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iChat’s video capabilities certainly are tops in their class, however who knew they’d be Hollywood quality?!
Faithful Macenstein reader Sean pointed us to a profile piece on Black Magic Design that we think both budding filmmakers and iChat users alike may find interesting.
According to the interview with visual effects supervisor Rob Legato, (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and The Aviator), Martin Scorsese actually used Apple’s iChat to direct the final “rat shot†from The Departed (which was shot in L.A.) from a Mac in New York.