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From compositors and supervisors these creatives represent the range of talent and experience helping the Canaries expand from production service to a VFX powerhouse.
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Callum McLennan, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Exactly what Murray or his assistants would have produced (although our bundles would then go off to be keyed into a database, rather than being typeset by compositors).
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Elsewhere in the newsroom is compositor Mare Pritti, a military vet with journalistic dreams deferred.
—EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
In this case, the assignment could be modified to require the students to at least assume the role of editor or compositor, using components that were perhaps AI-generated to produce original work ultimately.
—Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Especially impacted in animation will be sound editors, 3-D modelers, compositors, graphic designers, effects artists and animators, that survey predicted.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
There were about 100 workers in the Times building — Linotype operators, stenographers, printers, machinists, compositors.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
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Callum McLennan, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Exactly what Murray or his assistants would have produced (although our bundles would then go off to be keyed into a database, rather than being typeset by compositors).
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Elsewhere in the newsroom is compositor Mare Pritti, a military vet with journalistic dreams deferred.
—EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
In this case, the assignment could be modified to require the students to at least assume the role of editor or compositor, using components that were perhaps AI-generated to produce original work ultimately.
—Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Especially impacted in animation will be sound editors, 3-D modelers, compositors, graphic designers, effects artists and animators, that survey predicted.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
There were about 100 workers in the Times building — Linotype operators, stenographers, printers, machinists, compositors.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
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“Compositor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compositor. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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compositor
noun
com·pos·i·tor
kəm-ˈpäz-ət-ər 
: one who arranges type for printing
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