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From: hrlaser@crash.cts.com (Harv Laser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Todd Rundgren's "Change Myself"
Message-ID: <7682@crash.cts.com>
Date: 21 Feb 91 20:10:36 GMT
Organization: Crash TimeSharing, El Cajon, CA
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Someone in one of these groups recently asked what the best Amiga demo
ever made is.  I think I can answer with a "here's my opinion of the
best Amiga demo made SO FAR"... it's a 3 minute "rock" video called
"Change Myself" created on ten Video Toaster-equipped Amigas by
Todd Rundgren.

The story I have on "Change Myself" is that Todd, who worked a lot with
Macs, heard about the Toaster, bought himself one, got hooked on 
the LightWave 3D software, and decided to do an entire video using
this combination.  He consulted with LightWave 3D author Allen Hastings
for technical assistance from time to time, and acquired 9 more 
Amigas+Toasters to finish the entire production in around five weeks. 
It should now be playing on both VH-1 and MTV in the US via your local
cable channels. 

It is, to put it mildly, an amazing effort, and NO Amiga owner should
miss it. Three minutes of constantly moving and wildly animated Amiga
3D graphics and swirling backgrounds, with Todd singing his song and
his moving image mapped to different objects as they fly about the screen
including leaves, a sailboat's sail, chess pieces, morphing rocks and
molecules... well words fail to describe it properly. 

"Change Myself" is going to be analyzed and discussed by computer animation
fiends and Amiga owners for a long time. Don't miss it.