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    frigg: I wonder if special effects like these would be more challenging if they were dealing with an actor who, unlike Brad Pitt, has more than two facial ex... more »
    P3nnst8r: If it doesn't involve dinosaurs, I don't care. more »
    victorkruger: I'm still pissed that they got the oscar for best visual effects. it's just them splicing a face onto a different body. unlike Iron Man where they co... more »
    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: How long until porn is all CGI, with jerky storm-trooper animations and hot gungan on gungan action? more »
    badhatharry: It looks like where they put the Ark. more »
    pettiblay: I wanna see this in 1$ bills. I'm guessing it would be 86 times bigger if not more. more »
    orbitcorbett: Thank you Barack Obama and all your Dumb-o-crat (and some Repube-ican) buddies in Congress who are totally SCREWING UP MY COUNTRY! Every week a new bi... more »
    snubz: O /|\ | / \ = ^-- this is my visualization of a trillion-dollar stack, using 1/2 trillion dollar bills (human provided for reference). more »
    Spoony: I'm not Greedy i'll just take one pallet. It's for my stimulus check, honest. more »
    IN THE FACE!: Is it bad that my first though was: "Gee, I would love to get a monster truck and shred all of those neat stacks of money." more »
    Homerjay is utterly alone.: All this yet I still can't cut & paste on my iPhone. more »
    smartboydan is banned from Deadspin :(: The yellow line doesn't make up for shitty refereeing in playoff games. /Falcons fan more »
    Monty: Anyone else ever gone to a live football game and been thrown off by the fact that, even with the marker on the side of the field, it is very difficul... more »
    Dave J.: That's cool, and a hell of a lot more complicated than I would have thought. The other crazy innovation from the last 15 years in TV football is the c... more »
    srdailey: kinda neat. i always wondered how they did that. now, how do they make the puck glow in hockey? do they still do that? more »
  • #movies

    Benjamin Button Special Effects Guru On Creating a Human Face

    "It was really hard, it was really slow, it was really tedious, it was really expensive. And then next time we do it it's going to be less difficult, and less slow and less expensive." More »
  • #money

    To Conceptualize a Trillion Dollars, We Require Computer Visualization

    While you will never see a trillion dollars in person (nature's way of protecting your sanity amidst the bailout), computers can do the job without breaking a sweat—or worrying about retirement. More »
  • #clips

    The NFL's Yellow Line Explained

    The computer generated yellow line that indicates the first down has changed the way we watch football forever. But its implementation is a multi-stepped process involving dozens of technologies working in precise tandem. More »
  • #movies

    The 50 Greatest Special Effects Shots In Cinema

    Not only did the Den of Geek assemble a respectable (if not a little controversial) list of the top 50 special effects shots of cinema, the site also explained the tricks behind the illusions.
  • #testdriveyourtattoo

    CG Tattoo Program Allows You to Try It Before You Buy It

    For those of us who have gone into a tattoo parlor sober, the decision to be permanently inked can be a difficult one. Fortunately, computer graphics artist Loic Zimmermann has developed a program that will allow users to get a look at what a complex design might look like on a 3D figure. If this technology catches on, the possibilities for pushing the art form are obvious. Let's just hope Zimmerman can refine his software to include a program that illustrates what that naked chick tattoo on your chest might look like 30 years and 3 cup sizes from now. [Loic Zimmerman via Needled via Cool Hunting]