#Video Editing with Amiga
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Help! One simple question. What is the lowdown on using an Amiga for
editing video? I don't know ANYTHING about the Amiga other than it seems to
be the machine of choice for video work. Thanks… Greg Settle 71725,1360
There's a lot more expertise on Amiga Video in the AmigaArts forum.
Greg:
Look up Mike Berro's CI$ number in the Amiga Fora (most likely in
AmigaArts) and ask him that question. He is an expert in that area!
?|^] Ray Lewis
Whaddya wanna know? There are three levels of editing available: a mod
to home VCRs for crude editing at $200-500, cuts-only editing on Panasonic
AG1750 (VHS) or 1760 (SVHS) to +/-7 frames (~$1200) or +/- 1 frame ($2000),
and full A/B-roll (up to 9 devices on-line), frame accurate systems ($5,300
for frame-accurate cuts, $8,000+ for A/B), for any professional tape
machine/switcher combinations.
There is also edit list management (EDLP: Edit List Processor, my own
program), single-frame recording (Transport Controller, also mine), and a
SMPTE time code reader/generator specifically for the Amiga ("TCRG-102", by
some strange coincidence, also mine). Info on all these is available in
DL10 of the AmigaVendor Forum.
Of course, any PC can become an editing controller (all the Amiga stuff
is less expensive). However, the Amiga also becomes the Chyron, the Dubner
Animation System, the still-store, etc.
—Mike
Mike,
Speaking of Chryon, I heard on the busniess news yesterday that they may
have to go into chapter 11! I thought they were an industry staple!?
Regards,
Allen
They were an industry staple. I guess paper clips do just as well for
less money. 8) Seriously, I hadn't heard that, but it wouldn't surprise
me. I expect many more "industry standard" companies to go broke when
(if?) the Toaster ships. —Mike