Digital Effects and The Muppets

Today the BBC technology reporter, Leo Kelion, reported on the special effects used to create or alter over 350 shots in "The Muppets."  Read his article here: How The Muppets film was boosted by GPU chip advances.

"When the puppeteers filmed the scene, Kermit was facing a blue screen, the colour chosen instead of the traditional green to accommodate the character's colour.  The 60-odd puppets facing him were added with painstaking care - and state-of-the-art graphics processors - some time later."

The article is accompained by a slideshow of before and after images with Muppets in front of blue screens: Deconstructing The Muppets film's special effects shots.

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Jimmy in GA
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