How much cheaper is CGI?

joyork

It's real:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/digital/visual-effects/inceptions-spinning-room-vfx

And what an amazing job they did!

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"Joseph, I have some news. I'm pregnant."

"Holy fuck!"

"How did you guess?"

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Sounds dead boring to me.

joyork

What about Terminator 2? That used CGI back in 1991, and while the effects are a bit dated they are still far, far better than most modern films, in my opinion.

Why? Because they were used sparingly, where the director had no other choice. Remember the liquid metal guy? That was mostly done without resorting to CGI and the film is a damn sight better as a result.

Look at Inception - although CGI was used throughout the film, it was also used sparingly - most of the effects were achieved in-camera.

The best CGI is invisible CGI... wire removal, background replacement, colour correction, etc etc.

One problem I have with almost all CGI is the fact that the animators still use cartoon physics instead of letting them be constrained by real physics. Remember the monster that chased Kirk in the new (great) Star Trek movie? It looked terrible - it behaved more like a Warner Brothers creature than a real one.

A general rule is if something is big and heavy then it should be slower to accelerate and decelerate.

Transformers 1 and 2 were unwatchable for this very reason.

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Here's my attempts at this type of photo:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joyork/2472980253/

It's actually good fun - I'd definitely recommend a quick change of clothing between shots. Try not to take too long if you're in natural light because if the sun goes behind a cloud it'll make it harder to blend the images.

I shot it using manual focus and manual exposure, and activated the camera using a 2-second remote.

joyork

And tell them not to be like the hypocrites who pray in the synagogues to be seen by men.

Remind them to give all their money away too.

joyork

YOU ARE MICHAEL SCOTT AND I CLAIM MY FIVE POUNDS.

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Upvote for making me choke on my fist.

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Except there aren't any! Would an etch-a-sketch count as a vector-based display?

joyork

I came here to say this.

Reddit is almost all links to images nowadays. It wasn't always like this. I miss the old reddit :(

joyork

The best one (for me) is the kiss photo. Excellent.

joyork

Pah! I'm a Virgo and our star sign proves we're far too logical and rational to believe in Astrology.

joyork

They'd better hurry up because time is fleeting...

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The person getting riled was the person who took the screenshot. Look at the bottom - the time stamp says 2 seconds ago.

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And they got well and truly Hitch-slapped as a result.

joyork

Finding her G-spot was easy, you just asked her where it was and she brought up a map.

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You uploaded 10 megapixel images and just used the browser to resize them. The page ran like shit on my crappy work PC, was slow to scroll.

Next time you need to reduce the images to the correct size and save them. That will dramatically reduce the size.

joyork

Reviewers get sent stuff and they send it back.

Ken Rockwell gets the specs and writes a review making it sound like he's had it in his possession when he hasn't.

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Last time I looked, real reviewers didn't have a disclaimer like this on their site/magazine:

While often inspired by actual products and events, just like any other good news organization, I like to make things up and stretch the truth if they make an article more fun.

joyork

They don't go to the local camera shop, play around with the equipment then write a review as if they own it.

joyork

That's not all - he reviews equipment he doesn't even own.

Just think about that for a moment.

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TROPHY CASE

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