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Posted by J on 12/20/05 03:15
"Joshua Zyber" <jzyber@mind-NOSPAM-spring.com> wrote in message
news:EtHpf.7142$3Z.6683@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> "Jeff Rife" <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1e10f9bf3e6d6b0e98a22a@news.nabs.net...
>> AFAIK, *all* Star Trek series except "Enterprise" had SD FX and were
>> finished to standard 480i videotape.
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> Except for the original 1960s series, which had optically composited
> special effects full post-produced on film.
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> I believe even Enterprise's CGI was rendered at standard-definition and
> upconverted for the HD broadcast.
Seems to me somewhat shortsighted, esp. in the case of Enterprise. Second,
why would you throw away the original film? They only had to keep the 40
min. that ended up in the show. Third, even in TNG era they knew about HD
so they could've done the fx in hd & maybe transferred that to film or
whatever. But I guess Q4 profits are all that matter...
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