Aside from Hollywood stars' obvious natural physical attractiveness, it turns out there's a reason their beauty is unattainable.
According to an eye-opening new Mashable report, their secret is actually a digital procedure of sorts called "beauty work," a technique which has managed to stay underground for more than a decade. The procedure involves a handful of skilled artists using highly specialized software in the final stages of post-production to "slim, de-age and enhance actors' faces and bodies."
"Nobody looks like what you see on TV and in the movies. Everybody is altered," says Claus Hansen, who works at Method Studios, a shop in Los Angeles that specializes in video retouching. "What they see is smoke and mirrors."
Photos: Stars Without Makeup
The technology is not only be used to enhance a star's appearance, but it can even be used as a type of "digital casting" when an actor or actress appears to be too old for a role...
According to an eye-opening new Mashable report, their secret is actually a digital procedure of sorts called "beauty work," a technique which has managed to stay underground for more than a decade. The procedure involves a handful of skilled artists using highly specialized software in the final stages of post-production to "slim, de-age and enhance actors' faces and bodies."
"Nobody looks like what you see on TV and in the movies. Everybody is altered," says Claus Hansen, who works at Method Studios, a shop in Los Angeles that specializes in video retouching. "What they see is smoke and mirrors."
Photos: Stars Without Makeup
The technology is not only be used to enhance a star's appearance, but it can even be used as a type of "digital casting" when an actor or actress appears to be too old for a role...
- 12/3/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
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