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TED Live: Ed Ulbrich says his team of artists & technologists made a breakthrough in digital animation with Benjamin Button. True that. — brainpicker

For the first hour of Benjamin Button, Brad Pitt was 100% digital from the neck up. — cherot

For the Curious Case of Benjamin Button the producers rejected state of the art and turned to a “technology stew” for inspiration #TED -cool — jordanayan

TED they smeared phosphorus on the “current” young Brad and filmed him making various facial expressions. Then, they aged the head. — laureltouby

ed ulrich at ted: ‘we ended up with a 3d database of everything that brad pitt’s face is capable of doing.’ (crowd laughs) — jenny8lee

Great #TED talk on the tech behind Benjamin Button: “We created a [digital] puppet that Brad Pitt could operate with his face.” — timoreilly

The making of ‘Benjamin Button’ is so much more complex than I ever imagined! Lots of respect for Ed Ulbrich-creating the digital human #TED — sweetriot

The verdict is in — TED2009 is impressed.