Making of the Computer Graphics for Star Wars (Episode IV)
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(1977) The computer graphics for the first Star Wars film was created by Larry Cuba in the 1970s at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) (at the time known as the Circle Graphics Habitat) at the University of Illinois at Chicago. For more information on the lab, visit our website -- www.evl.uic.edu
Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: November 20, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Author: evltube
Length: 10:17
Rating: 4.82
Views: 141795
Tags: 1977 Cuba death Electronic EVL Laboratory Larry star trench Visualization wars wireframe
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Airportchris2 (July 24, 2008 at 12:39 am)
Well, not quality, but color depth, and even in those movies, they quality was better than SW, heck Star Wars is so cheep, they had to use Digital Imaging, for most of the sets, b/c they were so massive. ILM, has worked on ST7: Generations, and TNG, and I think Voyager, and DS9, I think EdenFX did Enterprise.
TheKillerWithinNJ (July 24, 2008 at 12:10 am)
The TOS had better quality? I have the original DVD set of all 3 seasons... all the visual effects shots involving ships like the Enterprise have tons of scratches from passes in the optical printer. And ILM only worked on parts of Star Trek 2, all of 3 and 4. and nothing on 1 or 5 - and who know after that.
Airportchris2 (July 23, 2008 at 8:48 pm)
Yea, but even TOS Trek from 60s was better quality, in color depth, etc. Its b/c Lucas didn't have a big budget, and the funny thing is, ILM, Lucas's company did a lot of the shots for Star Trek, and it still looked better, b/c Paramount had a bigger budget, for the films.
TheKillerWithinNJ (July 23, 2008 at 10:06 am)
We're talking 1976 when Star Wars was being made... the first Star Trek movie wasn't until 3 years later... and didn't have any computer digital effects, but it did have a larger production budget... while some would consider it 'basically the same time', in tech-reality, it was a far time apart.
happosai21 (July 20, 2008 at 12:05 pm)
wow Oo pretty modern for the time. impressive considering that its from 1977
foreignaustrian (July 20, 2008 at 12:39 am)
Thanks a LOT for this!
Airportchris2 (July 17, 2008 at 6:06 am)
How come the graphics always looked really low in contrast, compared to the Star Trek movies of the time?
DavidRoyinTokyo (July 14, 2008 at 2:34 pm)
epic video! Always wanted to see how that sequence was done!!
Hipster55 (July 9, 2008 at 5:03 am)
very impressive. Ok, so what computer/software was used to create the model?? ...and, can it be purchased on ebay!? :)
Doorhenge (July 7, 2008 at 12:46 pm)
"to get the adjusted inflation rate of how much Star Wars would have made = $1.7 billion gross domestic sales - Yeah, who's #1"Gone with the Wind |