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From: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Color Bleeding in Video Titles
Summary: Good encoders cost a lot.
Message-ID: <745@tardis.Tymnet.COM>
Date: 4 Nov 89 00:23:43 GMT
References: <735@orange9.qtp.ufl.edu>
Reply-To: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
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In article <735@orange9.qtp.ufl.edu> sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu (scott sutherland) writes:
>I am doing some video titling work and I am having a few problems.
>First, my hardware/software configuration:
>	CMI VI-500 Video Encoder
>	PROBLEM #2: I created a variety of title pages, changing font style,
>		    color, and size. For white letters on black background,
>		    the result is okay. BUT, for red letters on a black
>		    background, I get SEVERE bleeding of the colors.
>I cannot afford a better encoder.

Solid red or solid blue is the hardest to encode properly to NTSC standards.
I have an AmiGen and am disappointed in its output.  After reading reviews
of the various color encoders and genlocks, and after observing various ones
first hand at Amiga shows, I have come to the following conclusion:

If you need professional quality composite color output from the Amiga, then
you have to spend around $800 or more on a good genlock.
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