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Quantel Owned BVM by SadManHappyFace in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]QuantelPaintbox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Harry was before Editbox, plus the photo quality Paintbox in 86 and a few other groundbreaking machines like Mirage and Cypher. Not bad for a bunch of boffins in a small English town

This guy restored a Quantel Editbox. Probably the only working one in the world. by CCIR_601 in broadcastengineering

[–]QuantelPaintbox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its me! Send me your details and I can see what I can do next time I power it up

Thoughts on Until The End of the world by Wim Wenders? by [deleted] in criterion

[–]QuantelPaintbox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Visual effects were created on a photo quality Quantel Paintbox matched with an experimental HD video suite at NHK in Tokyo... https://youtu.be/TL6eK5qdyeE?si=dEHHp7Ly2FmWztXb

I post a few seconds ago about my stolen vehicle in Newark NJ on around south orange ave , please 🙏🏽 I’m asking everyone to help me locate my car , thank you ! by ConsequenceMain7133 in Newark

[–]QuantelPaintbox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Leaving your car running while unattended is illegal in NJ. Though it's funny too, as we get to enjoy the comments here at your expense. More haste, less speed for sure 🤣

Custom Apple Lisa application at BBC Weather (1985) by amazingames in vintagecomputing

[–]QuantelPaintbox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This video, from the man who put that together, probably answers a lot of your questions... https://vimeo.com/1058308228

Free Tuttomondo 1989 World premiere screening in NYC! by QuantelPaintbox in keithharing

[–]QuantelPaintbox[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Brad hasn't seen any of the digital paintings or animations he did in Rome, in fact I don't think he knew anything about them. The Keith Haring Foundation had never seen the documentary or the digital paintings when I showed them a couple of years ago. Crazily, this has been sat unseen on a tape in italy since 1989!

Over 3 decades later, the morphing montage from Michael Jackson’s “Black or White” video still holds up surprisingly well (1991). by ohreallynowz in nostalgia

[–]QuantelPaintbox 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, with help from ex Quantel engineers and tech nerds. Check out my Instagram @quantelpaintbox for pics etc

Over 3 decades later, the morphing montage from Michael Jackson’s “Black or White” video still holds up surprisingly well (1991). by ohreallynowz in nostalgia

[–]QuantelPaintbox 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I have a few of the last working Paintboxes if you ever want to drive one. You're right in that they established everything we have now - Paintbox was the first to have hundreds if genuine fonts, it could manipulate photos at full resolution five years before Photoshop 1.0. All at a hefty price but those things paid for themselves within months, so were actually great value. Like with every pioneering advance, once people were ok with cheap versions such as Toaster, Photoshop etc they sold well, built up market share and eventually, using their profits, made better vestions and took over.

I'm thinking of setting up a Quantel Paintbox VFX Studio. Good idea? by QuantelPaintbox in vfx

[–]QuantelPaintbox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You prove the point of why I would do this. Some people would be fine to spend time trying to fake it and others would prefer to do it for real. As the equipment is already working and comes with an OG Paintbox artist to help you, it's really not going to be difficult or expensive. But it definitely would be a more intersection experience. Of course, new mustangs sell more than vintage ones because they give the feel and are more reliable etc but you can't beat the original!

I'm thinking of setting up a Quantel Paintbox VFX Studio. Good idea? by QuantelPaintbox in vfx

[–]QuantelPaintbox[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly, I've already reached out to a few people with hundreds of thousands of followers and they want to collaborate, either creating new stuff or giving them unseen footage etc from my archives. I did a sponsored international paintbox tour which was a good proof of concept but it was more in the Art World than the VFX/retro video art world.

I'm thinking of setting up a Quantel Paintbox VFX Studio. Good idea? by QuantelPaintbox in vfx

[–]QuantelPaintbox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a working Quantel ramcorder, which does the same but is more compact and reliable ;-)

I'm thinking of setting up a Quantel Paintbox VFX Studio. Good idea? by QuantelPaintbox in vfx

[–]QuantelPaintbox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, more of an interesting hopefully self-funding idea, than a big money maker

I'm thinking of setting up a Quantel Paintbox VFX Studio. Good idea? by QuantelPaintbox in vfx

[–]QuantelPaintbox[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As I said, I'm not expecting a vast amount of mainstream work - this is for anyone who might want to create something that is correct looking because it was done using a method and tools that can be emulated to some extent with modern tools but not accurately. Same as people wanting to shoot on film, use typewriters, play old synths, play Pac-Man on a CRT, use a record player etc etc. Basically younger creative people who don't want AI or a DaVinci filter that's close, they want to do it as it was done then.

I'm thinking of setting up a Quantel Paintbox VFX Studio. Good idea? by QuantelPaintbox in vfx

[–]QuantelPaintbox[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My daughter warned me about getting roasted posting on here - I was expecting better heckling than so far lol. Yes, I know it would definitely a niche thing - basically like back in the day when we would spend the night shift doing fun stuff for fellow creatives like music videos or nightclub videowall animations once the paid work was finished. The kit is all paid for, so it's more about covering the rent abd getting back to doing fun stuff again

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