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[Web] Amiga Arena Interview with Bill Panagouleas (DiscreetFX)ANN.lu
Posted on 26-May-2003 19:26 GMT by Amiga Arena9 comments
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*Amiga Arena Interview with "Bill Panagouleas" (DiscreetFX)* For some days "Bill Panagouleas" announcement that he founded a fund with 2000$ to force a port from Mozilla/Netscape for the AmigaOS. I spoke to "Bill Panagouleas" how he came to the idea,to spend so much money and how big the chance is, to see Mozilla/Netscape on AmigaOS. 1997 "Bill Panagouleas" founded his company "DiscreetFX" and developed poplar Video/Effect Software like "Pyromania Classics". Read in the Interview, the current status of his Software and what the status about new Software is. AMIGA ARENA - http://www.amiga-arena.de
Amiga Arena Interview with Bill Panagouleas (DiscreetFX) : Comment 1 of 9ANN.lu
Posted by pixelart on 27-May-2003 01:47 GMT
hello

discreet had launched logo competition few weeks ago and now : where are the winner ?

didn't you promise some money for winner ?
Amiga Arena Interview with Bill Panagouleas (DiscreetFX) : Comment 2 of 9ANN.lu
Posted by Bill Panagouleas on 27-May-2003 02:32 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (pixelart):
Only two people entered the contest. We sadly did not have enough participation. We will have to announce the contest again at a later date and hopefully we will get more submissions. Where you one of the two?
Amiga Arena Interview with Bill Panagouleas (DiscreetFX) : Comment 3 of 9ANN.lu
Posted by kriz on 27-May-2003 05:32 GMT
Great interview !!
Amiga Arena Interview with Bill Panagouleas (DiscreetFX) : Comment 4 of 9ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 27-May-2003 07:52 GMT
"What are the big buzzwords in computers today in 2003?

Accelerated custom graphics chipsets, Multitasking,more colors, better sound, NTSC/PAL timing, command line with full color GUI,genlocking, video editing, 3D animation."

All the operating systems of any significance have been multi-tasking very effectively since last century. Few are interested in more than 24-bit color (you can't see more anyway). Only professional users are interested in further sound improvements, on a home system you can't hear more than 16bit @ 48kHz which is universally available. TV rate video sucks, not much we can do about it. Yes, all the significant operating systems include both a CLI and GUI, so what? They all support a 3 button mouse these days too. Genlocking is not a buzzword, even fansubbers are finally getting decent digital equipment and no longer needing it. Yes video editing is cool, it's not a big market driver on PCs though. 3D animation is strictly a niche market.

Some real buzzwords for the moment: Peer-to-peer (stuff like Zeroconf, Multicast, Distributed discovery), Wireless (Bluetooth, 802.11, Ad hoc networks), Persistent worlds...
Amiga Arena Interview with Bill Panagouleas (DiscreetFX) : Comment 5 of 9ANN.lu
Posted by Don Cox on 27-May-2003 08:34 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (Anonymous):
"Only professional users are interested in further sound improvements, on a home system you can't hear more than 16bit @ 48kHz which is universally available."

Quite a lot of private computer users have small home studios and record and mix their own music. A good sound card with 24/96 is well worth while for this.
There is no clear division between "professional" and "home" so far as music are concerned.

As for "more colours", again it is good to have more than 8 bits per channel when recording (on a scanner, for example). The more steps in the scale, the less will be lost in processing, as when adjusting gamma. The Kodak PhotoCD format is one example that is more than 8 bits per channel, to capture the full dynamic range of a photograph.
Amiga Arena Interview with Bill Panagouleas (DiscreetFX) : Comment 6 of 9ANN.lu
Posted by pixelart on 27-May-2003 08:48 GMT
In reply to Comment 2 (Bill Panagouleas):
yes I was one of two competitor
Amiga Arena Interview with Bill Panagouleas (DiscreetFX) : Comment 7 of 9ANN.lu
Posted by Alkis Tsapanidis on 27-May-2003 16:34 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (Anonymous):
Only professional users are interested in further sound improvements, on a home system you can't hear more than 16bit @ 48kHz which is universally available
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I'm not a professional user and I am interested in sound improvements:)
Then again, there are not many that gave paid the earth for a VERY high clarity,
high end system. At least here, I can clearly make out that all MP3s at all
bitrates, SUCK :-)
Amiga Arena Interview with Bill Panagouleas (DiscreetFX) : Comment 8 of 9ANN.lu
Posted by Bill Panagouleas on 27-May-2003 22:11 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (Anonymous):
Yes your right Peer-to-peer (stuff like Zeroconf, Multicast, Distributed discovery), Wireless (Bluetooth, 802.11, Ad hoc networks), Persistent worlds.. are very interesting and compelling advancements.
Amiga Arena Interview with Bill Panagouleas (DiscreetFX) : Comment 9 of 9ANN.lu
Posted by Iggy Drougge on 28-May-2003 18:38 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (Anonymous):
>Genlocking is not a buzzword, even fansubbers are finally
>getting decent digital equipment and no longer needing it.

What are you smoking? It's JACOsub or nothing!
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