Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!ut-sally!joe
From: joe@ut-sally.UUCP (Joe Hitchens)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Digi-view praise and a bug
Message-ID: <10097@ut-sally.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jan 88 00:02:22 GMT
References: <5998@cc5.bbn.COM>
Reply-To: joe@ut-sally.UUCP (Joe Hitchens)
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In article <5998@cc5.bbn.COM> denbeste@bbn.COM (Steven Den Beste) writes:
>I bought myself a Digi-view for Christmas, and also a TV camera. I got the
>camera they recommend in the manual (Panasonic WV-1410, I think - I'm typing
>this from work and don't have it here), and I'm running it on a 1000 with an
>Insider (total 1.5M) with two floppy drives and a Cltd 24M HD.

A VERY similar set up to mine.
I might as well note my system for others as you have:
	A1000 
	External Drive
	Spirit Inboard internal 1.5M board
	Comspec external 2M board
	Digiview 2.0
	Panasonic WV1410 b&w video camera.

>don't copy protect anything, so I copied the software onto my HD and it works
>BEAUTIFULLY! I am astounded!
>
>I've had no gurus, and only one strangeness has shown up - which is pretty
>remarkable for a software package as complex as this one. I can recommend this
>product without qualifications for quality and features and useability. (Some

My sentiments exactly.  Digi-View is an extremely good product.  It is one
of the VERY few software bits I am GENUINELY impressed with.  I wish
I could say the same for Digi-Paint.  Digi-View NEVER Guru's.  Seems to co-
exist with others very pleasantly.  Digi-Paint Guru's on me continuously.
(Though it didn't as much when I first got it.  Hmm.)

>That one strangeness: In order to avoid any danger of etching the video camera,
>I've taken to converting 7-10 pictures at a time and storing them in ".RGB"
>format (which takes between 250K and 300K per picture - DAMN HD's are nice),
>then powering down and lens-capping the camera and going back and
>post-processing them to convert into HAM format.
>
>When I do this, the picture that results has a distinct green tinge.
>
>If there are other Digi-View owners out there, I would appreciate it if they
>would run the same experiment and see if they get the same result. Is it me, or
>is it Memorex?
>-- 
>Steven C. Den Beste,   Bolt Beranek & Newman, Cambridge MA
>denbeste@bbn.com(ARPA/CSNET/UUCP)    harvard!bbn.com!denbeste(UUCP)

Well I'll be damned.
It's Memorex.
I just tried it myself, and sure enough, if you reload the RGB.IFF file and
re-save it in the same mode as when you first digimized, the second file
is smaller and has a very noticable leaning into the green, just as you said.

Perhaps NewTek would be able to supply the poop on why this is.

j.h.

(Concerning another issue about MultiTasking: A Nightmare?
 Upon reading this article, I thought I would give it a try myself.
 Push VT100 screen to the back, Fire up Digiview run the tests,
 Ponder the results, Kill DigiView, Pull VT100 back up front,
 Respond to article which is still waiting patiently on the screen.
 :-) I wish all my nightmares were like this.)