High Dynamic portrain of Paul Debevec

In the middle of the innovation centered around photogrammetry, HDRI, image-based lighting, digital actors and virtual production has been Paul Debevec, VES, who is currently the Director of Research, Creative Algorithms and Technology at Netflix and Adjunct Research Professor of Computer Science in the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California.

Movie visual effects were so astounding and exciting to watch, and there’s a reason why they call it movie magic because it looks like one thing but is actually a different thing. It’s a miniature or bluescreen or CGI render but looks like a spaceship or dinosaur, or your lead character is careening off a railroad track.