Editing Simulation (section)

====Pre-virtual cinematography era (early 1980s to 1990s)====
Advances in technology in the 1980s made the computer more affordable and more capable than they were in previous decades,<ref>[http://homepages.vvm.com/~jhunt/compupedia/History%20of%20Computers/history_of_computers_1980.htm History of Computers 1980] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818073333/http://homepages.vvm.com/~jhunt/compupedia/History%20of%20Computers/history_of_computers_1980.htm |date=18 August 2009 }}</ref> which facilitated the rise of computer such as the Xbox gaming. The first [[video game console]]s released in the 1970s and early 1980s fell prey to the [[North American video game crash of 1983|industry crash]] in 1983, but in 1985, [[Nintendo]] released the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) which became one of the best selling consoles in video game history.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101050523/console_timeline/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050520013104/http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101050523/console_timeline/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=20 May 2005 | magazine=Time | title=Video Game Console Timeline – Video Game History – Xbox 360 – TIME Magazine | date=23 May 2005 | access-date=23 May 2010}}</ref> In the 1990s, computer games became widely popular with the release of such game as ''[[The Sims]]'' and ''[[Command & Conquer]]'' and the still increasing power of desktop computers. Today, computer simulation games such as ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' are played by millions of people around the world.

In 1993, the film ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' became the first popular film to use computer-generated graphics extensively, integrating the simulated dinosaurs almost seamlessly into live action scenes.

This event transformed the film industry; in 1995, the film ''[[Toy Story]]'' was the first film to use only computer-generated images and by the new millennium computer generated graphics were the leading choice for special effects in films.<ref>{{cite web|date=16 August 2002|url=http://www.beanblossom.in.us/larryy/cgi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717074134/http://www.beanblossom.in.us/larryy/cgi.html|archive-date=17 July 2012|url-status=dead|title=A Brief, Early History of Computer Graphics in Film}}</ref>