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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: net.graphics
Subject: Re: conversion of RGB to video
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Date: Tue, 13-May-86 16:19:06 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 13 16:19:06 1986
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> The simplest way to do this (and sometimes the least satisfactory) is to
> use a 35mm camera to take pictures of the screen in seqence. Use a exposure
> of 1 sec for the best results. (Be sure to turn down the room lights!)...

Photography off the screen can be quite satisfactory if done right.  The
animated sequence in Star Trek II was done that way.  Doing it right is
more complicated than just point-and-shoot, though.  See Tom Duff's posting
of a few months ago for details; he was one of the Lucasfilm computer folks
at the time, and was involved.
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