Talk:Computer-generated imagery

Was the wireframe grid in TFTM's "Behold Galvatron!" sequence CGI? --Thylacine 2000 19:18, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

No, it was not. the entire thing was drawn.--Grand-majin 20:00, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

The fly-through of the "O" in the opening titles is, though. --ItsWalky 20:32, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

2009 Toys R Us Big Book Ad Has CGI Transformers!

Just in case my recent edit doesn't survive I figured I'd note about it here. The 2009 Toys R Us Big Book Ad features CGI versions of Prime and Bumblebee [1]. What's the big deal about that you ask? The big deal (at least for me anyway) is that the CGI models are not simple, crude morphs that you might expect from a brief appearance in a toy commercial, but accurate recreations of the toys and their transformations. They are so accurate, that unless somebody obtained the CAD models directly from Hasbro, I suspect the animators may have actually taken apart some of the toys, created 3-D models of the parts (possibly with a 3-D scanner), reassembled the virtual parts and then animated them. Note the differences between these CGI models and ILM's, particularly Prime's crazy leg movements, exactly like the 2009 Leader Class toy. There are some subtle differences, but not all that many. Had these been rendered photorealistically, they might have been indistinguishable from the actual plastic toys.

Am I the only one to notice these new CGI transformers? Am I the only one to care?

Cyber Missions

Where would they fall in here? And Robot Masters, for that matter.

Animated

It was my understanding that almost all modern animation, even 2D traditionally-styled animation like Animated was created digitally. In the interview linked from The Answer Studio, Motoyoshi Tokunaga talks about:

So I thought that since the artists are talking a lot about computer animation these days, that I could find a successful business by combining computer animation with the wonderful 2D animation that Disney and our staff have been doing.

and

BD: Who do you see as your market?

MT: Again, as we just started, we are mainly looking at the Japanese market and doing a lot of business there. And, as I said before, computer animation is a growing market in Japan and thats where we want to concentrate for now.
BD: Do you think it is a struggle to keep 2D thriving with all this emphasis on 3D?
MT: I think we are lucky in Japan because normally 2D and 3D people dont mix, but my experience with Disney where they work together has taught me how it can be done in Japan. So because there has been progress in this hybrid environment, where good work is produced, I dont see it as a struggle at all, but an opportunity to improve the quality.

Likewise, for Mook:

Within two years, DLE aims to turn Mook Animation into the first animation studio in Japan that can produce both TV series and movies in 2D, 3D, and FLASH formats. By completely digitizing what is predominantly an analog-based studio, DLE will lead the way by setting up the first ever paperless digital animation studio in Japan.

While it may not be 3D, Animated was almost certainly computer-generated.TGB (talk) 03:37, 9 December 2017 (EST)

Doesn't Armada use CGI?

In the first episode during the beginning, and the show's opening, aren't the spaceships rendered using CGI?

DDog (talk) 22:38, 22 December 2020 (EST)