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Remastered Matte Painting in "Wink of an Eye" Debuts This Weekend - Updated Photo

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By Steve Krutzler / 11:17, 10 January 2007 / General Star Trek

Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and security officer Compton investigate an abandoned city on planet Scalos in "Wink of an Eye," an episode of Star Trek: Remastered. Unfortunately, Compton, played by Geoffrey Binney, is about to learn why one should never wear a red shirt when beaming down to an alien planet.



The background of the decayed alien city was originally a recycled matte painting first used as planet Eminiar 7 in "A Taste of Armageddon." For the remastered version of "Wink of an Eye," CBS Digital artists created an all-new digital matte painting of the Scalosian city, home to the desperate Scalosians, led by the beautiful Deela (played by Kathie Brown). The remastered visual effects shots required each film frame to be painstakingly rotoscoped separate the actors from the original background. This allowed the characters to appear in front of the newly-created digital image.

The newly-remastered version of "Wink of an Eye" will premiere nationwide during the weekend of January 12, 2007. The original episode was first aired in 1968 and was written by Gene L. Coon and directed by Jud Taylor. Star Trek was created by Gene Roddenberry. Star Trek: Remastered is distributed in syndication by CBS Paramount Television.



"The long-abandoned alien city of Scalos, a matte painting from the Star Trek Remastered episode, "Wink of An Eye." The remastered episode premieres in national syndication during the weekend of Janaury 13, 2007."

Episodes and air dates for Star Trek Remastered:
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/25835.html

US stations carrying Star Trek Remastered:
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/25835.html?page=1



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By: falcon (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:42:25 on Jan 11, 2007

Well, yeah, but is it really lazy or is it simply trying a creative way to beat a deadline?

I don't do broadcast TV, and many times our deadlines are more than a few days, but we find ourselves doing much the same thing for overlay effects (not so much matte paintings, although, damn, wouldn't that be cool behind a fighter jet?). It actually helps us advance beyond the "what effect can/should we use here" stage to the "let's make sure the client loves it" stage.

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