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Watch Larry Cuba explain how he animated the computer graphics for the original Star Wars
While you justify that new Mac or NVIDIA, here’s graphics animation legend Larry Cuba talking about how he used 1970s tech to make a Death Star animation that still looks stylish today.
Read moreLarry Cuba, Star Wars' Death Star CG, Arabesque, and the Dawn of Computer Animation
How do you make a computer-animated sequence of 3D wireframe visuals of fancy, Empire-built battle stations — in 1977? Very, very slowly. Our friend James at Retro Thing, aside from being a electronic-sonic inventor, is a fan of vintage visuals and was already teaching the history of computer animation in the mid 80s. (Hint: prepping […]
Peter Kirn - April 23, 2008
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Larry Cuba, Star Wars’ Death Star CG, Arabesque, and the Dawn of Computer Animation
How do you make a computer-animated sequence of 3D wireframe visuals of fancy, Empire-built battle stations — in 1977? Very, very slowly. Our friend James at Retro Thing, aside from being a electronic-sonic inventor, is a fan of vintage visuals and was already teaching the history of computer animation in the mid 80s. (Hint: prepping […]
Peter Kirn - April 23, 2008
Archive Motion Music tech
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