Computer-generated imagery
Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is the application of the field of computer graphics (or more specifically 3D computer graphics) to special effects.
Pioneering uses of computer-generated imagery in film and television:
- Futureworld (1976)
- Star Wars (1977)
- Looker (1981)--First realistic CGI human
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)--First realistic CG sequence
- Tron (1982)
- 2010 (1984)
- The Last Starfighter (1984)
- Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)--First fully CG character
- Max Headroom (1987)
- The Abyss (1989)--First digital water
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)--First all-digital composite
- Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)--First digitally-manipulated matte painting
- Terminator 2 (1991)--First realistic human movements on a CG character
- Lawnmower Man (1992)
- Death Becomes Her (1992)-First human skin CG software
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Babylon 5 (1993)
- The Flintstones (1994)--First digital hair
- Waterworld (1995)--First realistic CG water
- Toy Story (1995)
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phanton Menace (1999)
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
