Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!masscomp!calvin!mark From: mark@calvin..westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: "VIDEO THING" video converter for PCs ... Message-ID: <61629@masscomp.ccur.com> Date: 17 Jan 91 15:20:29 GMT References: <1991Jan14.054313.24338@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Sender: news@masscomp.ccur.com Reply-To: mark@calvin.westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson) Organization: Concurrent Computer Corp. Westford MA. Lines: 24 In article <1991Jan14.054313.24338@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes: > This spectacular device is called the Video Toaster from NewTek. Its >a board that can do almost everything a $50,000 studio can do. It features >2 framebuffers, Digital Video Effects, ChromaFX, A character generator, >LightWave3d modeler/ray-tracer, ToasterPaint, a production level switcher, >4 video inputs, and probably more I can't remember. All of this is done in >real-time except for the tracing. All of this is included in the same >package for $1595. Correction....Lightwave is not a ray-tracer, it is a 3D scanline based renderer. Its images however are comparable to traced images except that they are created MUCH MUCH faster. A while back I did a benchmark image consisting of roughly 300 speres created with approximately 25,000 polygons (utilizing all the different surface attributes available). Rendering to full video resolution (768 x 480) took under 12 minutes on a 25MHz 68030 based Amiga. The latest release of the software is even faster. Oh, and you forgot to mention it has a real-time video frame grabber. %~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~% % ` ' Mark Thompson % % --==* RADIANT *==-- mark@westford.ccur.com % % ' Image ` ...!{decvax,uunet}!masscomp!mark % % Productions (508)392-2480 (603)424-1829 % % % ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~