#35 mm Slides to CDROM
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Robert,
I think even the 3000X2000 pixels of true-color in 'consumer' resolution's
going to beat out the Betacam. My S-Video looks shameful in comparison.
Perhaps the important question is what's the capacity of your video board to
output this image to Betacam? Essentially, you've got the equivalent of three
1024X768 screens of information surging into a funnel. No sense at all in
going 'pro' if your board's no better than 'consumer' (it's probably worse).
Patrick.
Hi Patrick.
>>three 1024×768 screens of information suring into a funnel<<.
You've hit the nail on the head. Betacam is worse resolution than that even.
I guess there's little point in the pro format for what I plan to do. THanks
for the input.
Bob
Robert,
I'm not sure I made myself clear.
>>three 1024×768 screens of information suring into a funnel<<.
In the graphics world, as in most things digital, a little oversampling is a
very good thing. It's often not sufficient to _match_ your input res to your
output res.
What I was implying with this statement was that your video card may not be up
to the task. My Illuminator-16 generates S-video of graphic images at maximum
resolution of 640X480 of dithered 16-bit colour. That's essentially
sub-S-video, and it's sub-VHS unless conditions are just so. I can't even feed
it a full-resolution consumer Photo-CD image.
So what I should have made clearer is, will you be satisfied with the
images your video card will output? 3000X2000 true-color is probably
significantly more than it can handle. If it could convert such an
image to an analog video signal, your Beta decks would love it, and
so would you.
Hi Patrick –
I see what you were getting at now about the funnel. I'm not sure I mentioned
it but I am using the FAST VM, and would use it to generate video from the
CDROM files.
Bob