FabSwingers.com forum: CGI

By *ools and the brain OP Couple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Why doesn't CGI age well.

You can watch a film and it looks great.

A few watches still great, suddenly out of the blue CGI look's shocking.

Can't understand how it can happen when everything is digital, surely it shouldn't look any different from when new?

Ive recently revisited game of thrones and this is the third watch on streaming service.

However the CGI hasn't aged well and now looks cheap.

Why is this any experts in??

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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago

Travelling

"Why doesn't CGI age well.

You can watch a film and it looks great.

A few watches still great, suddenly out of the blue CGI look's shocking.

Can't understand how it can happen when everything is digital, surely it shouldn't look any different from when new?

Ive recently revisited game of thrones and this is the third watch on streaming service.

However the CGI hasn't aged well and now looks cheap.

Why is this any experts in??

Because you know it is cgi, and your eyes become aware it is cgi, mixed in with new advancements of cgi are released all the time.

That is why heavy cgi is noticed more often. Especially if it is a character, uncanny Valley will always win out and stop your eyes being tricked eventually. No matter how good it looks.

Pro tip: Often 75% and over of what you are seeing on screen for almost any movie these days is cgi. Everyone focuses on the big things like people or animals, characters etc but the background cgi goes unnoticed.

Finally over the past few years Hollywood in particular are putting huge strains on cgi artists and the workload plus deadlines results in much weaker results.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Screen technology and cgi technology gets better with time

Say for instance it’s a 80s film

Well screen tech at the time was 480p

Most modern tvs are at least 4k

The details that were hidden in 480p

That they new were off but can’t see because off the res

Is not being exposed due to tvs have a better res

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By *hil most chillMan
over a year ago

South East & Europe

For the record, Jurassic Park (1993) still looks a lot better than a lot of modern CGI. And it had plenty of CGI

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By *heVonMatterhornsCouple
over a year ago

Lincoln

Changes in technology most likely. As more realistic effects become easier and faster to simulate and render, the better they look. And because you get used to modern effects, the old ones don't quite keep up anymore.

Probably.

LvM

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

When you watched it the first time you knew it was CGI, but it was as good as other cgi so you just accepted it/impressed by it.

As artists, software and rendering has gotten more efficient and the results more realistic, you've gotten accustomed to newer CGI and then when you go back, the old stuff doesn't look at good anymore.

Like when I was so impressed with mega drive graphics as a kid, but now they look terrible by comparison. It's the comparison.

Though you might have to get used to crappy CGI as there's a shortage of facilities and staff.

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By *aliceWoman
over a year ago

Birmingham

Because the first time you watch something good you're immersed. You don't notice because you're following the narrative, investing in the characters, wondering how the story is going to develop.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

It's gone too far...there's no mystery of how did they do that ...its just a geek with a mouse doing it

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By *ull English with teaMan
over a year ago

London

This is why I don’t use CGI on my fab pics

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By *aughtyTwo8488Couple
over a year ago

derby

"For the record, Jurassic Park (1993) still looks a lot better than a lot of modern CGI. And it had plenty of CGI "

Wait, they weren't real dinosaurs?!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"For the record, Jurassic Park (1993) still looks a lot better than a lot of modern CGI. And it had plenty of CGI "

I miss proper use of practical effects and make up. The transformation scene in American Werewolf in London holds up so well today and there's not a bit of CGI in it.

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By *ools and the brain OP Couple
8 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

I think this is getting worse.

It was interesting I was listening to Jonny Vaughan talking on the radio about this and he hit the nail on the head.

Watching films these days is like watching someone play a computer game.

Cgi was once cutting edge it's now cheap looking and ruining the art of filmmaking.

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By *agatoXXXMan
8 weeks ago

Gone and completely forgotten.

I am completely composed of 1980's CGI. You CAN see the joins.

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By *zeroMan
8 weeks ago

Glasgow

The CGI Ash in the last Alien film was like PS2 graphics.

I do like when prosthetics and practical effects are used in films. Guillermo del Toro likes them a lot so I'm excited at what his Frankenstein film will be like.

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By *egasus NobMan
8 weeks ago

Merton

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By *egasus NobMan
8 weeks ago

Merton

Still love the old Clash Of The Titans

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