Re: 3d movies: tron

[P3D Gregory J. Wageman <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave Dyer writes:

>At the time, I worked with some of the people who did some of the
>effects from Tron.  The solar sailer was completely computer generated.
>The light cycles were computer generated as well.  I have no specific
>information, but I can't *imagine* why the light cycles would have been
>hand colored.

I think the original poster was misremembering some information.  I recall
reading that just about every frame of the *live action* footage while
the protagonist is inside the computer was rotoscoped to add the colored
highlites to the suits (among other things).

        -Greg


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