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# 1 19-01-2008 , 05:45 AM

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I watch it @ the cinema OMG ... user added image

i was that WOW-ed ... amazing animation ... one of the best i ever seen ... except FInal Fantasy user added image

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# 2 20-01-2008 , 04:39 AM

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it was Motion capture, so people didn't actually animate much. they rigged it though. user added image

the movie itself wasn't too good though, IMO. too fantasy-ish and loud.

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# 3 20-01-2008 , 05:32 AM

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lol yeah the moves was user added image

so real

now how it work ... doesn't motion capture cost a lot of cash ?

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# 4 20-01-2008 , 12:23 PM

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Originally posted by Joopson
it was Motion capture, so people didn't actually animate much. they rigged it though.

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Actually thats half right,
i know Grendel was almost 100% hand animated and a lot of the animation was motion captured first then edited to better match the scene. I mean, it would have been very hard to motion capture most of the fight scenes and the dragon fight.

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# 5 23-01-2008 , 10:22 AM

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Originally posted by Some Guy
I mean, it would have been very hard to motion capture most of the fight scenes and the dragon fight.

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this is why you get a real live dragon and people who can do such awesome things user added image