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Re: Lego Studio Steven Spielberg Moviemaker set Review
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lugnet.reviews, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.robotics.vc
Date: 
Mon, 6 Nov 2000 00:39:57 GMT
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Dean Husby wrote:

There is no ability, that I could find, to add external video files into
the program.  Everything must be recorded with the Lego Cam.

The woman demo'ing it at the TRU said she thought there was going to be
some ability to use other cameras, but it might require a "bridge".  I
can't
vouch for the accuracy of her information though - she'd been trained only
on that software, and didn't know anything about the Mindstorms camera
(whether it was the same or different).

The last issue I have with the software is the fact that you have
absolutely no control over the exporting of your finished movie.  When
you click on the export movie button you're asked for a name and the
location.  It then saves the movie in MPEG format.  The resolution looks
to be about 160 by 120 (postage stamp size).  I find this disappointing
that we cannot select the size that we wish.  With more and more of us
on high-speed connections keeping the file size down is less important
than quality.

The software can play it back in full-screen mode, so I can't imagine why
it wouldn't be able to *save* it in full-screen mode.  I was watching on a
laptop, but the resolution didn't look terrible.  Nowhere close to what you

can get with a good digital camera...but you're not paying the bucks for it

either.

If you are looking
for a USB camera with Lego studs I strongly suggest picking up the
Vision Command instead.  You get the same camera but for much less cost.

How much does movie-editing software run, though?  That'd be my  question.
If I could get the camera and some inexpensive software for the Mac, I'd be

even happier...

J



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  Re: Lego Studio Steven Spielberg Moviemaker set Review
 
(...) Yes, the $70USD option. (See below) (...) What happens when you play back bad quality postage sized images at full screen res.? They get stretched and REALLY show off the errors... From the tests I've done it's ghastly... I would REALLY hope (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.robotics.vc)

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  Lego Studio Steven Spielberg Moviemaker set Review
 
My first impressions of the (1349) Lego Studio Steven Spielberg Moviemaker set. (As of this date there is no Newsgroup for this type of set. Cross posted to lugnet.robotics.vc) Purchased at Toys R Us for $250 Canadian. First, let me say that I used (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.robotics.vc)  

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