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From: neil@celia.UUCP (Neil Richmond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: DCTV
Message-ID: <961@celia.UUCP>
Date: 26 Mar 91 15:38:04 GMT
References: <943@celia.UUCP> <0Xa3y4w164w@graphics.rent.com>
Reply-To: celia!neil@usc.edu (Neil Richmond)
Organization: Rhythm & Hues, Inc., Hollywood
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In article <0Xa3y4w164w@graphics.rent.com> bobl@graphics.rent.com (Bob Lindabury - SysAdm) writes:
   
>> >at Rhythm & Hues don't have to worry much about DCTV's NTSC output though, I
>> >don't suppose :)
 
>Actually, I believe they do.  I'm sure Neil will correct me if I'm
>wrong but I believe that R&H's money products are TV Spots.  Final
>output is probably 1" tape or D2 (D1, whatever).  At any rate, the
>final product that is broadcast is NTSC so steps have to be taken
>even if they are outputing RGB to what-have-you because the final
>NTSC product *MUST* have saturation levels reduced to fit into NTSC
>color bandwidth.

Well, it is true. We don't have to worry about DCTV's NTSC output:-). But we 
do worry about our NTSC output. We have strict FCC regulations as to what the
signal looks like. Mostly, in the area of maximums, but sometimes minimums 
as well. The FCC doesn't want too much black either. Our bread and butter
is TV spots. Not so much broadcast these days, flying logos, station IDs.
We do a lot of commercial work. Our output these days is usually D1 or D2.
We seldom do output to 1" anymore.

>On the other hand, I imagine that all output could be recorded to
>film and then a film to tape transfer done.  I believe this would be
>more costly and I don't think this is the norm.

This is more costly in time and money. Film has to be wedged, bracketted,
carefully. Film requires higher resolution frames, 2k-4k, which means longer
rendering times. We do this only at a clients request. Sometimes we do 
features.
 
>Maybe Neil can tell us the typical path of one of thier animations...

I am not sure what you mean by this, Bob. Do you mean our production process?
If you want I'll try to prepare a document outlining the process.


neil


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