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Re:“I believe CGI is getting worse even as the tech advances.” by MBCook on Thursday April 07, 2022 @07:51PM (#30951716)
When characters really stand out from the background, isn’t that more an issue of the lighting in the scene than the CGI?

I mean this isn’t really “CGI“, is it? I guess maybe the backgrounds are computer generated. But it just seems like unsuccessful compositing.

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Re:“I believe CGI is getting worse even as the tech advances.” by greenknight on Thursday April 07, 2022 @07:57PM (#30951769)
This is the thing, if they screw it up on set with the lighting, its the 'CGI' peoples fault that it looks bad.

Going on from this, I am sure for every shot that looks 'CG', that there are atleast 100 amazing VFX shots, which are seamless and hidden from people. But these are never picked up or discussed, because people dont realise they are CG.

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