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Cawood said the original concept was to follow the point of view of the Silver Surfer as he flies through the universe, exploring different worlds and environments. “That’s what we finished for the DVD. For the theatrical release, they took basically the first third of the original sequence. We delivered that part, plus the 3D type over the footage of the first scene of the movie. But on the DVD Special Features, it will be the full flying-through-space extravaganza.”

He said Silver Surfer “was a fun project.” For the sequence set in our solar system, “you’re locked into reality. But leading up to that, we could make up anything we wanted. With CINEMA 4D, we could create asteroid fields, nebula, any kind of ‘crazy whatever you can think of’ space environments.”

The Silver Surfer title was created primarily on the Mac. “The backbone software we use is After Effects,” Cawood said. “About a year ago, for 3D, we switched over to using CINEMA 4D, although we still use Maya sometimes.” He added the studio also used Photoshop for texture painting, and Illustrator to create the artwork and text for the actual titles.