On Sat, 16 Oct 1999 07:56:39 -0400, ar407@freenet.carleton.ca (R. Geoff Baker) wrote:

[...]
>> The TV signal passed out by the camcorder or Sony converter
>> box from the Raptor FireWire connection doesn't show
>> scrubbing, so it is not as useful for editing as the
>> computer overlay image (which is also sometimes better
>> for judging subtleties of sharpness [still images, but not
>> moving images, which look sharper on a TV due to the
>> interlace).
[...]

>Perhaps I'm just confused by your terminology: The 'overlay image' is by
>definition the analog signal displayed on your computer monitor ... so I
>don't see how it can be present if the signal from the DV device isn't
>showing ..? I'm not a Raptor user, but rather a MotoDV user, and I can scrub
>to a TV via the DV device so long as there are no unrendered transitions or
>effects on the clip I'm viewing -- can't the Raptor do the same?

Yes - I guess I oversimplified. I use a lot of
filters/transitions, and when unrendered these
will not show on the TV during scrubbing, even
with the "alt" key depressed. Once rendered,
all effects/filters/transitions will show during
scrubbing - but that isn't when I most need them
to show...;-) BTW, one peeve with Raptor is that
"alt" key scrubbing results in the computer
monitor image being lighter than normal, making
it harder to judge contrast/brightness/color
corrections - Spark was superior for this, since
it showed a correct image...