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From: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen)
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Subject: Re: Frame grabbers and Video digitizers
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Date: 12 Dec 90 00:14:00 GMT
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MV010320@NDSUVM1.BITNET (Thomas) writes:

- What I would like to know is what is the best frame grabber/ video
- digitizer for the St.  I have seen some of the work that Computer 
- eyes does and frankly I wasn't really all that impressed because it
- distorted colors badly.

Computer Eyes I think is the best, or at least, the most popular.  
(We all know that most popular doesn't mean the best. :^)  It only
digitizes in 16 colors, but read on....

- However I am aware that there is some program put out by the same
- compay that make computer eyes that apparently improves the color
- quality drastically.  Unfortunately I have not seen this in action.

There is a desk accessory called DIGISPEC which allows you to use 
Computer Eyes and digitize 512 colors on the screen at once.  This is 
written by a company called Trio Engineering which also wrote 
Spectrum 512, the 512-color drawing program which preceded DIGISPEC 
and Unispec, a 512-color animation program.  I have seen results of 
the Computer Eyes and DIGISPEC combination, but have never seen it 
being done.  Antic used to distribute the programs, but I'm not sure 
if they still do.  You can find them via mail order or if you have a 
good local dealer.

- I am a amateur turning pro video producer and would like something 
- that digitizes the screen from a VCR source so that I can alter the
- picture later.  Thanks for any help I get!
 
DIGISPEC will allow you to change brightness, contrast, hue 
saturation and a couple of other things, like convert GIF pictures to 
SPC (Spectrum Compressed) format.  Spectrum 512 will allow you to 
manipulate the images, like cut and paste, add colors, gradient 
fills, etc.

Hope this helps.

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