Bruce Allen
Well-known member
Having done both 3D and 4K VFX (but thankfully not both at the same time yet), I agree they both drive you nuts.
And yes, blockbuster effects shots are 90% 2K. I'm sure that will change but 4K is currently for Imax most of the time. My buddy is a Flame / Shake guy who worked on Pirates 3 - I asked him if he did anything at 4K and he looked at me like I was nuts
I also agree Blade Runner at the Landmark was very likely a 2K master - I went up to the front and watched the credits at the end... had that 2K aliasing.
Quite Frankly I think DaVinci and Sony just wanted some nice press releases so they decided to use the 4K equipment, even if it was just doing a 2K blowup of all of the effects shots.
Hey, aren't we all doing kinda the same game with the Red? We all want to be the first to use Red, first to shoot a 4K cat food commercial in Namibia, etc, etc.
This is so common though - people always want to seem cutting-edge, say their VFX shot used all the latest technology, don't want to admit it was just roto, etc...
Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com
And yes, blockbuster effects shots are 90% 2K. I'm sure that will change but 4K is currently for Imax most of the time. My buddy is a Flame / Shake guy who worked on Pirates 3 - I asked him if he did anything at 4K and he looked at me like I was nuts
I also agree Blade Runner at the Landmark was very likely a 2K master - I went up to the front and watched the credits at the end... had that 2K aliasing.
Quite Frankly I think DaVinci and Sony just wanted some nice press releases so they decided to use the 4K equipment, even if it was just doing a 2K blowup of all of the effects shots.
Hey, aren't we all doing kinda the same game with the Red? We all want to be the first to use Red, first to shoot a 4K cat food commercial in Namibia, etc, etc.
This is so common though - people always want to seem cutting-edge, say their VFX shot used all the latest technology, don't want to admit it was just roto, etc...
Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com