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From: dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
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Subject: Re: Amiga Video Toaster for the MAC
Message-ID: <1991Apr27.224827.25622@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
Date: 27 Apr 91 22:48:27 GMT
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In article <1195@mdavcr.UUCP> ewm@mdavcr.UUCP (Eric W. Mitchell) writes:
>In article <1991Apr23.031929.16324@cs.dal.ca> graham@ug.cs.dal.ca (Michael Graham) writes:
>>In article <5967@pbhyb.PacBell.COM> rkmossm@PacBell.COM (Richard Mossman) writes:
>>>
>>>What I would really like to see is someone come out with a direct connect 
>>>Mac device that does Toaster-level stuff with a built in NTSC conversion
>>
>> Luckily I'm a Mac owner. An Amiga owner would laugh his head off at this
>>idea. Do you have any idea of what the toaster can do? If not try and catch
>>Tod Rundgren's latest video. It *easily* rivals what I have seen from Pixar
>>and SGI. It could easily do the Lifesaver ad.
>> I don't have all the specs on this product, but similar Mac boards look like
>>a JOKE when compared with the toaster.
>
>I think you may have the facts a little messed up here.  The Video Toaster 
>is a video production device, not a renderer.  It is designed to give you 
>near commercial quality transition effects and some limited graphics (titling,
>etc).
>
>Basically, the device allows you to combine video signals in a neat way, to
>create some of the snazzy scene transitions they have in commerical
>newscasts and shows like "Entertainment Tonight".
>
>The toaster could be used to take existing video of the lifesavers and
>combine segments in interesting ways, but could not produce the graphics
>themselves.  To compare it to Pixar or SGI products is like comparing
>Apples and screwdrivers.
>

  Have you ever heard of Toaster Paint or Lightwave 3D? They are two
programs included with the Video Toaster. One is a paint program, and
the other is for 3D renderings, although it does lack one feature in the
3D modeling programs. It will do ray-tracing, but it 'cheats' on the ray
tracing in order to speed up the process (and it still does some impressive
things). It cannot do refractions.

  As for your comparison of Apples and screwdrivers, I have both and use the
screwdrivers more often :).


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    David Tiberio  SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481  AMIGA  DDD-MEN  Tomas Arce 
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