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jazzyjackson on Dec 12, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Working from home at 25MHz: You could do worse tha...

You may be underestimating the cost of digitally replacing images in post production (in 1993 no less) -- why bother with CGI when practical effects get the job done?

Taniwha on Dec 12, 2020 | [–]

yes, exactly, and as I mentioned most people at the time had never seen video playing in a window on a computer, the moving scroll bar didn't mean anything, it was just part of the magic

rootbear on Dec 12, 2020 | [–]

Exactly. It was way too early, in 1993, to be doing that sort of thing in Post. Much cheaper to do it on set.

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