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Posted by doc on 09/13/05 23:48
why didn't they move on up?
doc
"AnthonyR" <nomail@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "TonyP" <arpierre@hooptonline.net> wrote in message
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>> doc wrote:
>>. I did some truly amazing linear editing on the fly with an Amiga Video
>>Toaster. I sit back and look at some of the tapes and wonder how I pulled
>>it off. But I did. The customers loved the work I did. Now, I have gotten
>>"lazy" with NLE's.
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> TonyP.
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> I know exactly what you mean, I did some jobs way back with my Amiga video
> toaster and with such little effort
> had made videos that till this day people are amazed how creative they
> looked, and it was so simple, lol
> They had amazingly easy to use canned effects but also was simple to add
> onto those and get so creative with
> such little learning curve. Even with todays NLE's, you just don't see
> kiki type effects, with the pre made mattes
> in the switcher, the sports effects etc... it was so different and you can
> spot an amiga made video instantly if
> you've ever owned one. :)
> I miss it and still use lightwave but wish NewTek had entered the PC
> market on the same level as matrox or Canopus,
> with more affordable hardware and software using DV-AVI editing for more
> prosumers like me than the uncompressed video and it's higher requirements
> than they chose to do.
> Remember the original Toaster Promo video, wow, that had me sold
> immediately!
> $50,000 worth of broadcast equiptment for only around $5,000, wow it was a
> bargain then but
> in today's PC prices the hobbyist or prosumer doesn't want to no longer
> spend $5000 on a video card
> that will be replaced in 6 months to a year with new technology, not when
> an entire PC is less than $2000.
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> I wish the toaster ported over to the PC and miniDV (AVI) and DVD format
> immediately after the death of the Amiga,
> we'd all be still editing on toaster now if they had. That's my opinion.
> :)
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> AnthonyR.
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