Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!lsuc!sq!hobie From: hobie@sq.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga in TV ad? Message-ID: <1987Nov8.133215.14914@sq.uucp> Date: Sun, 8-Nov-87 13:32:15 EST Article-I.D.: sq.1987Nov8.133215.14914 Posted: Sun Nov 8 13:32:15 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 8-Nov-87 18:58:29 EST References: <4100@garfield.UUCP> Reply-To: hobie@sq.UUCP (Hobie Orris) Distribution: na Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto Lines: 29 Checksum: 30599 John Russell (john13@garfield.UUCP) writes: >-- >There have been a lot of "Max Headroom"-style ads lately, using lots of >video screens and equipment. Today I noticed one where a guy is in a room >with, yes, a lot of video screens, and then we get a shot of him through >a video camera with crosshairs on the display. It looked suspiciously like >Amiga video (ie the flicker was noticeable), so I kept a close eye on it. >John This ad was done on Amigas here in Toronto. Two of the people at our Amiga user group meeting worked on it. They showed a 30 and 90 second version of it. They used a genlock and, I think, Videoscape to do the rotating fork and stuff. We also saw the new Canadian Commodore Amiga commercials that a friend of mine (Derek Grime, Beyond Graphics) did. They (2 English and 2 French) show a guy at a desk talking on the phone, explaining how he can do spreadsheets and printing and music video at the same time. It ends with: MAN: "Try that on your Mac, Jack" PHONE: MAN: "Jack?" The other is similar but he says: "Try that on your Tandy, Andy" I suggested "Try that on your clone, Joan" but that was too late to be acted on. Hobie Orris | guest of SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Ont. |"There'll be no more giant leeches {ihnp4 | decvax | ? }!utzoo!sq!hobie | When you find the good Lord Jesus"