maline@einstein.eds.com (Alan Maline) (03/09/90)
Wedged inbetween sections on the IBM/AT and MAC of a article on 2D
animation in Computer Graphics World were these three paragraphs.
Reprinted without permission of course:
Amiga computeers have also proven to be excellent
platforms for creative imaging in real time. These 68020-
and 68030 based computers have the inherent ability to
provide direct videotaping form the screen. Thus, the hardware
has spawned numerous animation packages that focus on quick 2D
animation.
One such product is made by Oxxi Inc. Oxxi offers Video Titler,
a program that can be used to create and edit video titles and
credits, as well as produce a range of related special effects. Also
noteworthy is Oxxi's Animagic, a 2D cel-oriented andmation package
with video effects and such capabilities as metamorphosis and
interpolation (tweening). The program can even play backward.
<And now the slam>
Superior titles can be made for video applications by using an
IBM PC/AT, a Targa or Vista board, and Inscriber software from
Image North Technologies. What is particularly pleasing about this
software is that it renders perfect-quality fonts and offers a
generous variety of styles and effects. Taking advantage of
the Vista boards's color table, it produces fast and simple color
cycling that can be made to run in real time (oooohhhh.) ...
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maline@einstein.eds.com (Alan Maline) writes: >Reprinted without permission of course: > with video effects and such capabilities as metamorphosis and > interpolation (tweening). The program can even play backward. > <And now the slam> > Superior titles can be made for video applications by using an > IBM PC/AT, a Targa or Vista board, and Inscriber software from > Image North Technologies. What is particularly pleasing about this > software is that it renders perfect-quality fonts and offers a > generous variety of styles and effects. Taking advantage of > the Vista boards's color table, it produces fast and simple color > cycling that can be made to run in real time (oooohhhh.) ... The sad thing is, is they are right, the Targa board does do a better job then the Amiga. Hardware wise, anyway ... but at 3 times the cost ... And if you want to put up with hardly any software for the Targa Boards. And the Targa Software costs almost as much as a whole Amiga 2000 system. Funny how those magazines never take any of that into consideration. -- John Sparks | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 1200bps. Accessable via Starlink (Louisville KY) sparks@corpane.UUCP <><><><><><><><><><><> D.I.S.K. ph:502/968-5401 thru -5406 A virtuous life is its own punishment.
seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) (12/05/90)
As some of you might know, the Amiga was used in the multimedia presentation
given by Georgia Tech to the Olympic committee...here's what Computer Graphics
World had to say.
Reprinted w/o permission from DEC '90 Computer Graphics World, pp89-90:
"While several different computers were used to create the presentation,
the Amiga stood out as star of the delivery system."
While the Georgia Tech team combined the capabilities of several
different pieces of hardware to create the multimedia presentation, only one
machine stands out as the star of the delivery system: the Amiga 2500.
The Amiga was chosen for the delivery system because it can control the
multiple inputs and outputs needed in a multimedia presentation such as this
without slowing down. "This machine was *designed* (can't do italics) to put
on a high-impact, video presentation like this," says Vitz. "It has a great,
real-time operating system that's capable of doing a lot of things at once
that most PCs are not. The Amiga actually controls the entire presentation."
Amiga notable and principal of Blue Ribbon SoundWorks (Atlanta) Todor
Fay wrote the software that controls the Olympics presentation. At the heart
of the presentation is a cube-shaped interaction system, which includes the
computer-generated, touch-sensitive, three-dimensional map of the proposed
Olympic Village. The translucent map is lit from below by a projection
system, controlled by the Amiga, that uses graphics generated by a Mac ][cx.
Because of the raised buildings molded into the map, conventional conductive
areas or infrared beams couldn't be used in the touch-activated display.
Instead, an Amiga-controlled, single-board computer in the cube, programmed
by Georgia Tech's Andy Quay and Mike Sinclair, recognizes the input by
monitoring the four corners of the surface and registering the exact
location of the input. From this information, the single-board computer
calculates the center of force to determine what information the userwould
like to see and sends the information to the Amiga. The Amiga sits behind
the three projection screens and receives these signals through its RS-232
port.
The entire presentation is accompanied by classical music composed and
generated on the Amiga by Melissa Grey, another principal of Blue Ribbon
SoundWorks. "It's not digital music, in the sense that it doesn't sound like
digital music," says Edwin Huang, a consultant with the company. "It is
music composed on the Amiga using [Blue Ribbon's] Bars&Pipes program and
generated by a Proteus synthesizer." Bars&Pipes is an icon-based,
object-oriented, music composition program that enables users to create
sophisticated harmonies, special effects, and algorithmic compositions.
In addition to the music, all of the narration in this presentation is
digitally stored and played on the Amiga. Although users can currently
choose between English and French versions of the presentation, Vitz says
that the system can be programmed for other languages as well. However, as
with the French version, the only portion of the presentation done in a
language other than English is the narration, he explains. "Otherwise," he
says, "the system puts in subtitles when the background actors are speaking
English."
...all spelling errors are mine...
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