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The 32 pages that link to Computer-generated imagery, each with the reason it gives.

• PhotographyCompared with: It can depict scenes without photographing light from a physical scene.

• Action filmRelated: CGI enables action on scales and in settings that practical filming cannot readily achieve.

• Practical effectsCompared with: CGI can depict events that practical effects cannot safely or economically stage.

• Computer animationRelated: Computer animation supplies the moving imagery used in films, television, and other media.

• DeepfakeCompared with: CGI creates synthetic visuals, while deepfakes characteristically alter or imitate identifiable people or recordings.

• Visual effectsRelated: CGI supplies many elements that cannot be filmed as physical objects.

• James CameronRelated: His films used CGI to depict effects and worlds impractical to film physically.

• Christopher NolanCompared with: His emphasis on in-camera spectacle contrasts with productions that rely more heavily on digital creation.

• Special effectCompared with: Digital imagery can depict scenes that physical effects cannot safely or economically stage.

• Stunt performanceCompared with: Digital imagery can replace, extend, or combine with physical stunt work.

• Digital CompositingRelated: CGI supplies rendered elements that can be combined with photographed material.

• PixarNarrower topic: Pixar's feature films use CGI to create characters, environments, and effects.

• Disney RenaissanceCompared with: The studio’s next major shift came as computer-generated features challenged hand-drawn animation.

• Miniature effectCompared with: CGI can depict the same large-scale subjects without building a physical model.

• Toy StoryNarrower topic: Toy Story brought extensive computer-generated imagery into a feature-length narrative.

• Image editingCompared with: CGI constructs imagery computationally, whereas image editing alters existing image material.

• Jurassic ParkNarrower topic: Digital imagery made the film’s moving dinosaurs possible in ways puppetry alone could not.

• TokusatsuCompared with: Digital effects increasingly complement or replace tokusatsu’s practical techniques.

• Wire fuCompared with: CGI can create flight without a performer on wires, though productions often combine both methods.

• AnimatronicsCompared with: CGI creates characters as digital images rather than physical moving figures.

• Hollywood action filmRelated: CGI extends action beyond what physical sets and stunts can safely produce.

• Ray HarryhausenCompared with: Digital imagery replaced many model-based effects while pursuing similar screen illusions.

• 3D computer graphicsRelated: Film and television use 3D graphics to create scenes that cameras cannot capture directly.

• Michel GondryCompared with: Gondry often favors practical constructions over effects made primarily in post-production.

• Short filmRelated: Short films have offered filmmakers a manageable setting to test emerging visual effects.

• A Bug's LifeRelated: Both ant films used CGI, but their visual styles and stories differ.

• John LasseterNarrower topic: Lasseter’s films helped make computer-generated imagery a mainstream feature-animation technique.

• History of animationRelated: Its adoption transformed animation pipelines and blurred boundaries with live-action cinema.

• Michael BayRelated: Digital imagery enables the transforming robots and large-scale destruction central to his franchises.

• Terminator 2: Judgment DayRelated: Digital imagery gave the T-1000 its flowing transformations and liquid-metal appearance.

• Thomas & FriendsCompared with: Later episodes replaced the original physical models with computer-animated engines and settings.

• Avatar: Fire and AshRelated: Extensive digital imagery creates Pandora’s environments and characters.