Academy-award winner John Knoll will discuss the visual effects for the three Pirates of the Caribbean films: how they were done, and how they evolved over the years. He will also describe how Adobe tools like Photoshop were used in the process — and why there were not used in some cases.

Presenter Bio

John Knoll, Industrial Light and Magic

John Knoll is an Academy-award winning motion picture visual effects specialist at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). One of the original creators of Adobe Photoshop (along with his brother, Thomas), he is recently best known for his work as Visual Effects Supervisor on the Star Wars prequels and the 1997 special editions of the original trilogy. He also served as ILM's visual effects supervisor for Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: First Contact, as well as the Pirates of the Caribbean series.