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From: cp50@sdcc15.UUCP (Seamans)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: COMDEX report
Message-ID: <386@sdcc15.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 13-Nov-87 16:53:53 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 13 16:53:53 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 15-Nov-87 11:31:11 EST
References: <300@uscacsc.UUCP> <4111@ccicpg.UUCP> <2723@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: cp50@sdcc15.UUCP (Steve Hartford)
Organization: University of California, San Diego
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In article <2723@cbmvax.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
>In article <4111@ccicpg.UUCP> harald@ccicpg.UUCP ( Harald Milne) writes:
>> In article <300@uscacsc.UUCP>, papa@uscacsc.UUCP (Marco Papa) writes:
>> > This is a report after a frenzy 1-day at COMDEX, with lots of time spent
>> > at the Commodore-Amiga booth.
>> 
>(Newtek's) "video toaster" wasn't displayed until Wednesday or so, since last
>minute software development was needed.  It is basically an external video
>processing box that is controlled by the Amiga.  I don't know what the actual
>Amiga interface is, but it doesn't neccessarily use any slots.  This seems
>like an very interesting product, but I suspect it will be a while before
>it's true form and full capabilities are fully revealed.
>
>Notes:
>1) All the actual video processing is external to the Amiga.
But you WILL be able to transfer images between the Amiga video and
Toaster video.
>
>2) A genlock device is needed to combine the processed video with Amiga video.
Toaster INCLUDES this professional quality genlock.

Some of the effects it is capable of doing are :
	page flips, page turns, spheres, montage, pushes, splits
	transpositions, blinds, moving blinds, pixelizations,
	fish-eye, stop motion, and mosiac

The hardware showed at Comdex was indeed VERY prelim, and both the quality
and speed will be improved in the future. Possible release date for both
hardware and software is March, 1988 (don't hold your breath). I'm
presently working on developing software for NewTek, and the stuff
coming out of this place in the next few months is incredible. 

Steve Hartford		cp50%sdcsvax@sdcc15.UUCP