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From: ali@rocky.STANFORD.EDU (Ali Ozer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: There's No Fun At Pixar
Message-ID: <495@rocky.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: Sun, 16-Aug-87 12:15:49 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 16 12:15:49 1987
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Reply-To: ali@rocky.UUCP (Ali Ozer)
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In article kim@amdahl.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) writes:
>Yes, this is exactly the point!  I doubt if anyone here on the net actually
>*believes* that the quality (resolution, complexity, smoothness, etc) of
>"Leo's Dream" can match that of Pixar's "Red's Dream".  And as you point out,
>the one scene Leo imitated is only a small part of Pixar's production.
>BUT, Pixar's position certainly leaves one with the *impression* that the
>$2K Amiga can do the same job as their $$$$K machine, else why would they
>be unhappy about it?  That's what makes this whole incident so ludicrous!
>

Well, maybe they are afraid there will always be people who show the
Amiga demo off at dealers, to friends, etc, just saying "it's the same as
the Pixar demo" and not "it imitates a portion of the Pixar demo, and
does a good job, but of course, the edges aren't as smooth and the resolution
isn't as great..." 

And, who knows, with the $699 Mimetics frame buffer (which can do smoothing,
thanks to it's, what, 2 million colors at once?), a single frame VCR,
a decent ray tracer (Sculpt 3D?), VideoScape 3D, an Amiga, and lots of
patience (a months worth?), maybe Pixar's demo could be duplicated fully.
After all, was their demo running off a computer or was it on videotape?
Of course, making the demo and not being able to show it would be a bummer...

Ali Ozer, ali@rocky.stanford.edu