Computer-generated imagery

Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is a specific-technology or application of <a href="/facts/Computer_graphics/lapBE8wv">computer graphics</a> for creating or improving images in <a href="/facts/Digital_art/6PctACPm">art</a>, <a href="/facts/Publishing/7g01YeYG">printed media</a>, <a href="/facts/Training_simulation/EXtxgtFV">simulators</a>, videos and video games. These images are either static (i.e. <a href="/facts/Still_image/hbjEdTXK">still images</a>) or dynamic (i.e. moving images). CGI both refers to 2D computer graphics and (more frequently) 3D computer graphics with the purpose of designing characters, <a href="/facts/Virtual_world/Shuxbc0B">virtual worlds</a>, or scenes and <a href="/facts/Visual_effects/AdoEkAWU">special effects</a> (in <a href="/facts/Film/wM3b9Kk3">films</a>, television programs, commercials, etc.). The application of CGI for creating/improving <a href="/facts/Animation/093f9nUg">animations</a> is called computer animation, or CGI animation.

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Computer-generated imagery