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Star Trek 2k?
So I read on another forum that the latest Star Trek movie was edited 2k. . .can anyone confirm or deny this?
I’d be amazed if this was true, and am curious about it. I watched the movie at IMAX, and I was REALLY amazed at how crisp and beautiful the picture looked. I mean, I was trying to scrutinize, and I couldn’t see anything that looked like pixels or even film grain (unlike Transformers, where the pixels were obvious at first–obviously digital projection–and distracting until my attention was diverted to just how bad a movie it was).
Honestly, before I heard the 2k rumor, I was wondering if there was such a thing as ‘8k’ projection, particularly for IMAX films.
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How can you tell anything about the details thru all that lens flare? 🙂
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Watch the special feature that comes on the standard DVD that can be rented. You will see J.J. Abrams hitting a film cameras Mickey mouse ears to give it that cool camera shake look. Also, take a look at this article in Creative COW magazine. A fantastic magazine that is free and worth reading page to page ever edition. https://magazine.creativecow.net/article/your-future-is-now
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[Mark] How can you tell anything about the details thru all that lens flare? 🙂
Mark, you have to see this if you already haven’t.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbJ-y6BWfUcStephen Smith
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I only survived viewing that because we Vulcans have a vestigial inner eyelid that guards against permanenet blindness.
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Oh yeah, HISHE vids are great. The best are for Transformers and LOTR. As for lens flare, I think it’s got its place. A lot of people complain of it being a new fad, and they may be partially right. But if you ever watch the classic movie Poltergeist, you’ll see how lens flare at the right moments add to the ‘supernatural’ feel of the whole thing. A little creepy. . .
But, apart from all that, and all your guys’ wonderful opinion–and, yes, I’ve seen that camera-shaking thing they do–anyone want to answer my question.
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[Carlton Rahmani] “So I read on another forum that the latest Star Trek movie was edited 2k. . .can anyone confirm or deny this? “
IMDB’s tech specs for Star Trek says they used a 2K digital intermediate.
Like most major IMAX releases, they used a proprietary process called IMAX DMR for noise reduction and scaling for the IMAX print.
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
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Carlton, sorry, I miss read your question. I thought you where asking what it was shot in. Any ways, looks like Walter answered your question. Best of luck.
Stephen Smith
Utah Video ProductionsCheck out my Motion Training DVD
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Thanks for the info. I shoulda check IMDB, but figured I’d try and get a little more insight from the ‘source’. Thanks for the stuff about IMAX though. Even if it’s just a lead–i.e. something to google–it’s still good to know about.
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And don’t worry about it. . .glad to ‘provide’ the opportunity to toss a couple of other things back and forth. And, yes, HISHE DOES rock!
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So much of the press on the Star Trek movie was about J.J. Abrams’s decision to shoot anamorphic, and about matching digital flares to the physical ones. It seems the digital intermediate was completely overshadowed.
Speaking of 8k for IMAX, though, the Dark Knight IMAX used a mix of 4k, 5.6k, and 8k film scanning and VFX pipelines for different sequences.
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
Creative Cow Forum Host: Live & Stage Events
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