CGI animation is part of the fabric of film, TV and gaming. But how does it work? Check out our complete guide to computer generated animation.
This versatility stems from the flexibility of every element of a collage animation. The basic collage elements, for example, can be black and white images, CGI cel animation, real photographs, etc. The animations can be muted or lively. The transitions can be simple or elaborate. The backgrou...
CGI is atypeof VFX, which stands for visual effects. This is a catch-all term used to describe any kind of effect added to film, whether in post-production or as part of the shoot. The point of VFX is to take something fake and make it look believable. Early examples of VFX in po...
Animation is a method of photographing successive drawings, models, or even puppets to create an illusion of movement in a sequence.
The CGI Process Making all that computer animation is a huge process with many steps. Here's a quick overview of how it works: Modeling The first step is to actually build all the 3D models that you'll see on screen. This could be characters like monsters or superheroes, objects like ...
so how much or how little light is shed on an object needs to be measured before it’s used. The same technical jargon is applied to CGI animation as on an actual film production set, so CGI animators use terms like “spotlights”, “area lights” and “softboxes” when they’re desc...
Computer-generated imagery, or CGI for short, is a term that describes digitally-created images in film and television. CGI is a subcategory of visual effects (VFX), imagery filmmakers create or manipulate that does not exist in the physical environment being captured on film or video. CGI is...
What is CGI Animation? As we all know, computer graphics have come a long way in the last decade. Today, you can find 3D CGI animations, which are just as realistic and engaging as traditional 2D animated films. Even though these productions are more expensive to make, they can compete ...
CGI does not encompass traditional animation approaches like hand-drawn cartoons and frame-by-frame or stop-motion techniques, as those are not computer-generated. However, CGI is typically used in both live-action and animated films and often replaces traditional approaches. The term CGI encompasse...
3D CGI animation has evolved from basic cartoon animation into simulated, highly realistic worlds. By combining physics with art, CGI slices up the world into the smallest segments possible and creates models of how those tiny real-world parts move in a stunningly realistic animated world. Some l...