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Tag: VFX Artifacts

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VFX Artifacts: Paul Debevec on Light Stage 3

Posted onMay 2, 2022May 2, 2022

We narrow in on this crucial development in the history of Light Stages, including the role of LED lighting.

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VFX Artifacts: How the ‘Harry Potter’ miniature Hogwarts Castle was made

Posted onMarch 1, 2022March 7, 2022

Model supervisor Robbie Scott goes back to the first ‘Potter’ film in this new ep.

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VFX Artifacts: Shane Mahan on the practical Dilophosaurus in ‘Jurassic Park’

Posted onDecember 8, 2021December 8, 2021

How the ‘Spitter’ dino was made at Stan Winston Studio.

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VFX Artifacts: Phil Tippett on ED-209 in ‘RoboCop’

Posted onOctober 13, 2021May 20, 2022

The iconic ED-209 is the latest VFX Artifact we discuss.

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VFX Artifacts: The alpha channel and Alvy Ray Smith

Posted onAugust 16, 2021September 2, 2021

The computer graphics pioneer goes deep on RGBA.

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VFX Artifacts: Elastic Reality

Posted onJuly 30, 2021September 28, 2022

The VFX software was highly influential in the 90s, particularly in shots requiring morphing.

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VFX Artifacts: The Bullet Time rig from ‘The Matrix’

Posted onJuly 15, 2021September 13, 2021

How the actual rig was built and operated for the Wachowskis’ film.

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VFX Artifacts: The Dinosaur Input Device

Posted onJune 24, 2021September 2, 2021

A chat with Craig Hayes about the stop-motion armature input device made during ‘Jurassic Park’.

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