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Subject:Re: Advice on digital cameras From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- NEXTLEVEL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 27 May 1997 21:15:09 -0800
On Tue, 27 May 1997 08:52:28 -0700, Bob Morrisette wrote:
>We use several methods for capturing photos for Manufacturing
>Assembly Instructions. The most effective has been using
>video pictures of an assembly process. You play the video and
>capture the correct frames for editing with PhotoShop and
>Illustrator, if necessary.
Another very neat little device for this is the Snappy. It's a
parallel-port-connected video frame grabber that, for its price
(CDN$299 last I checked) does an excellent job of capturing still
shots, and all-told, a very admirable job of grabbing shots from moving
video. It will produce output at 320x200, 640x480, and 1280x960 (or
thereabouts, I don't remember the highest resolution exactly, but it's
pretty big... and sharp!).
As with the other options, it's not the highest-"pro"-quality, but for
its price, it works wonders.
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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