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New Tech Developments We’re Actually Excited About in 2021
2021 will be the year of being thankful that the world hasn’t completely ended. I don’t want to hear any “we were promised flying cars”-style whining. The new year will be all about rethinking how far we’ve come, where we’re already going, and how much we’ve been getting wrong along the way.
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How ILM And Epic Games Created Virtual Sets For The Mandalorian’s First Season
VFX and filming are generally two separate parts of the complex process of making a television show or film. You film the live-action stuff, then you send it to have the experts add the visual effects in. Well, what if you want to do both at the same time—stream in high-quality backdrops onto a set…
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One Of The Rise Of Skywalker’s Most Important Leia Scenes Hides A Beautiful Easter Egg
Regardless of how you feel about The Rise of Skywalker, its integration of the dearly-missed Carrie Fisher as Leia Organa can leave even the most taciturn of Star Wars fans a little misty-eyed. But one of its most lovely scenes with Leia carries a touching behind-the-scenes Easter Egg not just for fans, but for her…
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One Of Solo: A Star Wars Story’s Giant Explosions Was Inspired By the Slow Mo Guys On YouTube
Digital tools like 3D animation and motion capture helped revolutionise the visual effects industry, but there’s still plenty of room for practical effects to help bring the impossible to the big screen. Solo: A Star Wars Story’s VFX supervisor Julian Foddy revealed to the BBC that one of the film’s most memorable explosions was actually…