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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Desktop Audio and Video => Topic started by: satiropan on December 25, 2015, 04:30:29 PM

Title: digitize camera picture with Amiga
Post by: satiropan on December 25, 2015, 04:30:29 PM

I am a little rusty with Amiga software now so I need help.
I want to create a digitizing post.
I will have an A1200hd, 3.1 or 3.9, a professional camera on tripod, exiting cvbs signal, a Vidtech Scanlock genlock, this:
http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/scanlock
I want to be able to digitize a subject by just pressing a key, then send the picture to an older machine, maybe unix, maybe dos, and print it in ascii graphics with a pin printer.
apart from the sending the picture to the second machine and printing, which will be taken care of by another person, I don't know/remember, what software should I use to digitize the camera composite signal.
can some of you help?
regards

Title: Re: digitize camera picture with Amiga
Post by: Thomas on December 25, 2015, 06:22:37 PM

Unless this genlock is special, it cannot be used to digitize video. A genlock rather is like a blue box (or nowadays green box). It takes a video source, overlays it with the Amiga video (one color of the Amiga video is transparent, showing the video source) and outputs the combined signal to a video destination (usually a recording device). There is no digital processing involved.

Title: Re: digitize camera picture with Amiga
Post by: amiman99 on December 26, 2015, 04:17:40 AM

You will need something like VIDI 12RT OR VIDI 24 or NEWTEK DIGIVIEW video digitizer to digitize a picture from composite video input.
http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/digiview
http://amiga.resource.cx/search.pl?id=vidi24

Title: Re: digitize camera picture with Amiga
Post by: satiropan on December 26, 2015, 09:17:59 AM

understood.
let say that I find one, what software should I look for?
thanx

Title: Re: digitize camera picture with Amiga
Post by: amiman99 on December 26, 2015, 04:33:10 PM

Each video digitizer comes with their own software, so make sure that the unit comes with a disk.

Title: Re: digitize camera picture with Amiga
Post by: paul1981 on December 26, 2015, 10:33:17 PM

Quote from: satiropan;800834

understood.
let say that I find one, what software should I look for?
thanx

I used to use my Prograb24RT a fair bit many moons ago. I think it had an ARexx port - perhaps you could automate the process coupled with your image to char conversion program etc...

Title: Re: digitize camera picture with Amiga
Post by: satiropan on December 27, 2015, 10:20:58 AM

I have found this
http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/videon
don't know which version, most probably supports only OCS, since on the box it's written: for Amiga 500, 1000, 2000 computers, it must be 1988/89
no AGA/ECS support.
anyway, did any of you ever used it?
does it digitize in color just in one scan? or should one scan 3 times with the color filter?
how long it takes to digitize?
how long it takes to send the picture to the Amiga, via parallel port?
any info will be useful
thanx

Title: Re: digitize camera picture with Amiga
Post by: amiman99 on December 28, 2015, 01:41:38 AM

Quote from: satiropan;800876

I have found this
http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/videon

Never seen it before, I only used Digiview and Vidi 12RT.
Digiview uses 3 passes to scan image, Vidi Rt can do it in real time.