frankl@torag.uucp (Frank Lemire) (11/27/90)
I need to know if its possible to get a image captured (from a video source) with DigiView over to a PC box? I know next to nothing about coverting these files, but from my limitied experience, I suggested that they (get this) find a way to covert the image to a ASCII text file (similar to what BinScii does on a Apple ][) upload that file to a unix box, and download it on the PC, and convert that text file back to a image. I know this probably will sound obsurd to the guru's of these newsgroups, but I dont know how to get it done. Email preferred. -- | Frank Lemire - frankl@ [xrtll,torag,pnet91].UUCP | This is the End, | | Toronto - zippo@ [intacc,contact].UUCP (pick) | Beautiful Friend.| | Canada * [Ask me for a copy of my bootleg list]| My only friend, | | uunet!yonge.csri.toronto.edu!sq!geac!torag!frankl| The End. |
bobl@pro-graphics.cts.com (Bob Lindabury, SysAdmin) (11/29/90)
In-Reply-To: message from frankl@torag.uucp > I need to know if its possible to get a image captured (from a video >source) with DigiView over to a PC box? I'm not sure of all the programs out there able to do it but I do know that AutoDesk Animator comes with a convertor program that will convert Amiga IFF files (typical Amiga files) over to VGA etc. Or, you can use a GIF conversion utility for the Amiga and then load them into the IBM with a GIF utility on the IBM side. Vpic, cshow, picem for the IBM to name a few. HAMGIF, HAMLAB, VirtGIF, to name a couple of Amiga GIF programs. Another possibility is to use Dpaint II Enhanced on the IBM to load in the Amiga IFF files. If you are looking to Raytrace or SolidModel 24 bit files and then move them over, you can do your rendering to RGB files on the Amiga and then use either RGBExchange 1.0 (shareware) or The Art Department (commercial) or ImageLink (commercial) to convert the 24 bit RGB images to TARGA (.TGA) format. From there you can load the .TGA images into just about anything on the IBM and get very good looking results. I also believe that there is PBM (Portable BitMap?) available for the Amiga and the IBM as well as Unix boxes. -- Bob ______ Pro-Graphics BBS "It's better than a sharp stick in the eye!" ________ UUCP: crash!pro-graphics!bobl | Pro-Graphics: 908/469-0049 ARPA/DDN: pro-graphics!bobl@nosc.mil | America Online: Graphics3d Internet: bobl@pro-graphics.cts.com | CompuServe: RIP _________ ___________ Raven Enterprises 25 Raven Avenue Piscataway, NJ 08854
R_Michael_Medwid@cup.portal.com (11/29/90)
yes it is possible. I was recently given a demo of a projection video system
which I am now using to project VGA output from a Compaq SLT. When the
folks demo'd their stuff they brought a bunch of VGA compatible pictures.
I was surprised when I saw them..they were all ports of classic Amiga
pictures by Jim Sachs..e.g. his Red porsche, the Ninja motor cycle..
anyhow they were all displayed in a slide show. I asked them how they
got the pictures but they had no idea. Keep on the trail..I am certain
there's a utility out there to do this. Check the "Fred Fish" collection
of public domain utilities. From the early days ('86?) there was a converter
for going from mac format to amy and vice-versa. I bet there's one to
go to pc format by this time. Good luck@milano@dtrc.dt.navy.mil (Milano) (11/29/90)
In article <36326@cup.portal.com> R_Michael_Medwid@cup.portal.com writes: >yes it is possible. I was recently given a demo of a projection video system >which I am now using to project VGA output from a Compaq SLT. When the >folks demo'd their stuff they brought a bunch of VGA compatible pictures. >I was surprised when I saw them..they were all ports of classic Amiga >pictures by Jim Sachs..e.g. his Red porsche, the Ninja motor cycle.. >anyhow they were all displayed in a slide show. I asked them how they >got the pictures but they had no idea. Keep on the trail..I am certain >there's a utility out there to do this. Check the "Fred Fish" collection >of public domain utilities. From the early days ('86?) there was a converter >for going from mac format to amy and vice-versa. I bet there's one to >go to pc format by this time. Good luck@ You can get a utility for just such a purpose by anonymous ftp from simtel20.army.mil. It is called gif2iff and consists of a number of utilities that accomplish the conversion in either direction. It also handles iff ham type files. There is also a commercial product called Hijaak (I forget the manufacturer but can locate it if you want) that handles file conversion between many different types of raster and vector graphics file types, including iff. It does not handle ham mode though. I use both and find the public domain version, gif2iff, to be much more useful. BTW - gif2iff runs on the amiga, while Hijaak is pc compatible. Give a yell if you have trouble locating these products, or need more info. - joel
perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) (12/11/90)
In article <1990Nov27.041636.2181@torag.uucp> frankl@torag.uucp (Frank Lemire) writes: > > I need to know if its possible to get a image captured (from a video >source) with DigiView over to a PC box? [A rediculous method deleted] > I know this probably will sound obsurd to the guru's of these >newsgroups, but I dont know how to get it done. Art Department Professional will write several PC formats such as PCX and GIF. These formats are provided in the basic package (ie: you do not have to purchase these formats separately). ADPro is particularly well suited for this (writing PC files) since it has an enhanced palette mode which allows it to pick colors based upon the increased palette size used in VGA rather than that used on the Amiga. To get the images into PC readable form, a very direct method (and one which we use) is to have Colsultron's Cross-Dos running on your machine. You can then write 720K PC disks directly from Art Department Professional. If you have a larger budget, one corporate drives ADPro's ARexx capability remotely from a network of PC's. IE: A front end program running on a PC ``authors'' an ARexx program which is file transferred over to an un- attended Amiga running ADPro. ADPro munches the ARexx program and sends the resulting data files back to the originator. >| Canada * [Ask me for a copy of my bootleg list]| My only friend, | What does ``Ask me for a copy of my bootleg list'' mean? -- Perry Kivolowitz, ASDG Inc. ``We look for things. Things that make us go.'' UUCP: {harvard|rutgers|ucbvax}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!perry CIS: 76004,1765 PLINK: pk-asdg