Avatar on Blu Ray

[Cail Young]

promotional still vs bluray <snip>

It's quite likely that the still was generated with motion blur turned off for the foreground character; the bluray still looks like Sully is moving which may explain the blur.

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Also no grain or blooming in the promo.

Personally I think the BluRay looks better. But that might just be because my eye jumps to all the problems with the render in the promo. MoBlur is often a godsent.

 

[Petr Dvorak]

Background on both pictures is identical, only character in promo is rendered in very hi resolution with hires textures without any motion blur. ... Just for nice promo still.

 

[Chuck Z]

Another screen grab from the Blu-ray release, courtesy of Xylon (AVS Forum):



The level of detail in this shot is astonishing. Outstanding work by Weta Digital.

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Another screen grab from the Blu-ray release, courtesy of Xylon (AVS Forum):



The level of detail in this shot is astonishing. Outstanding work by Weta Digital.

I actually think that shot was done by Blur Studios.

 

[Chuck Z]

I actually think that shot was done by Blur Studios.

Oh, wow! I thought Weta was doing everything.

 

[Rick Burnett]

The promotional shot looks like an Olan Mills family portrait with a pull down background

It's sad when you have to pull the render quality down SO MUCH to match the camera. I really hope they consider the EPIC on the next production as well.

Of course, I will also say that softening the render does help it look a little more realistic as well in this case. But whoever did the composite on that still from the bluray did a great job.

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Oh, wow! I thought Weta was doing everything.

Weta did anything with a creature.

ILM did the air battles and interiors.

Prime Focus I believe handled the holographic displays.

Framestore did the landing pad and the hanger bay.

Blur did all of the space shots.

 

[Tom Lowe]

It's sad when you have to pull the render quality down SO MUCH to match the camera. I really hope they consider the EPIC on the next production as well.

Maybe Jim should sit down and have a chat with Jim? I bet a 3-minute reel showing Epic footage cutting against CGI 1080p footage like "Wall-E" vs F950 footage cutting against "Wall-E" would seal the deal.

I also bet Peter Jackson could make this meeting happen. :thumbsup: