Editing Quantel Paintbox (section)

{{Short description|Computer graphics workstation}}
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{{infobox computer
| processor = [[Motorola 68000]]
| related = [[Quantel Mirage]]
| successor = Quantel Editbox
| predecessor = IBC Paintbox prototype
| dimensions = 
| weight = 
| discontinued = {{End date and age|1993}}
| aka = Quantel Digital Paint Box
| releasedate = {{Start date and age|1981}}
| manufacturer = 
| developer = [[Quantel]]
| type = 2D graphics [[workstation]]
| caption = Paintbox 7001 (bottom) and Paintbox V logo from 1990 (top)
| image = Quantel Paintbox (1).jpg
| logo = Quantel Paintbox logo.jpg
| baseprice = $250,000 (1981)
}}
[[File:Quantel Paintbox, a look inside.jpg|thumb|A look inside a Quantel Paintbox]]
The '''Quantel Paintbox'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Quantel Paintbox |url=https://www.quantelpaintbox.com/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=www.quantelpaintbox.com |archive-date=January 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105235131/http://www.quantelpaintbox.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> was a dedicated [[computer graphics workstation]] for composition of [[broadcast television]] [[video]] and graphics. Produced by the British production equipment manufacturer [[Quantel]] (which, via a series of mergers, is now part of [[Grass Valley (company)|Grass Valley]]), its design emphasized the studio [[workflow]] efficiency required for live news production.

At a price of $250,000 ({{inflation|US|250000|1981|fmt=eq}}{{inflation/fn|US}}) per unit, they were used primarily by large TV networks such as [[NBC]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/22/arts/computer-graphics-enliven-the-screen.html|title=COMPUTER GRAPHICS ENLIVEN THE SCREEN|last=Ward|first=Alex|date=1984-07-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-07-08|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|url-access=limited|archive-date=October 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020034034/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/22/arts/computer-graphics-enliven-the-screen.html|url-status=live}}</ref> while in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], Peter Claridge's company CAL Videographics was the first commercial company to purchase one.

Following its initial launch in 1981, the Paintbox revolutionised the production of [[television]] graphics.