seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) (10/16/90)
There was talk earlier of how upset the Amiga community was with Byte by
Byte's betrayal.
I don't think that it was widely publicized that Micro Illusions also produced
for the Mac ala Phonto Paint.
Lo and behold, what do I find in the November 1990 issue of MACWORLD magazine:
(reprinted w/o permission...of course)
ANIMATION ON THE MOVE
Gold Disk is developing two animation packages for the Mac, one that
will list for $195 and another for less than $500. The $195 Animation Works
provides path motion and registered motion (past and future frames are visible
to help position an object), hierarchical paths, a full 8-bit cel-editing
environment, XCMDS for including animation in stacks, and storyboarding. The
as-yet-unnamed high-end package adds antialiasing, improved wipes and
transitions, animated mattes, 24-bit color, and button-based interactivity
(there is no scripting). Neither product supports 3-D modeling. For more
information, contact Gold Disk at 213/320-5080.
I guess it wouldn't be so bad if they just ported an Amiga-app over to the
Mac...it'd be a quick way to make some money. What irks me is that they
actually DEVELOPED an application for the Mac that they haven't on the Amiga.
This took time away from much larger issues, like putting out alittle less
bug-ridden software for the Amiga (ie: Advantage, The Office (can't complain
about the rest...I finally got Pro Page to work under 2.0)).
The second <$500 package sounds suspiciously like their new multimedia,
AmigaVision "supplement". Perhaps the $150 package is just a crippled
version...but this still irks me.
Sean
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