Computer Times: A Superhero with Bigger Byte | Linux Today

Computer Times: A Superhero with Bigger Byte

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 14, 2003

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Carr
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“From Gollum in Lord of the Rings to Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars:
The Phantom Menace, computer-generated (CG) characters interacting
with human actors have been the rage recently. But raising the bar
for CG characters is the Hulk–a leading ‘actor’ made of bits,
bytes and pixels.

“Mr Wilson Tang, the visual effects art director from Industrial
Light and Magic (ILM) working on the Hulk movie, spoke to Computer
Times about bringing the CG actor to life…

“The team used proprietary ILM software programs as well as
visual effects industry stalwarts like Softimage and Maya. ILM also
used computers running the Linux operating system…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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