Computer-generated imagery
Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is using computer graphics, especially in movies. These images are used for special effects, simulation, and commercials, amongst others. Sometimes the technology is used to produce a static background, which is then merged into the image; at other times it is used to produce animations in 2D or 3D. In its broadest sense, a computer- generated image (CGI) can be defined as any image that is created with the use of a computer- based processor or program. Because computers are widely used, both in image generating and in image processing, these images are pervasive- from billboard advertisements to film productions and photography.
An example of a computer-generated, natural looking, static fractal landscape
A facial composite of Saint Paul, created by the police in North Rhine-Westphalia, based on historical sources.
What a Cro-magnon man might have looked like. This is based on the skulls that were found.
Computer-generated Imagery Media
Morphogenetic Creations computer-generated digital art exhibition by Andy Lomas at Watermans Arts Centre, west London, in 2016
A CT pulmonary angiogram image generated by a computer from a collection of x-rays
Computer-generated wet fur created in Autodesk Maya
Machinima films are, by nature, CGI films.
A yellow submarine in Second Life
Metallic balls created in Blender