The Last Samurai , Copyright 2003 Warner Bros.

Note that the film frame is squished horizontally in these shots because the film was shot anamorphically.

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In this battle scene from The Last Samurai, the 2nd unit camera crew is visible under umbrella at top left of screen. CinePaint used to clone the hill over them, removing them from the scene.

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In this CG animated harbor scene from The Last Samurai, CinePaint used for touch up, to enhance the rendered image and to correct any rendering flaws. It can take hours to re-render a complex 3D model as a 2D frame, when a minor change can be made by hand in CinePaint in seconds.

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In this typical film shot from The Last Samurai, CinePaint used for dust-busting, to remove minor imperfections inherent when scanning 35mm film. CinePaint is used to make a raw scan into a studio-grade master. Although many things are automated in the feature film visual effects pipeline, a human eye decides what's right, what's an annoying spec of dust and what's an important detail in the scene.

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In this composite shot from The Last Samurai, CinePaint is used to touch up and enhance a live battle scene with digital stunt doubles on digital horses added using other tools.

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