"Mark D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>> Furthermore, all-digital projection *is* coming. The most recent Star Wars
>> movie was shot directly onto computer, then edited and assembled and put
>> onto film for distribution. But a few places (with high-dollar equipment)
>> displayed it digitally, so what the viewers saw at the theatre were images
>> that had never been on film at all anywhere in the process.
>
>I saw Star Wars Episode 1 projected using film and digital (at the AMC
>Burbank). Overall, the image quality of the digital display was not that
>great. Quite often, one could see pixelization and the tonal transitions
>weren't as smooth as film. I would imagine there will have been some
>improvement since then and look forward to making the comparison again with
>Episode II .
The report I heard on Public Radio was decidedly mixed. They saw some big
advantages in the digital version and other things that were clearly superior in
the traditional film version.
Still very impressive sounding for first-generation technology. The film makers
really liked being able to view the scenes they shot immediately afterwards,
too. When this technology gets all the bugs ironed out it's going to absolutely
*kill* film for movie making.
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