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Computer animator and Amiga fanatic Dick van Dyke turns 100

278 points ggm | 1 comments | 13 Dec 25 08:15 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

Here's a video from 2004 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1J9kfDCAmU

It's his 100th birthday today.

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sgt ◴[13 Dec 25 08:24 UTC] No.46253041[source]▶
Such a legend! I bet he still has his Amiga somewhere in his Hollywood hills mansion.
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ggm ◴[13 Dec 25 08:43 UTC] No.46253117[source]▶
For Mary Poppins, Disney used the sodium vapour process to get monochromatic light into a narrow channel for matte from a light splitting prism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_vapor_process

It's charming. I'm sure digital post offers many advantages. Van Dyke might be one of a few who has done both.

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1. simon_void ◴[13 Dec 25 09:54 UTC] No.46253384[source]▶
a Corridor Crew YouTube video describing/recreating that sodium vapour process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQuIVsNzqDk