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| land=Future World
| park= Epcot
| sponsor= ColervisionColorvision
| opened=October 1, 1982
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| custom_label_1 = Formally Known As
| custom_value_1 = Kodak: What If? Labs (1999-2010)
|custom_label_2= FastPass Disney Genie +
|custom_value_2= No
}}
The ImageWorks is an interactive area located within the [[Imagination!]] pavilion in [[Epcot]].
==Attraction History and Description==
===The Original ImageWorks (1982-1998)===
The ImageWorks was originally located on the second floor of the [[Journey Into Imagination Pavilionpavilion]]. At the end of the [[Journey Into Imagination]] attraction, Dreamfinder would invite guests to further explore their imagination herein the interactive playground. To get to the areaImageWorks, guests would take a spiral staircase (or escalator/elevator) up to the pavilion's second floor. Here they could explore various exhibits, including:
'''Light Writer'''- This exhibit allowed guests to draw geometric patterns using laser beams. It was removed during the 1990-1991 refurbishments and replaced with Optical Illusions.
'''Stepping Tones'''- Colored squares that would play music when stepped upon.
'''Dreamfinder's Balloon Race'''- This exhibit featured five anamorphic discs which rotated (seemingly floating) inside of a glass table, at different speeds. This exhibit featured unique dialogue from Dreamfinder and Figment as they bantered during the "race".  
===What If? Labs (1998-Present)===
[[Image:Steppingtones.jpg|thumb|400px|The current Stepping Tones exhibit]]
In 1998 , both the [[Journey Into Imagination attraction ]] and the ImageWorks were closed for refurbishment. During the refurbishmentrennovation, the ImageWorks was moved to the first floor of the pavilion, and renamed the "Kodak: What If? Labs". Initially, the exhibits focused on guest's imagination, usually with a tie in to photography. Many guests complained that while the original ImageWorks had been previously been an imagination playground, the Kodak: What If? Labs was simply an advertisement for Kodak. The exhibits during this time included: an exhibit where guests could conduct a 1990s orchestra, Stepping Tones (similar to the former exhibit) and a mirror that distorted guest’s body. Following the re-branding of the pavilionguest's main attraction to [[Journey Into Imagination With Figment]] in 2002, Figment was also added to the labs (although many of the exhibits remained essentially the same)body.
Following the re-branding of the pavilion's main attraction to [[Journey Into Imagination With Figment]] in 2002, Figment was also added to the labs (although many of the exhibits remained essentially the same).  At the end of 2010, Kodak’s sponsorship of the entire [[Imagination! Pavilion ]] pavilion ended. At this time the name of the What If? Labs reverted back to the ImageWorks (the ImageWorks had been used as a secondary title ever since the 1999 renovation). On March 25, 2012, ColerVision announced it would assume sponsorship the ImageWorks.
The current exhibits located in the ImageWorks are:
* '''Compose your own Figment'''- This exhibit allows guests to create a custom Figment using touchscreens and then email him to their friends.
 
On February 13, 2019, the Wreck-It Ralph meet and greet that was previously housed in [[Innoventions West]] was moved into the [Imageworks]] <ref>https://wdwmagic.com/attractions/character-meet-and-greets-at-epcot/news/13feb2019-wreck-it-ralph-and-vanellope-meet-and-greet-now-located-inside-imagination-pavilion.htm </ref>. As part of this experience, guests can now meet both Ralph and Vanellope just outside the Journey Into Imagination with Figment's exit.
==Fun Facts and Trivia==