#photoshop vs. HiresQFX
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Hi to all,
I`m thinking about HiresQFX. We`re makeing animations and video productions
and for some things we`re using Photoshop. But I would like to make some
batches to process sequences of images. That`s the reason why HiresQFX sounds
interesting. I have to deinterlace many frames and now I do it with Photoshop.
I know that there is a IPAS but I think HiresQFX would be better if it has this
feature.
Who has experiences with HiresQFX (espacially the Hollywood professionals)?
Any comment is very very welcome….
Thanks in advance.
Michael
Michael,
John at Anigrafix sung the praises of QFX often here on the forum. You
might want to e-mail him at 72440,3046. He uploaded a demo version here in the
library too, search HQFX.
Paul S.
Thanks very much Paul!
I`ll download the demo and take a look at it…
Michael
Hi,
besides H-QFX, there's also Micrografx Picture Publisher do to batch jobs. It's
a cute program, fast, stable,
well-designed user-interface, and the batch-functionality really does a good
job for animation. BTW, over here
in Germany, it's very very cheap, the competetive upgrade offer is about 200$.
Bye
Jan / Imagelab
I know Picture Publisher as a good program but think HiresQfx has some
advantages espacially in the area of very large images. We don`t make high res
images very often but when it`s a pain to load them in Photoshop. I was told
that HiresQFX plays with big files.
BTW: I can get HiresQFX for Windows(NT) for about 500$ (special upgrade offer
from my dealer). And that sounds like a very good offer…
Michael
yea, i remember the dos-based qfx being really faaast for huge bitmaps. The
price is O.K. May i ask where you're writing from?
Jan / Imagelab
Hi Jan,
I`m writing from Oberhausen, NRW, Germany. You might have seen something from
us in TV (Erotica 94 trailer, Geierwally music video and soon to come:
Ballermann 6 music video and commercial spot.
And if you have the german 3ds demo reel you see something from VisArt, my
company.
Michael
Hi Michael,
funny, great, quel surprise! … My company, Imagelab, is located in
Stuttgart, and we have done, among several other, the Animations and some
postpros of Das Modul-Computerliebe, (the last clip on the german 3ds-reel, the
one with the guy in the red modul), and the postpro/recording of Erotic-Sex on
the phone. Both made it to HeavyRotation-A in VIVA, Computerliebe also on MTV/
Europe, and entered the german media control chart top-ten.
As far as I know, besides Vivid pro, Imagelab, some guys somewhere in Bavaria
and you, there are very few
proffessional studios using 3ds for clip-production in ol'Germany, and maybe we
should coordinate our marketing efforts together.
(the german 3ds-tape is NO good marketing for my company, in first hand 'cause
they listed the production company,
(media mutant, they don't even have a PC), not the animation comp (my one, we
have some PC <BG>), and then, it's hard to say, there is too much "not so
well-done (hum…trying to stay polite) stuff on the tape…
Maybe we should get in contact over the phone. I could also introduce you to
Geer, one of the owners of Vivid pro (if you don't know each another already):
Imagelab / 0711-264912 / tel -2864252 / fax
bye, and keep up the good work,
Jan Yorick von Krogh
Jan,
Do you know the guys at Upstart in Wiesbaden? They're doing a lot of broadcast
work with 3DS, and some very interesting creative work too.
Michele
Hi Michele,
heaad talking about them, but i didn't see a piece of work yet. They aren't on
the german 3ds reel either, isn't it?
Jan / Imagelab
Jan,
I don't know about any German 3DS reel. I recently went to Europe to videotape
interviews with hotshot 3DS users, and Upstart was recommended to me by another
longtime 3DS user, Ingo Neumann.
They've done some things for German Television so you've probably seen their
work.
How can I get a copy of the German 3DS reel? If you can get me one, I'll send
you a copy of the European reel when it's finished being edited, in a few
weeks. PAL is okay.
Michele
Hi Michele,
yope, there is a special german 3ds-reel, but it's mostly not that .uhh.
-hotshot. Many rotating 3d charts, and dxf/architecture
conversion, few artistic and broadcast stuff. I could send you one -whats your
reallife address?
Bye,
Jan / Imagelab
P.S. BTW: Isn't Ingo living around Stuttgart those days?
Jan,
Yes, Ingo moved to Stuttgart a few weeks ago. Have you seen any of his
software? The guy wrote a stripped-down version of 3DS as one of his graduate
projects — from scratch! He does this kind of stuff for breakfast, then writes
REALLY hard stuff at lunchtime.
Michele
I`ll hear you on phone <g>.
Michael