiasing in LW does not affect background image sequences. If you are trying to antialias a sequence, you could batch process through ADPro or ImageFX or ImageMaster, or you could possibly use ToasterPaint (blur) and AREXX. Hope this helps. Steve S.G. Bailey Image Dynamics, Inc.
#3541From: Michael MiloffMar 7, 1995 8:57 PM
Greg, Don't be so negative. Version 4 should be out by the end of the month and will correct many problems (they have to get it out before NAB on April 9). Versions 3.9 and 3.94 were after all Beta versions and were expected to be buggy. Say, why aren't you hanging out in the Amiga Vendors forum — that's where all the Flyer guys are? Keep on Flying, Russ Spencer / Michael Miloff & Associates
#3542From: Michael MiloffMar 7, 1995 9:01 PM
Postscript: Check out Flyer Tips in The NewTek section of Amiga Vendors form over the last 6 weeks — there are lots of good, useful ideas here. Russ