Draw and paint on video.

Creating Imagery and Effects

Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI)

As the name implies, these digital graphics devices allow you to easily compose drawings or combinations of illustrations and text that can be manipulated and reproduced in a number of different forms, including on paper and as part of a video. These electronic graphic systems look very much like computers. There is the terminal, with the monitor (maybe two) and the disc drives, but there is also something that looks like a pencil and paper. It isn't a real pencil and paper, of course, but an electronic palette and stylus. Most of the work is done with the palette and stylus. Some systems just use a mouse in place of the stylus and palette.

The palette looks ...

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