Invision and Live - Amiga CG Demo from a long time ago

This is a demo tape that accompanied the software Invision for the Live! capture card for the Commodore Amiga. The Live! capture device was one of the first affordable full motion capture cards, and Invision took it to the next level. Daniel Kaye and Peter Tjeerdsma were the principles behind Elan Design, and went on to work for NewTek on the Video Toaster.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• amiga
• video
• cg
• toaster
• vintage
• computing

[k8fan]

Thanks for posting this!

I used Invision Plus live with a band called the Psychowelders in Kansas City back in the late 80s. It was such an exciting program, and it's hard to believe that they could make it seem so *dull* - though I suppose they were trying to appeal to the corporate types.

[hal2k]

I tracked down the developers, and surprise surprise they went to work for NewTek. Invision + Live2000 + Genlock + Video Source was a very powerful tool -- throw in a Mindlight 7 and video feedback and it could do stuff that I can only approximate with After Effects today.

Thanks for your comment!

[k8fan]

Ah, not surprised. I had a Mindlight at one point, but sold it to a friend who wanted it even more. I'll have to dig through and see if I recorded any of my performances.

It was astonishingly robust software. I'd have a whole set of keys programmed to different effects and palettes, recording bit of video onto the function keys and just PLAY that sucker, hitting keys, scrubbing the mouse like mad, processing the incoming camera video and it never so much as squeaked.

I want it again.