Editing Computer animation (section)

==Equipment==
[[Image:Jack-in-cube solid model, light background.gif|thumb|A ray-traced 3-D model of a jack inside a cube, and the jack alone below]]
Computer animation can be created with a computer and an animation software. Some impressive animation can be achieved even with basic programs; however, the rendering can require much time on an ordinary home computer.{{sfn|Masson|1999|p=158}} Professional animators of movies, television and video games could make photorealistic animation with high detail. This level of quality for movie animation would take hundreds of years to create on a home computer. Instead, many powerful [[workstation]] computers are used;{{sfn |Sito|2013|p=144}} [[Silicon Graphics]] said in 1989 that the animation industry's needs typically caused graphical innovations in workstations.<ref name="robinson198902">{{Cite magazine |last=Robinson |first=Phillip |date=February 1989 |title=Art + 2 Years = Science |url=https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1989-02_OCR/page/n309/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=2024-10-08 |magazine=BYTE |pages=255–264}}</ref> Graphics workstation computers use two to four processors, and they are a lot more powerful than an actual home computer and are specialized for rendering. Many workstations (known as a ''"[[render farm]]"'') are networked together to effectively act as a giant computer,{{sfn|Sito|2013|p=195}} resulting in a computer-animated movie that can be completed in about one to five years (however, this process is not composed solely of rendering). A workstation typically costs $2,000 to $16,000 with the more expensive stations being able to render much faster due to the more technologically advanced hardware that they contain. Professionals also use digital [[movie camera]]s, motion/[[performance capture]], [[Chroma key|bluescreens]], [[List of video editing software|film editing software]], props, and other tools used for movie animation. Programs like Blender allow for people who can not afford expensive animation and rendering software to be able to work in a similar manner to those who use the commercial grade equipment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blender.org/|title=blender.org – Home of the Blender project – Free and Open 3D Creation Software |website= blender.org |language=en|access-date=}}</ref>