leirbag28 wrote:
@ral-clan
Genlocks are absolutely esential for anyone wanting to do Video.......with Amiga or not
MEH!! RU on Crack??? A genlock is far from essential!!
.............Digitalizing sucks! and takes wayyyyy more time.........
ROFL, I think perhaps you've not worked with the right people. Faster then realtime digitizing has been around for some years now.
with a genlock you just fade it on instantly....and you can do things live! like Amiga Karaoke if you have MP3 karaoke songs or a CD32 with an SX-1 or SX32 pro and a genlock.....where you can charge people to do a Karaoke Video of them at a Bar or some club.......add to that a ChromaKey+ and your hooked up as good as any Mac or PC today.
I agree with this bit to a point. A genlock can work in this situation but once again this is a live-feed we're talking about.
My Mac and PC owning friends are scrambling to be able to do Video as easy and instantly with their Machines as I do it with my Amiga.
Then they need more training!! The Amiga, much as it is my fave platform is now well behind on the video stakes.
Continually I learn here on Amiga.Org that you can't listen to everyones opinion all the time...........many times their opinions are based on lack of usage or non experience or perhaps not having creative tendencies with Video (wich is ok...not everyone can have the same talents)
>choke< Now that's just insulting! Being truly creative with video becomes far MORE plausable after digitizing. Why do you think NON-LINEAR editing took off in the first place?
but trust me............with SCALA MM300 and a genlock and preferably alot of RAM (128mb or more) you cant do Cool wipes and animation overlays and you can even Jam LIVE with Music Videos and mix them on the Fly at clubs with the SuperGen SX's Video Faders...Just like a DJ uses his mixer to Jam and mix songs quickly! This is what I do by the way!
Great, you do about the only job were a genlock is actually useful, a live-feed situation!
I will be posting Videos on YouTUBE soon then you will know why you need a genlock.
Need? No. It is however a cheap solution for live video and can still be usefull in your field of work but for anything that isn't live your still better off digitizing. Non-linear video allows so much more freedom to the whole creative process.
Geesh ...I've done plenty of work with digital video and the thought of doing even a fraction of that work with analogue makes me feel sick! I do see your point for your line of work but for the rest of us, unless cash is a major issue or live video is involved there is very little point buying a genlock.
