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I'm waiting for the day when I watch a movie and I can't spot where real objects/places begin/end.
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With that said avatar is not revolutionary at all. it looks like a damn cartoon.
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I'm usually good at spotting CG as well but I'm not confident enough to say that I've never missed anything.
Don't get me wrong, I know what you mean and I usually feel the same way. But CG is catching up and when done right it can be nigh impossible to tell. And now I'm not talking about CG people, animals or really anything organic as it's usually easy to tell. What I'm getting at is the subtle things that are done in scenery and such.
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I really look forward to the day when I can leave a movie and say, "I know they used CG, but I can't tell you any particular scene where I can say they definitely did!" That will be an awesome day. The day they can do that with a movie like Avatar... Wow... I'm psyched just thinking about it.
12/04/09
I'm sure you've seen plenty of effects that totally fooled you, maybe from even earlier that you think. If you've seen Indiana Jones and the temple of Doom, at the very beginning of the movie when the mine cart goes flying out the canyon, the entire canyon is a matte painting on glass. I've seen it and its a beautiful and quite large painting. And this is commonly done in films you wouldn't even have thought had a need for special effects.
Sometimes characters who only appear in passing glances are entirely CG, even when it looks like the job could have easily been done with placing an extra there, or just a little make up. There's a good example I think in Wolverine, of all movies, and say what you will about how well the film was, there's one shot of toad for a few seconds, and the character was entirely fabricated, and in my opinion well done. Its not perfect, but we're getting there.
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[www.pixolator.com]
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Weirdos.
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I just wish that the Thanator did not have the same exact roar effect as the T-Rex from Jurassic Park.
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Best fake (Mac) UI = The Net. I was so jealous of it when I first saw that movie. God, I'm old.
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whoa, there. i have never taken that stuff for granted. i always catch myself wondering who was in charge of creating all those UIs and where they get their ideas from. definitely a talented fellow.
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