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Old 08-27-2008, 08:19 AM
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If the CGI is high quality, done by talented artists, it looks just as good as a model.

They have programs where they can take pictures of models, and composite (or combine, sorry I'm not up on all the jargon) them and be able to make a full 3-d computer model to work with, capable of all the same things as a CGI model made completely from scratch.

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Old 08-27-2008, 08:30 AM
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How about have both I prefer models since thats what I was raised on but intertwine cgi with models.
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How about have both I prefer models since thats what I was raised on but intertwine cgi with models.
Like they did in TDK?
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Old 08-27-2008, 09:41 AM
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^^ Yes
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^^ Yes
Now that could work.
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