Michael Bay can blow up ILM computers too…

Nelson here..

If there’s someone that can make computers go beyond their maximum (or at least try), it’s Michael.

Visual-effects supervisor Scott Farrar was in charge of turning Industrial Light & Magic’s computers up to 11 to create the new characters and told reporters that the sequel features 40 new characters. That and the increased resolution of the characters for new IMAX footage nearly exhausted ILM’s render farms: After one hard night of rendering computer-generated footage, some of the hardware actually exploded.

Read the complete article at Sci-Fi Wire.