Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!darkstar!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!ignatz From: ignatz@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (60189000) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: Re: Single Frame recorders Message-ID: <14124@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 4 Apr 91 15:09:43 GMT References: <469@tlvx.UUCP> Sender: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; Open Access Computing Lines: 35 In article <469@tlvx.UUCP> sysop@tlvx.UUCP (SysOp) writes: >In article , yamanaka@cv.sony.co.jp (Brian Yamanaka) writes: >..... >> Currently single frame recording is seen as a fad. Video tape >> technology may not be the best solution, and will be replaced by >> digital recording directly to hard disk (using some sort of >> compression). By storing the animation to disk it is easier to edit >> with guaranteed accuracy. Of course the final animation would be then >> recorded to video for distribution. >> There is a thread similar to this concurrently in rec.arts.animation. Because I dont believe in cross posting, I thought Id rewrite my predicament. Im an animation student, meaning I churn out lots and lots of animated drawings daily. Currently I shoot them with a super 8 camera and wait about a week before seeing results. Ive been looking for a decent pencil test alternative which with I wouldnt have to wait weeks to view. Video camcorders dont quite seem to offer exactly what I need, at least the ones I can afford dont, and I certainly cant go out and buy a lyon-lamb pencil test system. Here's the scoop -- I have an amiga 500 which Ive been playing around with for computer animation. Im wondering--can anyone tell me a way to connect a video digitizer to it, which could digitize each drawing (from paper via video camera) and store it in the computer in such a way that I can flip say 30 pages? I do not need color, or sharp resolution (low res would be fine) because this is just pencil testing and only the motion is important. Being that Im not the most knoweledgable person when it comes to the Amiga Im asking that some of you Amiga genuises help me out. Id really appreciate it. Ignatz Maouse.