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From: hg@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (henry.grebe)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Max Headroom
Summary: Sans-computer
Keywords: How was he done?
Message-ID: <1120@cbnewsh.ATT.COM>
Date: 2 Jun 89 13:24:21 GMT
References: <688@corpane.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <688@corpane.UUCP>, sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes:
> I know this is a bit away from the mainstream technical topics of this
> newsgroup, but please indulge me :-)
> 
> I was wandering: How was Max Headroom animated? It looks an awful like computer
> animation, but I heard somewhere that he was created using standard animation
> techniques? 
> 

Max Headroom was actually a live actor, Louis Schure on steriods, with
rapid, perhaps digitally-assisted audio and video editting to add to the
pseudo-computer generated look.  For more information go to SIGGRAPH and
ask Fred Parke or Steve DiPaola.  

Hank

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