Re: [FCP-L] OT: How did they do "digital effects" in the analouge era?

Oh no the original ADO 3000 did not do a page turn. That was the big cool thing on the Abekas A-53 although it took two channels front and back and the combiner if you wanted to bring it in as a single source, or you could do two keys on the switcher maintaining priority of back over front. I never used the latter ADO 2000 and 1000 perhaps they added that feature. For the ADO you could put in some magic numbers with excessive perspective and get a page bend/twist but they were not very fun to modify. Who remembers the good ole "Shwip Shwap" move on the coveted ADO magic moves disk. Took me a year before I found the right story to use it on. Midnight Aerobics just needed that extra something the shwip shwap delivered. All that video goodness for only $180,000 per channel combiner not included. The 5 volt 200 amp power supply weighed as much as my 66 VW bug.

--- In FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com, Donnie Rogers <donnie@...> wrote:
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> Do a google for Ampex ADO, or Grass Valley Kaleidoscope.
> And a room full of videotape machines.
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> Donnie Rogers
> VP of Technology
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> On Dec 10, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Tom Wolsky wrote:
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> > There has a page peel on most linear switchers for years.
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Tom
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> > On Dec 10, 2009, at 11:50 AM, Sune Alexandersen wrote:
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> > > Hi group!
> > > I'm watching an old Norwegian tv-serie made in 1979 and the opening
> > > title made me think: how on earth did they achieve the page-turn
> > > transition before.. Eh... Fcp/Avid.. Everything!!
> > > They used a lot of effects in the good old days that is a simple
> > drag
> > > and drop operation these days..
> > >
> > > Hope some of you with the proper mileage could shed some light on
> > the
> > > issue!
> > >
> > > Regards from rainy Norway,
> > > Sune Alexandersen
> > > Sent whilst on the go!
> > >
> > >
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