Switching to softwarerendering mode in the editing program shows a night-and-day difference: video playback is extremely choppy, and processing moves at a crawl.
The miniature building began as a detailed 3-D softwarerendering before the physical model was built to iron out all the intricacies of connecting the units in the full-scale building.
Renderingsoftware that costs several thousand dollars per user just a few years ago can now be had for several hundred dollars, said Digital Domain creative director of software Doug Roble.
Adobe's Flash software, the standard for rendering graphics and video online, is taking a p.r. beating by Apple, which refuses to use it in its phones and tablets.