title: Using low cost computer animation in a biomedical communications department.
abstract: The author discusses how a low cost computer animation system which can be programmed by an artist has been used for the past three years to generate various types of animation for instructional and promotional video productions. An overview is provided of the financial aspects of computer animation, hardware, software, production techniques, and the animation of anatomical reconstructions.
mesh_terms: D001154:Art; D002648:Child; D003201:Computers; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008488:Medical Illustration; D012577:Schools, Medical; D012984:Software; D013690:Television; D014743:Videotape Recording