#Moast (me&toast)
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Hi! My name is Denise and my company is Video Concepts Unlimited. I am a
videography business who specializes in special occasion\event videography,
video photo albums, etc., etc.. I have the Amiga 2000 enhanced\accelerated
toaster workstation and am very pleased with it. My questions are–will there
be
continued support out there for people with my setup–now that toaster 4000 is
out and (apparently) so hot? I, at present, don't intend on upgrading as I am
very
happy with what I have–could you tell me what the new 3.1,NewTek has to offer?
I use the CG, switcher, and framestore–very little luminance keying and no
Lightwave (will experiment with that when I have a lot of time!)–I will
purchase
the 3.1 upgrade if it will add to what I use the most.(I have ImageFX, DPaintIV
and toastervision). Also, are there any animations that I can purchase that
will
allow me to superimpose them over say, a child's party, a wedding, dance
recital-something like the effects from toastervision–the fairy, the moving
truck, flying airplane or, the switcher effects–Kiki S., muscleman, etc.. I
will
always use these effects but I need more of a variety now.
Thank you!
Denise
There are still ALOT of Toaster 2.0 users out there, so I think you can still
count on support for some time to come. Newtek has stated , however, that any
future HARDWARE enhancements will only be for the Toaster 4000 board, so
eventually upgrading will become a "neccesity". As for upgrading to 3.1, I
would say yes. The power of the Toaster is increaded exponentially with this
software (with too many features added to go into here). The street price of
the upgrade will be under $500 (we're selling it for $469.00), and it is more
than worth every penney!
You can count on many 3rd party hardware and software add-ons for the various
versions of Video Toaster. The Video Toaster User magazine is a great resource
for finding out exactly what is available. The product reviews give you an
idea of what the products can do for you – or not.
Why is the software less for the 3.1 upgrade than for 3.0? Eventually, I hope
they
will be able to offer ONLY the toaster add-ons that one needs–then I could
pick and choose. If I were to order this upgrade through you–what is your
address and company name?
Denise
Chuck,
Could you please give some details on the 3.1 upgrade features?
I asked a VT user who had received the 3.1 upgrade and he said that it looked
like just some new objects and a little bit of enhancement for the CG. What
else does it offer?
Thanks
Matt