Actor Robbie Amell holds a variety of facial expressions while projectors shoot light patterns on his face to build the first level of geometry to create his digital double. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Actor Robbie Amell, surrounded by lights, prepares for a scan of his face to create a digital double of himself at LightStage’s studio in Burbank. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
LightStage Chief Technology Officer Tim Hawkins, left, oversees the shoot of actor Robbie Amell inside a sphere of lights. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Cameras capture the actor’s face from various angles so technicians can create a realistic virtual rendering. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Lights from inside the light stage are reflected in the eyes of actor Robbie Amell. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
A close-up of Robbie Amell, who plays Firestorm on “The Flash,” appears on the display of a camera in preparation for a scan of his face at LightStage’s studio in Burbank. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Robbie Amell makes an expression as a scan is taken of his face. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Images recorded by the cameras provide the raw data right down to the pores for workers at CounterPunch Studios to create a digital double for Robbie Amell. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
LightStage founder Clay Sparks, right, opens the cage door to release actor Robbie Amell from inside the light stage after scans were taken of his face to create a digital double of him in Burbank. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Andrew Egiziano, owner of CounterPunch Studios, center, talks to actor Robbie Amell, left, and Armen Kevorkian, senior visual effects artist, after scans were taken of Amell’s face at LightStage’s studio in Burbank. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
