portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) (02/05/90)
AmigaWorld has recently put out a special Video and Animation issue. I think they did a very good job. For anybody who would like a comprehensive look at the products and support for video on the Amiga, as well as a primer on video, animation and the Amiga, this issue seems to be perfect. It's probably the best issue they've ever produced. Here's a list of the table of contents: page title 6 Chief Concerns (Editor's column) 8 Power and Price: Amiga vs. Mac and IBM 10 Glossary of Common Animation and Video Terms 16 Setting Up Shop: The Amiga-Based Studio 22 Powerful Persuasion using Amigas for presentations 26 Buyer's Guide to Amiga Animation/Video Products 42 Cutting the Red Tape guide to videotape formats + select buyer's guide for VCR's and camcorders 48 Gang of Four reviews/comparisons of DPaint III, DigiPaint 3, Photon Paint 2.0 and Deluxe PhotoLab 54 Who's in Sync? comparisons of 10 Amiga genlocks, including vectorscope and waveform monitor pictures 62 Say it With Style overview of 8 video-titling programs 68 Play it Together, Sam! six programs to sync sound and music with video/animation 76 Something for Nothing 15 public domain programs for graphics/animation/video 82 How to Make a Fish Sneeze 12-step DPaint III tutorial 90 Putting a Shine on "Silver" (by Louis Markoya) how to do special effects using Turbo Silver and Sculpt-Animate 4D 96 Fine Art in Motion Animation in Photon Paint's HAM Mode, from a Disney Studios animator 100 LIVE! Performance Using a LIVE! digitizer with other software and hardware for special effects 106 2-D or not 2-D...A Good Question! software to convert 2-D drawings to 3-D objects for rendering in 3-D programs 112 Global Operations Image Processing on the Amiga 116 Put a Trace on It! Using a genlock or digitizer to produce animation via rotoscoping 120 Help Frames Answers to frequently-asked questions about video and animation 124 Resources and References Books, tapes, and on-disk reference materials 128 Company List 136 You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet the future of Amiga Animation and Video AmigaWorld also has a special offer for a 45-minute video tape compilation of Amiga-produced animation and video ($19.95), as well as a 2-disk library set of software, color fonts, animbrushes, vector objects, etc. Details for ordering are in the issue, though if others want that information I'll email or post. --M -- __ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics Computer Systems \/ portuesi@sgi.com Entry Systems Division -- Engineering "Why you? Because you're Electro-Cop, the best there is."
stefan@hercule.cs.concordia.ca (BUCHHOLZ) (02/06/90)
Amigaworld's animation issue looks like a comic book from the outside. It is also sexist, second-class crass. Stefy LePew
brandonl@amadeus.WR.TEK.COM (Brandon G. Lovested) (02/06/90)
In article <1840@clyde.concordia.ca>, stefan@hercule.cs.concordia.ca (BUCHHOLZ) writes: > > > Amigaworld's animation issue looks like a comic book from the outside. > It was intended to. > It is also sexist, second-class crass. > > Stefy LePew Oh, brother... It was "Jessica Rabbit" - like. It was a reference to one of the best animation projects ever... Get it, Stephanie? =====-----+-----=====-----+-----=====-----+-----=====-----+-----===== | BRANDON G. LOVESTED \ | / Software Entomologist \ | / Tektronix, Inc. --- - (*) - --- brandonl@amadeus.WR.TEK.COM =====-----+-----=====-----+-----=====-----+-----=====-----+-----=====
murphy@pur-phy (William J. Murphy) (02/06/90)
In article <1840@clyde.concordia.ca> stefan@hercule.CS.Concordia.CA (BUCHHOLZ) writes: >Amigaworld's animation issue looks like a comic book from the outside. >It is also sexist, second-class crass. > Stefy LePew Although my wife pointed out that the woman on the front is Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, I didn't believe her until seeing the movie again. Unfortunately, the colors are all wrong but the shape and the hair and the eyes and the lips and the dress (need I go on?) are drawn the way Jessica looks in the film. Sorry if you considered the cover sexist, but remember "She's not bad, she's only drawn that way." -- Bill Murphy murphy@newton.physics.purdue.edu Enjoying my Amiga 2000, but holding out for a real computer: The Amiga 3000!!