Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!stable.ecn.purdue.edu!yorkw From: yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: The Amiga featured in Computer Chronicles Message-ID: Date: 18 Nov 90 02:20:51 GMT References: <1990Nov17.150858.55@vax1.mankato.msus.edu> Sender: news@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (USENET news) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 49 > After that story they went back top the studio and a couple of guys from >Newtek did a demo of the Video Toaster. They did different video special >effects that I thought were very impressive. I won't go into detail becuase I I don't think the Hosts realized Exactly How AWSOMELY Powerfull this Toster is. They just seemed to say, Neat-o.....So... > Oh I almost forgot, back on the A3000 a person from Disney did a demo of the >Disney Animation Studio. When asked why Disney had written the software for >the amiga, the man said that the Amiga's graphics capabilities were very >suitable for their application. One of the Hosts mentioned somthing about the program lacking a feature. it was about the Ink& paint Dept, You have to page through each frame and fill in the color whgere it should be, Ie a Blue Wing/Yellow Beak. The Host said Somthing like: " Seems like the program should automaticially fill in the correct areas with color without goint through each frame" (He said it REAL SNOOBY too) I started thinking about this... It CAN'T do this.. And i doubt if it ever COULD be done. (IS my argument above clear?) say ya have a Bird Flapping in the animation. Frame 1: The wings are down, ya fill in Blue. Tummy Yellow. Frame 2: Ya then have to fill in the wings again, Tummy again. (The Host wanted this to be done automaticially) (This is "impossible" the computer whoud have to KNOW What parts ARE wings.) I don't think the Host realized what the program was doing. It was supposed to be a INTUIVELY easy animation program. The host seemed to think it was a Structured Cad Type prog. (The more i see the CC show the more i see it's like a COMPUTE magazine ported to the Telly.) See the Software revirew? A Progam like NAG for the MAC for ONLY $130. I about Lost my Coffee at the mention of price. (Last week they reviewed a SCREEN BLANKER for $30) IT used Full color animations, Fish/Tosters/ect, What a Wast of CPU time. The show still needs work. . -- yorkw@ecn.purdue.edu Willis F York ---------------------------------------------- Macintosh... Proof that a Person can use a Computer all day and still not know ANYTHING about computers.