{"id":4740,"date":"2020-11-13T12:44:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T19:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=4740"},"modified":"2023-02-09T14:29:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T21:29:45","slug":"unreal-and-films-highlight-reel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=4740","title":{"rendered":"Unreal and films &#8211; highlight reel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.epicgames.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Epic Games<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unrealengine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Unreal Engine<\/a>\u00a0helped to develop the amazing virtual environments used in\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.starwars.com\/news\/the-mandalorian-stagecraft-feature\" target=\"_blank\">The Mandalorian<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I have reviewed before, this is not done with greenscreens &#8211; but instead are projected backgrounds that are rendered realtime based on camera position. This solves almost all the visual problems created when using greenscreens.<br><br>As this highlight reel shows, their technique of combining projected, camera-tracked CG environments with live actors and props can be used for all levels of production, not just blockbusters. <br><br>I suspect we&#8217;re going to see some very interesting applications soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y6g2hpfxVJA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epic Games\u00a0and\u00a0Unreal Engine\u00a0helped to develop the amazing virtual environments used in\u00a0The Mandalorian. As I have reviewed before, this is not done with greenscreens &#8211; but instead are projected backgrounds that are rendered realtime based on camera position. This solves almost all the visual problems created when using greenscreens. As this highlight reel shows, their technique of combining projected, camera-tracked CG environments with live actors and props can be used for all levels of production, not just blockbusters. 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