Movie studios are increasingly turning to special effects companies with 3D printing capabilities to create costumes and props on a fast-turnaround basis.
The studios have started looking to 3D-printing as a way of producing elaborately designed costumes and props within tight timeframes, according to Sky News.
The development could make the process of moulding costumes and props much less laborious for actors on set who are often asked to have casts developed during filming.
Grant Pearmain, director at FB FX, told Sky News the design process has been revolutionised by the technology. "A 3D printer can make something that a normal person just can't physically make, by the way it prints, kind of overlaps and underlaps," he said.
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