Its been seen in everything from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to Martin ScorsesesThe Irishman.
ButHereuses a brand-new technology to create de-aging effects like theyve never been done before.
to instantly put the effects in every shot as its being filmed.
Almost every VFX utility on the market requires some touching up to fix the mistakes after the fact.
But with Metaphysic Live,the effects arrive fully formed.
The live aspect refers to the fact that the effects are done in real time.
All the de-aging effects are done in-camera.
All the de-aging effects are done in-camera.
This is a pretty groundbreaking development in VFX-based filmmaking.
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Zemeckis didnt have to use his imagination to picture what the finished shot would look like.
He could see the finished shots on the day as he captured them.
Hereis based on the comic strip of the same name by Richard McGuire.
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Metaphysic Live is essentially a face-swapping technology, but its better than practically every other face-swapping technology in existence.
Face-swapping has been pretty easy for A.I.
It gave Hanks and Wright complete freedom in their performances.
What makes the de-aging effects inHereso different is that they were done on the fly.
already did that for them.
Even before he made the movie, he was enamored with the tech.
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tech does exactly that.
Here is a Forrest Gump reunion for Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, and Robert Zemeckis.
There are options for where to watch it in theaters or on streaming.
According to Zemeckis, what Metaphysic Live is able to do was previously impossible.
He called them the global leaders in feature-quality A.I.
content and deemed them to be the ideal choice to bring the emotional storyline ofHereto life.
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But it doesnt seem as though Metaphysic Live or any other VFX technology was used in the aging-up process.
This seems to have been done practically.
