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=media type="file" key="Indiana jones theme.mp3"= =ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE:= = CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) = What is CGI? CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) is the application of the field of computer graphics (more specifically, 3D computer graphics) to special effects. [Science Daily] CGI is a type of artificial intelligence as it mimics different types of things in the real world and fantasy world. By having CGI, it makes it much easier for a movie director or video game director to incorporate imaginary things that can look real.

CGI's Applications

 * Television, film production and commercials
 * Sometimes animation introduction of video games are CGI.
 * Examples of CGI in movies and TV Shows: Beowulf, Monsters Inc., Toy Story, The Vampire Diaries, 2012…
 * Scientific visualisation
 * Product design and engineering
 * Creation of 3D graphics

CGI used in 2012

Examples of Visual Effects Studios
media type="custom" key="6985897" Video Links History of CGI: //[|www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCj2QNJT4XA]// Weta Digital-Making of CGI: //[]// Impact CGI has a a massive impact on many types of media and has revolutionised the animation, film and video game industry.
 * Weta Digital (Lord of the Rings, King Kong...)
 * Sony Pictures Imageworks
 * Rainmaker Digital Effects
 * Rising Sun Pictures
 * The Mill
 * Tipette Studio
 * Digital Domain
 * Advantages of CGI || ﻿Disadvantages of CGI ||
 * * Director can choose any angle he/she wants from a scene
 * Limitless possibilities for rotating effect
 * Costumes, make-up, body shape can be altered to whatever needed
 * Less physical storage space needed for props
 * Reusable sequences
 * Ease of editing || * Less textural and detailed
 * Unrealistic lighting
 * Absence of line quality (such as expressions of cartoons)
 * Expensive equipment
 * The technology can become obsolete every few years as better software and techniques are invented
 * Real life performance may not translate on to the computer model as expected ||

﻿Social Issues
 * The imagery created may cause offence to different cultures, religions, sexuality (such as pornography)
 * The nature of all the work realting to media business has changed

Bibliography http:[|www.sciencedaily.com/articles/c/computer-generated_imagery.htm] http:[|www.articlegarden.com/Article/Concept-of-computer-generated-images-and-their-application/8539]

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