{"id":276,"date":"2009-05-06T14:42:38","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T14:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firedbydesign.com\/?p=276"},"modified":"2017-04-28T10:58:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T09:58:37","slug":"no-double-trouble-for-luma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=276","title":{"rendered":"No double trouble for Luma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luma has created a cast of CG actors for superhero blockbuster X-Men Origins: Wolverine<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Over seven weeks, the Californian visual effects studio created photo-real CG character doubles for several of the film&#8217;s mutant cast, including Victor Creed (Sabretooth), as well as Wolverine&#8217;s adamantium claws.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-280 lazyload\" title=\"wolverine021\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/fbdimg\/HLIC\/64772b2cef5bff40eeb5c9ad7d076aee.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wolverine021\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Luma usually produces CG characters in a modular manner to provide maximum flexibility for lighting and environmental conditions, however the short deadline meant that wasn&#8217;t possible in this case.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-281 lazyload\" title=\"vfx_122_005_hero0055_vci21\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/fbdimg\/HLIC\/a6dab3c043fa0d2db21ddd4431654faf.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wolverine makes great use of CG characters by Luma\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;As we had just five weeks to finalize photo-real humans, we decided to build the characters for the shots,\u201d explains Cirelli. \u201cThe lighting was developed for the shots and texture artists worked inside of the lighter\u2019s scene files to tweak shaders and balance textures so that they could be exported as the hero asset and rendered.\u00a0 This method allowed us to render photo-real humanoids that held up close to camera in just a few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>For more info visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lumapictures.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Luma Pictures<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luma has created a cast of CG actors for superhero blockbuster X-Men Origins: Wolverine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,68],"tags":[24,37,56,2942],"class_list":["post-276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration","category-vfx-projects","tag-3d","tag-film-production","tag-post-production","tag-vfx-projects"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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