Sheffield Ave.) These effects are playing an increasingly important role in entertainment programming, and video production companies are engaged in heated competition to produce special effects that are more special. (An example of Polycom`s special effects may be seen at Clubland, the Vic Theater`s video nightclub, at 3145 N. The results of combining these systems are myriad dazzling special effects, including exploding logos, rotating spheres, flying objects and virtually every image the mind can conceive. The single-frame animation VTR edits 16 times faster than conventional VTRs, saving editors a lot of time the Quantel Mirage and Encore system manipulates visual elements into any 3-D shape or form, and it is integrated with digital video power that makes opticals obsolete and the Quantel Paint Box creates and enhances images by allowing its operators to compose video images by simulating veritably every tool used by the artist working with brush and pallet. All this can be done in two and three dimensions.

Then the FGS-4000 calculates the in-betweening, perspective and shading, while maintaining high-image quality. The Bosch animation system allows its operators to build objects that establish animation keyframes and sequences. The possibilities are staggering, given the power of the systems. These are operated by editors and artists who are among the most innovative video producers in the country. To look inside the editing suites of Polycom is to see the leading technology in video production-the Bosch FGS 4000 digital animation system, the Sony 2500 single-frame animation videotape recorder (VTR), the Mirage and Encore video manipulation and effects system, the Quantel Paint Box and two Grass Valley 300 Series Switchers. And their toys easily are the envy of anyone interested in creating video with the most sophisticated video production and post-production equipment available today.

Erie St., and find a video editor holed up in one of the company`s state-of-the-art editing suites.Īnd chances are, the editors aren`t there putting in overtime to meet the demands of the company`s commercial and industrial clients-the work day has long been over. It is quite possible, at almost any hour of the night on any given day, to drive past the offices of Polycom Teleproductions, at 201 E.

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