Glenn: I've got two single frame to video systems, one at home and one
at work. My work system is a "classical" animation to tape system
with a Targa graphics board, a 300 MBy on a side 5.25"
magneto-optical disk drive, a Lyon Lamb animation controller, and a
Sony VO-5850 editing U-matic recorder. (plus monitors) This is pretty
expensive stuff – $12 to $15K just for the hardware. I typically
render 24-bit 512 X 486 .TGA files to the MO drive and then batch
record the whole set to tape in one shot. If I'm animating for our TV
people I will record an alpha version too.
At home I've got a DPS Personal Animation recorder, a Targa board and
a 3.5" 128 MB MO drive. I can render either to the MO drive or to the
PAR and it gives me real time playback out to a much cheaper VCR. A
PAR based system wouldn't absolutely need the TARGA or the MO drive,
just test render to the PAR, but I like being able to work on the
Targa even if my eventual target is the PAR.
Chris
– Chris Johnston, Written 15-Oct-1994 @ 20:59:17
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