My interest was peaked around 1994 when I saw the movie Rising Sun. An edgy young cop and a culturally wise investigator team up to solve a crime in high-tech Japan. In one scene, a computer expert shows the two characters how security footage could easily be graphically manipulated with the right tools… one of which was a slick new type of interface called a graphics tablet. The expert gracefully move her pen over the grey rectangle and with a few strokes, created a very cool effect on screen. I was in love! Read the rest of this entry »
