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A Tribute to the Groundbreaking Visual Effects in The MaskThe 1994 film The Mask starring Jim Carrey was a comedy fantasy that people loved for its silliness, but that overshadowed the technical skill required to make it as silly as it was. Watching it today, almost 30 years later, the movie's visual effects are taken for granted. At the time, they were fairly experimental, and it took a lot of work to pull them off. Mixing live action and computer-generated animation had never been done before, and every scene in which it happened had to be shot in multiple ways to be blended later. Therefore, the timing and spacial orientation of each element had to be coordinated to work together even when they weren't shot together. When this kind of work is done well, you are less likely to notice it, so it's a mixed blessing for the animators and computer pros who put in so much work to pull it off. -via Digg#CGI #visualeffects #animation #TheMask

The Extensive Visual Effects in Pirates of the CaribbeanWe've had five movies in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, which might make you forget that the first one came out almost twenty years ago. It was a fun story with great characters, and the world they inhabited looked so authentic that we completely overlooked the many computer-generated visual effects. They were so well-done that we just didn't notice. Oh yeah, we knew the ghosts were special effects, but that was just one small part of the CGI. The truth is that almost every scene in all five Pirates of the Caribbean films involved CGI that ended up looking quite real. This dive into what was involved in making those movies will give you a new appreciation for those who do this work. -via Digg#CGI #PiratesoftheCaribbean

Behind-the-Scenes of 6 Batmobile StuntsIt's always a treat to see the Batmobile, one of Batman's well-recognized gadgets, come to life on screen. And if you've ever wondered why the Batmobile looks so realistic in its scenes, that's because the Batmobile is real. The Batman franchise is very committed to practical in-camera effects with little CGI. They are so committed to this philosophy that they always make a fully-functional model of the vehicle. And if there are shots deemed impossible or costly, filmmakers opt for a miniature or a stand-in car for the Batmobile. With these, the makers of the various Batman films sell the action properly through the hair-raising sequences.(Image Credit: Insider/ YouTube)#Batman #Batmobile #PracticalEffects #VisualEffects #CGI

50 years Ago: The First Computer AnimationAs a child, Edwin Catmull was fascinated with Disney cartoons, especially the animated feature films. He wanted to be an animator when he grew up, but found no path to the profession in the 1960s, so he went to college and studied physics and computer science. Catmull became interested in computer imaging. In 1972, he collaborated with another University of Utah College of Engineering PhD candidate named Fred Parke to make what is believed to be the first computer animation. They made a model of Catmull's hand and rendered it digitally. They later made a model of Parke's wife's face and did the same. The footage was used in the 1976 film Futureworld.

7 Classic Movie Tricks That Led To Modern CGIMovies transport us to worlds unknown, but it's not always been easy to pull it off. In the old days before computer-generated cinematic effects, people would often leave a theater wonderinghow they did that. What filmmakers did was put 100 years of imagination to work in any way they could. The classic effects of those films inspired and guided modern computer effects. Insider explains how that happened. -via Damn Interesting #movie #CGI #specialeffects #VFX