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From: gregw@sugar.hackercorp.com (Greg White)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Here's who is using Amiga
Summary: Corrections to John's corrections
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Date: 19 Nov 90 04:48:26 GMT
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John, just a few corrections to your corrections:

..From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks @ Corpane Industries Inc., Louisville, KY)
..I know a few of these are not quite right:

....pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic) writes:

....>* Robocop II's special effects were done on an Amiga.
..I remember hearing that the Amiga was not used after all.
..They used a Mac II instead.

No, most of the effects 'filmed' for RoboCopII were done on the Amiga. One of
my clients (MicroSearch Computers) here in Houston did the work. One of their
graphic artists worked on the set creating the graphics and animations
required. In fact the people in Hollywood said that the graphics looked TOO
good to be done on a computer and ask them to 'dirty' them up a little, i.e.
less resolution, more garish colors. However many of the effects were left
on the cutting room floor due to the movie running long. Since many of the
effects were used as fillers and 'bits' unfortunately they were some of the 
first to go.

....>* Used by NBC for Amazing Stories opening scene graphics; 
..No way. I remember seeing how they made those opening graphics. They used
..super workstations on it, I think a Pixar was used to render the graphics.
..There was a show on computer animation and graphics that showed this and
..many other animations were made for TV and movies. Besides, wasn't Amazing
..Stories B.A.? (Before Amiga)

Altho the Amiga wasn't use on the opening credits, it was used for effects
in many of the shows and computation of camera angles by 3D modeling. This
was detailed in one of the Amiga mags.

....>used by ABC for
....>background graphics for Max Headroom.
..They used Amigas for the graphic overlays when showing what was on
..the camera that whats-his-name (Max's alter ego) was carrying. 

You're both right. Note he said the background graphics. He was talking about
the animated background behind Max himself, you know, the moving lines and bars
and patterns.

Also note that the Amiga was used by the group that won the 1996 Olympics for
Atlanta, GA. They used the Amiga to drive the MultiMedia presentation to the
judges of the Olympic committee. They first used a MAC II, but said the 
requirements "brought the MAC to its knees."

Greg White