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Articles

So, what happens when you’re asked to make a character out of mud and frogs?

Posted onAugust 31, 2021August 31, 2021

Not to mention…a character full of snakes, or one made of honeycomb and bees!

Articles

Miniature ships, big impact

Posted onMarch 19, 2021March 23, 2021

Behind ILM’s efforts to craft both the Razor Crest and Moff Gideon’s Light Cruiser miniatures for ‘The Mandalorian.’

Pirates IMocap
Articles, Retro

‘Computer pajamas’: the history of ILM’s IMocap

Posted onSeptember 10, 2019May 31, 2020

How Davy Jones launched ILM’s on-set performance capture system.

Jar Jar Binks CG test
Articles, Retro

Jar Jar Binks was nearly a practical suit and a CG head

Posted onMay 24, 2019May 18, 2020

All about that ILM Jar Jar test which proved the character should be all-digital.

The Phantom Menace shooting
Articles, Retro

The world already loved lightsabers, but then ‘The Phantom Menace’ made them even better

Posted onMay 21, 2019May 18, 2020

How new ways of shooting, new digital tools and lots and lots of roto resulted in the laser swords of ‘Episode I’.

Phantom Menace
Articles, Retro

How ILM’s work on ‘Hook’ led to ‘Phantom Menace’s’ podrace

Posted onMay 20, 2019May 18, 2020

Projection mapping played a key role in making those racers go fast. Real fast.

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