cshort@nmsu.edu (Spmg*d, Lord of Potted Meat Product) (04/09/91)
>Im an animation student, meaning I churn out lots and lots of animated >drawings daily. Currently I shoot them with a super 8 camera and wait >about a week before seeing results. Ive been looking for a decent >pencil test alternative which with I wouldnt have to wait weeks to view. >Video camcorders dont quite seem to offer exactly what I need, at least >the ones I can afford dont, and I certainly cant go out and buy a lyon-lamb >pencil test system. Here's the scoop -- I have an amiga 500 which Ive >been playing around with for computer animation. Im wondering--can anyone >tell me a way to connect a video digitizer to it, which could digitize >each drawing (from paper via video camera) and store it in the computer >in such a way that I can flip say 30 pages? I do not need color, or sharp >resolution (low res would be fine) because this is just pencil testing >and only the motion is important. Being that Im not the most knoweledgable >person when it comes to the Amiga Im asking that some of you Amiga >genuises help me out. hi my soloution would be to buy digiview 4.0 and dpaintIII digitize you line drawings and load the iff's into dpaint where you can edit and animate them if you are doing this in black and white, you could probably do 50+ frames in high-res interlace. i've used a setup like this before and it has been totally delightfull. yikes, also you will need to buy a video camera. i would suggest buying a surplus black and white security camera. if you look hard, they can be found for around $20 good luck c. |----------------------|---------------------- | |the world is spam and | Chris Short | | we are but the key | Computing Research Labatory | |--------|-------------| Box 30001/3 CRL | | New Mexico State University | | Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001 | | Email: Cshort@nmsu.edu Fax:505 646 6218|-------------------| | Voice: 505 646 6216 |SpamKey productions| | -------------------------|-------------------| -- |----------------------|---------------------- | |the world is spam and | Chris Short | | we are but the key | Computing Research Labatory | |--------|-------------| Box 30001/3 CRL | | New Mexico State University | | Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001 | | Email: Cshort@nmsu.edu Fax:505 646 6218|-------------------| | Voice: 505 646 6216 |SpamKey productions| | -------------------------|-------------------|