Quantel Paintbox
A British digital painting workstation launched by Quantel in 1981, used for TV graphics, weather maps and music videos. Artists drew with a stylus on a tablet, producing airbrushed gradients and hard-edged cut-outs.
Spot it
- 01Airbrushed smooth gradients
- 02Hard-edged cut-out shapes
- 03Chrome, glassy title styling
Why it happens
A pressure-sensitive stylus paints into a digital frame store in real time with simulated brushes, cut-and-paste and color blending applied directly to video-resolution pixels.
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