CGI technology
Computer-made movie visuals
CGI technology refers to computer-generated imagery—visual content created entirely through digital software rather than captured by cameras.
The term typically describes the digital effects, characters, and environments used in film, television, and video games: The dinosaurs were all CGI technology.
CGI has largely replaced practical effects for fantastical or impossible imagery, though the term often carries connotations of artificiality when effects appear unconvincing.
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- visual effectsDigitally created film imagery
- pixelsDisplay's smallest points
- compositingCombining visual elements digitally
green screen · blue screen · motion capture · digital · digital doubles · Pixar · wireframe · texture · shading · lighting · depth of field · ray tracing · computer graphics · Hollywood · blockbuster · Jurassic Park · dinosaurs · avatars
CGI technologypractical effects
Non-digital film techniques
animatronics · miniatures · stop-motion animation · puppetry · scale models
CGI technologylive action
Real filmed performance
documentary footage · raw footage · cinéma vérité · found footage
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