Timeline on CGI

Timeline on CGI

By Shaban Jahan 12A4

·      1960s – kitty Russian mathematicians and physicists  created a mathematic modal of moving cat, later it was converted into film

·      1970s – Metadata (1971) experimented 2D animated world’s first key frame animation software used

·      1976 – Future World, 3D computer graphics for animated hand and face was invented

·      1977- Star Wars , used animated 3D wire-frame

·      1979- The Black Hole ,wireless frame modal 3D

·      1980s-  Look, used the first CGI human character “Cindy”

·       1 981- Wolfen , used the first the in-camera effect

·      1985- Tony de patrie – first CGI animated human character with expressions and body language

·      1986- Star Trek IV – used the first cyberwave 3D scanner

·      1987- first TV series to include character models entirely with computers

·      1989- The Abyss- first digital 3D water effect

·      1989- Indiana Jones and the lost Crusade- was the first all digital composite

·      1990- Robocop – first use of real time computer graphics or digital puppetry to create in a motion picture

·      1991- Terminator 2- first realistic human movements on a CGI character

·      1992- Death Becomes Her – first human skin CGI software used

·      1995- Toy Story- First CGI feature length animation

·      1997- Titanic- first wide release feature film with major elements rendered under the open

·      2009- Avatar -  first full length movie using performance capture photo 3D characters and feature fully 3D CGI photo characters