[QuadList] Alvy Ray Smith: RGBA, the birth of compositing & the founding of Pixar

[C. Park Seward]

Alvy said they recorded on IVC 9000 and did a protection master to Quad. This was before 1" was available. 

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Park

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On Jul 8, 2012, at 10:21 AM, Dave Sieg <dave at zfx.com> wrote:

> It was great to see Dick Shoup get the credit he deserves.
> It was also great to hear a firsthand account of the idiotic suit Quantel brought claiming they invented the paint algorithm.
> I'm surprised Sunstone ended up on Quad.
> I visited the famous NYIT graphics lab in the early eighties but I don't recall seeing any quads.
> 
> On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 11:57 AM, C. Park Seward <park at videopark.com> wrote:
> I was pleased the Alvy Ray asked me to restore his original Quad of "Sunstone". Th tape wasn't in great shape and I had to cut and paste and paint some corrections. It looks great now. Alvy writes, "I received the new DVDs today and just looked at them. Sunstone lives again!
> Excellent job."
> 
> The clip in the article is not my transfer.
> 
> The story also talked about Aurora. I bought one of their workstation systems. Expensive back then but it did work. Expensive 80 MB removable drives.
> 
> Junaid tried to bring out a paint system at Accom. He showed it at one NAB but too many companies were in line to sue him so he cancelled the project.
> 
> Best,
> Park
> 
> C. Park Seward
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> 
> On Jul 5, 2012, at 11:44 PM, Scott Thomas wrote:
> 
>> Cool article here:
>> http://www.fxguide.com/featured/alvy-ray-smith-rgba-the-birth-of-compositing-the-founding-of-pixar/
>> 
>> To make this on topic, Quad is mentioned in this article.
>> 
>> It's also tangentially related to digital video and the framebuffers that make up the digital video landscape.
>> 
>> Also, Alvy Ray and Junaid Sheikh have crossed paths. :)
> 
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