CHAPTER 31

Computers and Software

Computers are being used more and more in producing storyboards. Artists are using computers to enhance their art, and non-artists are using them as production support.

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Figure 31.1 Digital storyboards by Mark Simon for feature The Day The Music Died using Toon Boom’s Storyboard Pro. Copyright 2008 Johnette Duff and Jay P. Richardson.

For people who can’t draw, there are some software packages for developing storyboards. Most of the images in these programs are rather stiff compared to custom, hand-drawn boards, but they are quick and easy to master.

Three-dimensional rendering programs can render beautiful boards ...

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