The Computer
Computers, now installed in every modern production suite, are used to guide cameras, record information, produce graphics and control operations. The computer stores information which can be retrieved. It is this facility which makes it so valuable.
As individual chips, ‘computers’ can be found in electronic equipment where they are used to control simple operations, while at the other end of the scale they can comprise an array of monitors, keyboards, palettes, mice, external links and so on.
Typical of the upper range is the equipment used to create graphics and animations. Requiring none of the usual artists’ tools it enables even those who cannot draw to produce elaborate pictures, artwork and printed captions.
In the technical ...
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