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3-D Computer Generated Imagery

3-D Computer Generated Imagery. By Mariko Nihonayangi For Dr. Eric Tao Major ProSeminar CST 300 December 13, 2007. Overview. Brief history Major companies Making a 3-D animated movie Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) software Improvements in rendering over the years

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3-D Computer Generated Imagery

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  1. 3-D Computer Generated Imagery By Mariko Nihonayangi For Dr. Eric Tao Major ProSeminar CST 300 December 13, 2007

  2. Overview • Brief history • Major companies • Making a 3-D animated movie • Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) software • Improvements in rendering over the years • The current state of CGI in feature films

  3. 3-D Computer Generated Imagery first was first widely used in a Hollywood production in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) It was latter used in the live action films Jurassic Park (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994) The first film to be fully animated on a computer was Toy Story in 1995 Brief History

  4. Major Companies • Blue Sky Studios (Fox) • DNA Productions (Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros.) • Omation Studios (Paramount Pictures) • Sony Pictures Animation (Columbia Pictures) • Vanguard Animation (Walt Disney Pictures, Lions Gate Films and 20th Century Fox) • Big Idea Productions (Universal Pictures and FHE Pictures) • Animal Logic (Warner Bros.) • Pacific Data Images (Dreamworks SKG) • Pixar (The Walt Disney Company)

  5. Development Story pitch Making the storyline Storyboard is made based on “beat outline” Pre-production Voices are recorded Production Drawings, sets, and models are created Making the film ‘Animation’, shading, lighting, and rendering is done on the computer Post production Musical score Making a Movie Pixar Style

  6. Some of the software used includes Amorphium, Ray Dream Studio, Bryce, Maya, Lightwave, and Alice Other software used in Hollywood movies are Renderman (Pixar) and mental ray Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) Software

  7. Every year at the SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference new improvements in the field are introduced Creature Dynamics System created in 2001 View Paint 3D Paint System in 1996 In 2006 Steve Marschner and Jonathan Moon improved the rendering of blond hair Improvements in Rendering

  8. Over the last decade the use of CGI in films has increased dramatically CGI has been getting better and better as computer power increases So far CGI films have not achieved effective photorealistic humans This is the future goal of CGI film production The New Direction of CGI in Feature Films

  9. Wide use of CGI in feature films is a relatively new thing It has quickly grown into a $40 billion industry As computers grow faster and more powerful the ability of 3-D CGI to mimic real life become more pronounced Summary

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