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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: almabranca on April 22, 2004, 04:35:25 PM
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Hello,
A few years ago i had an old amiga 500 that I trade for a DR-550 (another old drumkit box from Roland BOSS).
I'm a freelance music producer that it's starting his way on film making and video editing.
Since my budget is a little low at the moment I remember seying some years ago video producers working with scala500 and a small box that was capable to make chroma key in a blue screen enviroment.
I wonder if someone here knows where can I buy them both and if posible a working Amiga unit at a cheap price.
www.almabranca.com/studio
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You can still buy Scala 400 software from Software Hut in the U.S.
Working Amigas of various sorts can be bought on ebay.
I found this describing a Scala500:
http://amiga.emugaming.com/bundles/scalawork500.html
Looks like basicly an Amiga CD32 running Scala presentation in a kiosk footprint...you can do as much with any Amiga and Scala 400 or even Scala 300 (which came as a hard drive installed (no floppy/CD) bundle on some systems).
I'm not sure how Scala will help you as a new video/film producer though.
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I'm not sure how Scala will help you as a new video/film producer though.
I coulde see it. It could nearly be a poor man's NLE but probably only for *shoorrrt* films or vignettes. I wouldn't bank a feature film on it though.
far better NLE tools exist... jahshaka,cinelerra,mainactor
The more I use my scalaMM200 (win9x) version, the more I can see where the idea comes from. It could do some storyboarding somewhat.
just my $0.02
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I think the box was an GVP G-Lock genlock.
With that and an Amiga (of course ;-) ) and Scala for titling
you can make some good videos.
The new CDRom version of Scala MM400 is dongle free (yeepee!).
As for Scala InfoChannel IC500, I don't know where you can find it, as the lucky dogs that owns a copy aren't disposed to let it go ;-)