#Video Toaster advice
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Vance,
correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the ultra-high quality image in seaQuest and
Babylon V animations a result of dumping the 24-bit image data in digital
format, onto an Exabyte tape drive, to be read by a digital recorder? If so,
the Toaster's framebuffer & video encoder aren't used at all, and you can't
judge the Toaster's output by oohing at TV sci-fi animations.
And what's this about the Alpha channel being used for things like sound
effects? Alpha channels are used to specify transparency, to anti-alias object
edges or provide semi-transparent, network sports-like overlays.
Finally, the Toaster was used in the past elections??? Wow! Where? What
network?
Blaq!
Yes, that sounds correct. They usually transfer everything to film,
though, as some countries show reconstructed series as films in their
movie houses. I was simply making the point that the Toaster's output is
broadcast quality, albeit composite.
I'm fairly certain that both you and I are both approximately correct
concerning alpha channels.
In the January 1994 issue of VTU, an article states use of the Toaster in
covering the federal elections in Montreal and showing a Toaster freeze
frame of Jean Chretien with graphic overlays. It looked really nice. It
was produced by Tele-Metropole Inc. (CFTM).
-= Vance =- Image Master
Flying high on Black Belt Systems' Imagemaster R/t!
>isn't the ultra-high quality image in seaQuest and Babylon V animations a
>result of dumping the 24-bit image data in digital format, if so, the
>Toaster's framebuffer & video encoder aren't used at all.
While it is true that ALL the CG action scenes are dumped via Abekas the
displays inside the seaQuest are HAM8 realt-time playbacks of the Amiga.
<<< Tony D. Tracer >>>
(Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
>> (Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
I would say, any render time > 1/30th of a second needs acceleration.
Ok Fine… Joel
>I would say, any render time > 1/30th of a second needs acceleration.
At first I had that but then realized that even when it is `fast enough'
it still isn't `fast enough'. :^)
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(Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)