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Computer-Generated Imagery or CGI is the use of animated images that are generated by computer as a special effect. More typically used as a 3D graphic than 2D. They are very common in movies, commercials, television shows and video games.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmbYjVy9XcgThe first use of 2D CGI in movies was in the movie Westworld.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfRAfsK5cvUThe first use of 3D CGI was used in the sequel of Westworld; Futureworld. Noticed on the screens
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNLtPLFECNwPhotorealistic CGI wasn't very successful in the film industry until The Abyss won the Academy Award for Visual Effects. The water creature in the film is a great representation of the CGI used.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ0ODCMC6xsCGI developped as a great tool for traditionally drawn cel by cel animations. It was used for aiding motion between frames all to the ability to create incredible 3D effects such as the ballroom dance in Beauty and The Beast
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The first fully computer generated film was Toy Story by Pixar, thus everything from characters to the environment were all computer generated. The typical simplistic frame for Toy Story took 2-3 hours to render, and the more complicated ones took up to 10x longer
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Around the year 2000 the effect budgets skyrocketed from around 5$ milllion to 40$ million. Special effects have increased tremendiously to the point that artificial stunt doubles would look identical to there coresponding actor.
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Older CGI <a href='' >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTwR_cE0vkw</a>
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New CGI<a href='' >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG-F8gVoCSE</a>
CGI is a rapidly growing field with constant changes with the increasing amount of technology each year. Video games are a great representation of this rapid change into the field of CGI.
