video dissolves...

[john manoogian <jmanoog@umich.edu>]

On Fri, 24 May 1996, Tracy Hunker wrote:



> On Tue, 21 May 1996, john manoogian wrote:

> 

> > i believe that the sfx-4 will do dissolves; if it will, that would be 

> > sweet, but the price seems too low. i'm not sure what the other one you 

> > mention actually _is_...i know that the mx-4 rocks; i mixed live once at 

> > a party with some guys who had one...unfortunately they're like $1k...but 

> > this digresses from pxl-specific editing tools. 

> 

>   You can't do dissolves between VCRs without Time Base Correction. The

> sfx-4 is too cheap for that feature, but the MX-1 (I think you meant to

> write) does a digital synch on two of four video inputs.



yes, you're right;

i meant the mx-1. i was thinking of the _4_ inputs...sorry.   ;)



> Dissolves on cheaper equipment is usually where video dissolves

> to a color then back to video.



actually that's a _fade_, not a dissolve. i wasn't really suggesting that 

people buy mx-1's; like i said, they cost about a grand when new. i do think 

that the ability to dissolve on pxl would be nice, though. if you've seen 

what almereyda and co. did on _nadja_ with dissolving pxl into 35mm film 

stock...oooh, creamy!



I've seen used MX-1's on the Internet for $550. It seems a

> bit much for PXL productions. PXL seems to be the opposite of slick. 



extremely well put!

pxl is the stunted underdog of the time-based [video|film|multimedia]

artististic community.



yeeeah PXL!



john manoogian

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

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