Digitally Quotes

January 1999: He was awarded $3m in damages and compensation in a case against "Los Angeles" Magazine, because it had printed a digitally altered image of him in a dress (cf. Tootsie (1982)). In July 2001 a federal appeals court overturned the verdict. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found that because the photo appeared in an article, not an advertisement, the use of the actor`s likeness did not constitute "commercial speech" and was entitled to the full protection of the 1st Amendment.

"George felt that it was just and proper. When he made Empire, we hadn`t met, and he didn`t have a particular idea of who would play the Emperor or how the character would develop. And he had no notion that he would do the back-story - Episodes I, II, and III. So whoever played the Emperor in a mask and added to Revill`s voice wouldn`t seem authentic to the people who are going to watch the entire saga in the right order. It wouldn`t make any sense. Since I was the Emperor (in the other Star Wars films), it felt appropriate that I should be inserted into Empire, and that`s what George did." (on digitally replacing Clive Revill in the DVD release of The Empire Strikes Back)

There are so many effects and so many things that are done digitally now that it`s so hard for the director to really control the process, because there are more and more experts that come in.

On how Gene Roddenberry would have felt about digitally remastering all the "Star Trek" (1966) episodes: "You know what? He wouldn`t have been bothered by it at all. Gene did the best work he could at the time, but he was also all about the future. I think he`d have thought it was terrific that the show was being made to look better because of new technology" (September 2006).

Now that I can edit the whole thing on AVID and edit the whole thing on tape, maybe I will do the next digitally, because maybe the quality will become less obvious between tape and film.

Since we made Shrek in the digital format, you actually can see it in its purest form digitally.

In the world of heart care, physicians rely heavily on information that is digitally or electronically captured in order to diagnose cardiovascular disease and plan appropriate treatments. It`s exciting to bring together the information technology component with advancements in cardiovascular care, providing physicians with faster, more convenient access to all relevant information about their patients.