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Digital Image Formats

6.1 Are We There Yet?

Digital imaging is where all the technologies combine. It is also a domain where totally original material is created. Some of the animation that is realized with computer systems could not be done any other way. Nevertheless, digital imaging owes a lot to video and film before it. But this is not the end of the journey. It is only the end of the beginning.

6.2 The Power of Convergence

The convergence of computers, movie film, and TV systems provides opportunities to use the power of digital imagery to convert and combine content from celluloid and video. Completely new content is synthesized from scratch. The movies that Pixar makes originated wholly inside the computer and did not start as film ...

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