WOW! My family went to see WALL•E last Sunday afternoon. What a great experience for adults and kids. I was pleased that my 3-year-old stayed engaged in a movie with very little dialogue or slapstick comedy.
So why mention WALL•E in a blog dedicated to Photoshop learning? Besides the fact that it’s a very entertaining movie, WALL•E is also a visual master piece. I can’t wait until it comes out on DVD so that I can analyze specific parts and even individual frames. A couple of times, I caught myself trying to figure out how I’d pull off some of the effects in Photoshop.
To see some stills from the movie now, visit their official site and choose “Gallery” (sorry I can’t link to it, the site is all Flash). These images are proof positive that the color, lighting and attention to detail are flawless. Select any still from the gallery – they all serve as great examples of how to handle color and light in your own Photoshop projects.
If you have any interest in seeing some beautiful work, make sure and see this movie on the big screen where you can really appreciate all the hard effort that was put into it; it’s as rich as any Ben & Jerry’s flavor. I’m sure most movie-goers will find this movie appealing. But as a Photoshop user and fan, you will really appreciate this beautiful work and the incredible accomplishment Pixar was able to achieve.
My comments wouldn’t be complete without mentioning the great sound and music in WALL•E. The sound design was done by legendary cinema sound designer Ben Burtt. He’s the man behind the sound of Star Wars. Burtt also supplied the voice for WALL•E. The perfect fit musical sound track is by Thomas Newman. Finally the closing credits include a new Peter Gabriel song Down to Earth (where’s he been hiding?).
By the way, if you are into fonts check out the WALL•E inspired font by David Occhino called GALAX•E. I’ll be posting a tutorial featuring another Occhino font very soon.
If you’ve already seen WALL•E, let me know what you think.
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