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How Benjamin Button got his face - Ed Ulbrich

2013-02-22

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Ed Ulbrich, the digital-effects guru from Digital Domain, explains the Oscar-winning technology that allowed his team to digitally create the older versions of Brad Pitt's face for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

Talk by Ed Ulbrich.


STEP 1: admit you have a problem.
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STEP 2: break the problem down.
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technology ‘stew'
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F.A.C.S. FACIAL ACTION CODING SYSTEM
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Brad: 44 meet Ben: 87.
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