Will Aura be supported in VT3

[David]

When I install VT3 will it uninstall Aura 2.5b that came with Toaster 2 since it dose not ship with Aura. And why is aura no longer part of Newek's website. It is not sold by Newtek any moore? Why?

[dhomas]

Aura is a part of VT3.

[jcupp]

As Dhomas says Aura IS included with VT[3], NewTek is no longer marketing the stand alone version. Stand alone Aura is (will be) available as TV Paint marketed by the original developers.

-Jeff
Digital Arts

[dhomas]

No it won't be called TV Paint... but that's the company name. The marketing/distribution is now being handled by Bahaus Software

[jcupp]

I wish everyone would make up their minds! :) Are they going to continue calling it Aura?

[dhomas]

Aura is a brandname (or whatever) owned by NewTek. TVPaint is a company name (and what Aura was called early in life). But TVPaint, given that it's for more than TV painting, isn't a good name. So, it'll have a new one.

Will this confuse things? Probably. Will it matter? Who knows. Will the new name be better? I hope so. Will the VT version still be called Aura? I'm sure the confusion is just beginning. Time will tell.

[David]

Is it just a coincidence that TV Paint is Called TV (I.E. Video Toaster) Paint? Is Bauhaus Software a spinn off company of Newtek or is its existence totally independent of Newtek?

[SBowie]

While some of the principals are former NewTek staffers, Bauhaus is their own venture. The name TVPaint goes back a long way, and has nothing to do with V(ideo) T(oaster) per se.