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From: thomas@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Thomas Summerall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: 8 or 24 bit animation->Toaster animation software?
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Date: 28 Oct 90 22:01:06 GMT
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I am a consultant for a small video production company.  We use a 2000 with
nine megs and a supergen 2000s.  Deluxepaint III is our animation software of
choice.    We also do a lot of frame grabbing in concert with the animations.

The time has come to upgrade the system.  We are looking at accelerator boards,
but we are mostly concerned about increasing the number of colors/resolution.
As far as I know, the toaster is the only way to do this.

The problem is this.  If we use the toaster (assuming it's out)  how can we use
dpaint's amazing animation features?  Is there animation software specifically
for the taoster?  Does it run stuff live?  How much acceleration will we need?
How many bit planes is it?  Does it have as many 2d features as dpaint?  Might
there be a dpaint IV that supports higher resolutions?

Are there other options besides moving to a different platform?

Thanks,
Thomas Summerall