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'''CGI''' or '''Computer-Generated Imagery''' is the field of modern animation in which pictures are developed by programs in enormously powerful computers, animated and then transferred to visual media for viewing. Its earliest examples date from the late 1960s and the Disney Company used it strikingly for the title sequence of ''The Black Hole'' in [[1979]]. In [[1989]], [[James Cameron]] used it to create the "water creatures'" in his film ''The Abyss''. In the years since, advances in computer power and programming have reduced the costs of CGI to the point where it is less expensive than traditional hand-drawn cel animation and modern animated movies usually use the computer techniques. | '''CGI''' or '''Computer-Generated Imagery''' is the field of modern animation in which pictures are developed by programs in enormously powerful computers, animated and then transferred to visual media for viewing. Its earliest examples date from the late 1960s and the Disney Company used it strikingly for the title sequence of ''The Black Hole'' in [[1979]]. In [[1989]], [[James Cameron]] used it to create the "water creatures'" in his film ''The Abyss''. In the years since, advances in computer power and programming have reduced the costs of CGI to the point where it is less expensive than traditional hand-drawn cel animation and modern animated movies usually use the computer techniques. | ||
Because CGI was prohibitively expensive for major movies until 1989, there are no known instances of it in the 1963-1989 ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It has been used extensively in the revived series, beginning with the [[ | Because CGI was prohibitively expensive for major movies until 1989, there are no known instances of it in the 1963-1989 ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It has been used extensively in the revived series, beginning with the [[title sequence]] and a zooming shot of [[Earth]] in the first episode of the modern series, ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''. | ||
[[Category:Science from the real world]] | [[Category:Science from the real world]] | ||
[[Category:Computer science]] | [[Category:Computer science]] | ||
[[Category:Technology]] | [[Category:Technology]] | ||
Revision as of 15:04, 11 April 2012
CGI or Computer-Generated Imagery is the field of modern animation in which pictures are developed by programs in enormously powerful computers, animated and then transferred to visual media for viewing. Its earliest examples date from the late 1960s and the Disney Company used it strikingly for the title sequence of The Black Hole in 1979. In 1989, James Cameron used it to create the "water creatures'" in his film The Abyss. In the years since, advances in computer power and programming have reduced the costs of CGI to the point where it is less expensive than traditional hand-drawn cel animation and modern animated movies usually use the computer techniques.
Because CGI was prohibitively expensive for major movies until 1989, there are no known instances of it in the 1963-1989 Doctor Who. It has been used extensively in the revived series, beginning with the title sequence and a zooming shot of Earth in the first episode of the modern series, Rose.
