Pirates of the Caribbean: Behind the ILM digital effects

The work of ILM folks (including VFX supervisor John Knoll) is being showcased in a special website just launched to explore the mind-blowing visual effects of this past summer's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Interactive clips at this new site allow you to peel back layers of animation to see what ILM had to start with before transforming actors wearing tracking markers into astonishingly real characters.

Test your effects awareness by making the call: what's real and what's ILM, rotate turntable models of the animated characters, find out never-before-revealed trivia about the making of the film, and download some goodies. There's also a few Easter Eggs of footage if you can find it!

Check the site out here.

(Also blogged on boingboing_net)

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