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Although the capability to create whole animations by computer has greatly enhanced the artist’s repertoire, it does not by itself address the issue that Whitney [1980] encountered while producing his film, Arabesque, where the “concept was not deeply ‘mined’ for its fullest possibilities.” Systematic exploration of alternatives is usually costly b...
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