Posted by TonyP on 09/14/05 11:37

I know what you mean Anthony R.
I had programs that ran thru Arexx scripting for doing a lot of "stuff"
with the Toaster. I spent time "pre-thinking" of what I wanted to do
before doing it. Knowing what wipes I was going to use and where, along
with what CG. I then sat down with my "crib notes" and let the tape
roll! It would be an intense session of doing it on the fly, but one
that the finished product had rave reviews from the customers.
When the Amiga finally went bust, I had hopped for a reasonable PC
solution from NewTek (which had lost some key people as they split to
form Play Inc), but it didn't come. So, I went DPS Editbay. From there,
DV500 and now Liquid Edition Pro.
I still have my Toaster/Amiga, but haven't powered it up in ages.

> TonyP.
>
> 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.
>
> 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. :)
>
> AnthonyR.
>
>

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