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Sculpting With Light

“Total mystic weirdness” is the way Image Savant's Richard “dr.” Baily describes the outer-space milieu of Steven Soderbergh's Solaris. The director wanted his camera to pass through nebulous arcs and veils of light when it approached the mysterious fluid planet that's a central “character” in the film. To create such abstract CG atmospherics, Baily applied his unique software called Spore, which enabled him to animate swirling particle clouds in brilliant hues. The planet appears in dozens of shots in Solaris. “Its atmosphere is a big thing,” says Baily. “Cinesite and Rhythm & Hues had created a planet that ...

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