Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!masscomp!calvin!mark From: mark@calvin..westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: Re: Colorburst and Animation Keywords: 24 bits Message-ID: <61831@masscomp.westford.ccur.com> Date: 20 Mar 91 18:46:22 GMT References: <1991Mar15.193235.2926@cs.mcgill.ca> <19919@cbmvax.commodore.com> <947@celia.UUCP> Sender: root@masscomp.westford.ccur.com Reply-To: mark@calvin.westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson) Organization: Concurrent Computer Corp. Westford MA. Lines: 16 In article <947@celia.UUCP> celia!neil@usc.edu (Neil Richmond) writes: >Actually, I have seen some amazing pictures in 8 bits. Thses were scanned in >photos of peoples faces. They virtually indistingushable from 24 bit pictures. Truly amazing was the IVS demo at the AmigaWorld Expo where they used DCTV with only *3 bitplanes* to do realtime playback of a digitized "Back to the Future III" sequence from a hard drive. Even though only 3 bitplanes were used, it looked like it was coming right off of video tape. If only computer generated imagery compressed so well. %~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~% % ` ' Mark Thompson % % --==* RADIANT *==-- mark@westford.ccur.com % % ' Image ` ...!{decvax,uunet}!masscomp!mark % % Productions (508)392-2480 (603)424-1829 % % % ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~