A figure approached. It was a program, but its face was a mosaic of pixelated static. It spoke in a whispered, compressed voice.

This release often preserves the shifting aspect ratio . Similar to The Dark Knight , certain action sequences expand to a full-screen 1.78:1 IMAX ratio, while dialogue-heavy scenes remain in a cinematic 2.39:1 .

Unlike many films of the era that used "post-conversion" 3D, TRON: Legacy was shot with 3D in mind. The "Grid"—the digital world where most of the film takes place—was designed with a sense of infinite geometry.