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Why not just win the argument by linking to a (youtube)video demonstrating photo realistic ray tracing? :) I would if I could, but I haven't found any raytraced

Why not just win the argument by linking to a (youtube)video demonstrating photo realistic ray tracing? :) I would if I could, but I haven't found any raytraced animation that is indistinguishable from recorded video.

dahart 9y ago
Sadly, the best CG is paid for and expensive, thus not available on YouTube. I also don't know where the best CG in recent movies is, because I can't tell it's CG, and they don't always talk about it. You can find lots of articles like "10 Scenes You Didn't Know Were CGI" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61ETzC1UbM4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61ETzC1UbM4 I doubt this meets the criteria or will satisfy @sillysaurus3, they're almost all a mix of real footage & CG. http://area.autodesk.com/fakeorfoto http://area.autodesk.com/fakeorfoto is one way to see if you can identify stills with 100% accuracy. I didn't.
- jxramos 9y ago
  pretty fun, I scored 56%, first glance impressions.
- bjourne 9y ago
  Sorry, I'm not convinced. :) The video talks about editing footage to add or remove details using cgi. The images are a better example, but those are all comparing cg vs heavily retouched images.
kuya_noel 9y ago
i wouldn't be able to tell that the chair in the first few seconds of this isn't real: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nKb9hRYbPA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nKb9hRYbPA on the blue ray dvd of pixar's finding dory, closely examine the sand and water (ignore the living creatures) in the first few minutes of the short film piper. you know a-priori it's not real, but i'd like to hear people describe what they think looks off with the environments (not the creatures). try to normalize that with the intent of a director trying to craft an identical ambiance from a recorded video (color temperatures may be made warmer in post, increased saturation, more vignetting, etc). in big hollywood vfx house showreels, there's a lot that's obviously cg (again, we're still off on creatures), but what about the environments within? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnfdpgDDLc8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnfdpgDDLc8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SabPuZ5coKk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SabPuZ5coKk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i0XuA9KLEo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i0XuA9KLEo in particular, i don't think people watching that night-time sequence of deepwater horizon in theaters would identify it as entirely computer generated.

dahart 9y ago

Sadly, the best CG is paid for and expensive, thus not available on YouTube. I also don't know where the best CG in recent movies is, because I can't tell it's CG, and they don't always talk about it. You can find lots of articles like "10 Scenes You Didn't Know Were CGI" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61ETzC1UbM4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61ETzC1UbM4 I doubt this meets the criteria or will satisfy @sillysaurus3, they're almost all a mix of real footage & CG. http://area.autodesk.com/fakeorfoto http://area.autodesk.com/fakeorfoto is one way to see if you can identify stills with 100% accuracy. I didn't.

jxramos 9y ago
pretty fun, I scored 56%, first glance impressions.
bjourne 9y ago
Sorry, I'm not convinced. :) The video talks about editing footage to add or remove details using cgi. The images are a better example, but those are all comparing cg vs heavily retouched images.

kuya_noel 9y ago

i wouldn't be able to tell that the chair in the first few seconds of this isn't real: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nKb9hRYbPA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nKb9hRYbPA on the blue ray dvd of pixar's finding dory, closely examine the sand and water (ignore the living creatures) in the first few minutes of the short film piper. you know a-priori it's not real, but i'd like to hear people describe what they think looks off with the environments (not the creatures). try to normalize that with the intent of a director trying to craft an identical ambiance from a recorded video (color temperatures may be made warmer in post, increased saturation, more vignetting, etc). in big hollywood vfx house showreels, there's a lot that's obviously cg (again, we're still off on creatures), but what about the environments within? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnfdpgDDLc8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnfdpgDDLc8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SabPuZ5coKk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SabPuZ5coKk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i0XuA9KLEo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i0XuA9KLEo in particular, i don't think people watching that night-time sequence of deepwater horizon in theaters would identify it as entirely computer generated.