Re: marrying the pxl2k with a computer?

[Erasmo@ritz.mordor.com]

So what is out there that can do this? There is a certain romance to 

being able to a PXL piece on a shoe-string budget. Actors can be found 

to work for a title credit. Footage is $2.50 per five minutes of 

type II cassette. Editing? I just popped over to Comp USA to check 

out the package for Golddisk's Video Director Suite. Given what was 

said by "Alexander the..." on this list last week, It doesn't seem 

practical to do it unless you can run it through another cam or S-VHS 

with LANC. I'm near my wits end. I see an ad in The Wiz's catalog for 

Sima Pro Ed/itOE -2x at $129.95 , and Sima SFX-4 FX Video Ed/It 4OE at 

$199.95. Is this the answer? Its not through the computer, but its a 

lot closer to the price range than anything out there, given what Sima 

says the editors can do (video, audio, & effects). 



Editing is the question. What is the answer?





> Date:          Mon, 20 May 1996 12:18:29 -0400 (EDT)

> From:          john manoogian <jmanoog@umich.edu>

> To:            pixelvision@jupiter.rowan.edu

> Subject:       marrying the pxl2k with a computer?



> On Thu, 16 May 1996 MikeO55555@aol.com wrote:

> 

> > The computer version of pixelvision has been here for about a year.It is the

> > connectix qucikcam and it retails for less than $100.

> > 

> > I've used it in a number of video pieces already.

> > 

> 

> yes, i know;

> i've seen that, /plus/ the color quicktake, plus the flexcam...

> the thing i'm envisioning is a whole system for i/o and manipulation.

> since the image and sound data should be already very compact, i want to 

> design a real fast and dirty non-linear editing system, sort of like 

> adobe premier for the masses. limiting the image data to 4 or 5 bits

> and keeping the frame rate low would hardly change the distinctive beauty 

> of pxlvision. the mac really needs some kind of video toaster-esque app 

> to make video fly on it. the quicktime vr dev. kit is expensive, and 

> really complicated to boot. i think lo-tek is the way to go;

> 

> PXL all the way!

> 

> john manoogian

> curator of a pixelvision web site;

> http://www.personal.umich.edu/~jmanoog/pxl/

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