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Leaps tall orders: Sony Pictures Imageworks creates a digital Superman for close encounters.

Computer Graphics World

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When Superman soared above Lois Lane's house in Warner Bros' Superman Returns, he flew on the wings of computer graphics technology and visual effects expertise that has taken superheroes and digital humans to new heights.

Andy Jones, animation supervisor at Sony Pictures Imageworks and Oscar nominee for I, Robot, led the team that created the digital stunt double's performance. Richard Hoover, Oscar nominee for Armageddon, supervised Imageworks' 300 visual effects shots. Mark Stetson, who won a visual effects Oscar for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, supervised the work of 11 visual effects studios that created the film's 1400 shots. And, ...

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