CGI has undoubtedly changed the world of cinema. Its potential unfolded as the gap between animation and real-life films got smaller, the blending of fantasy and reality almost seamless. But what ...

In 2010, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland hit theaters, and audiences were treated to the surreal images of classic Disney characters portrayed by live actors and CGI. Shortly after, Disney began to ...

Can you imagine Michael Bay’s Transformers without the CGI Autobots and Decepticons? It would be unwatchable if it were even ever made. James Cameron’s Avatar would have lost the gorgeous visuals that ...

CGI anime isn’t always great. When done lazily, it can feel clunky and robotic, like watching video game cutscenes from a decade ago. Expressions can look weirdly flat, and characters might move too ...

These sublimely realistic realtime animations using Unreal Engine show us that completely convincing CGI game and film characters are only a hairs breadth away from becoming an everyday reality. Back ...

I’ve come across people who believe that Max Headroom, the Channel 4 character from the Eighties (pictured at top), was a genuine piece of computer animation. But although he was conceived by the ...