Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!edsews!einstein!maline From: maline@einstein.eds.com (Alan Maline) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Amiga in CGW Keywords: 2D animation Message-ID: <74@einstein.eds.com> Date: 9 Mar 90 14:06:36 GMT Organization: EDS/TSD - Troy, MI Lines: 42 Wedged inbetween sections on the IBM/AT and MAC of a article on 2D animation in Computer Graphics World were these three paragraphs. Reprinted without permission of course: Amiga computeers have also proven to be excellent platforms for creative imaging in real time. These 68020- and 68030 based computers have the inherent ability to provide direct videotaping form the screen. Thus, the hardware has spawned numerous animation packages that focus on quick 2D animation. One such product is made by Oxxi Inc. Oxxi offers Video Titler, a program that can be used to create and edit video titles and credits, as well as produce a range of related special effects. Also noteworthy is Oxxi's Animagic, a 2D cel-oriented andmation package with video effects and such capabilities as metamorphosis and interpolation (tweening). The program can even play backward. Superior titles can be made for video applications by using an IBM PC/AT, a Targa or Vista board, and Inscriber software from Image North Technologies. What is particularly pleasing about this software is that it renders perfect-quality fonts and offers a generous variety of styles and effects. Taking advantage of the Vista boards's color table, it produces fast and simple color cycling that can be made to run in real time (oooohhhh.) ... AAAaaarrrrrggggg g g g < all of my opinions were probably thought up by someone else before anyways > -- Alan Maline INTERNET: maline@einstein.eds.com Electronic Data Systems Corp. PHONE: (313) 265-7082 750 Tower Drive P.O Box 7019 GM: (8) 365-7082 Troy, Michigan 48007-7019 FAX: (313) 265-5777