blee@grads.cs.ubc.ca (Bernard Lee) (08/19/88)
Does anyone have experience in videotaping or filming frame by frame computer
animation?
The software I am working on is a totally custom program to scroll computer
music notation across the screen, used on the piece 'illuminated manuscripts'
written by William O. Smith premered last year in U of Washington.
We used the Amiga in low res mode (320 x 200) and the genlock to put it to
both VHS and 3/4 inch videotapes. The result was not very satisfatory. And
320 x 200 is the maximum resolution which I could get it going 30 frames per
second in real time. And the musicians are crying for higher resolution. So
in order to improve, I could only think of doing it frame by frame.
Are there any hardware for the Amiga to control a VCR or a motion picture
camera frame by frame? Or are there any of those services available?
Any experience or information about getting a hardcopy out of a computer
would be greatly appreciated.
Bernard Lee
blee@grads.cs.ubc.cabaer@percival.UUCP (Ken Baer) (08/21/88)
In article <3771@ubc-cs.UUCP> blee@grads.cs.ubc.ca (Bernard Lee) writes: >Does anyone have experience in videotaping or filming frame by frame computer >animation? > >We used the Amiga in low res mode (320 x 200) and the genlock to put it to >both VHS and 3/4 inch videotapes. The result was not very satisfatory. And >320 x 200 is the maximum resolution which I could get it going 30 frames per >second in real time. And the musicians are crying for higher resolution. So >in order to improve, I could only think of doing it frame by frame. > >Are there any hardware for the Amiga to control a VCR or a motion picture >camera frame by frame? Or are there any of those services available? > Bernard Lee > blee@grads.cs.ubc.ca RGB Video Creations has a software package for controling a number of deck hooked together with VideoMedia's VLAN video network. They are using Panasonic ProLine S-VHS decks (forget the model #). At SIGGRAPH I was recording some animation at 30fps, and it was VERY clean. I used our Display program to single frame the animation (works with our format AND ANIM format). Some of the pieces I put on video were HAM-LACE, and it looked great! I'm not a video expert, so I'm not sure about the details of their setup, but I think you could also use 3/4" and 1" decks with their software. If you are looking for a higher end video editing setup, RGB is the place to look. MicroIllusions has a Transport Contoller that works with the VLAN, its not as advanced as the RGB setup, but might work well for your single framing needs. Hope this helps. -- -Ken Baer. // Hash Enterprises: When the Going gets Wierd, the Wierd go Professional \X/ USENET - baer@percival.UUCP, PLINK - KEN BAER, BIX - kbaer, "while (AINTGOTNOSATISFACTION) { do stuff }" - RJ Mical