Real vs CGI Video
Commenters debate whether a specific video is authentic real-world footage or computer-generated (CGI), often mistaking its high realism for digital effects and comparing it to movie visuals.
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It's like CGI in movies - when it's done well you don't realize that it's being done at all.
Real images instead of CGI? How dare you?
That looks like CGI. Pretty good one, but CGI.
It looks like CGI to me, the way to camera moves together with the depth of field and that things appear too shiny. They don't state anything about it so I don't know what to believe.
Awesome, but it looks like it is CGI.
Several moments look like CGI, particularly with how the dust behaves. It's getting hard to believe video like this.
I still think this looks like CGI https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ODY6JWzS8WU&t=702s
Reminds me of: “NO CGI" is really just INVISIBLE CGIhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7ttG90raCNo
It's pretty obvious it's real. Cheaper than CGI and better looking.
You mean this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slc--V2pi5cTo me it at least looks as good if not better than many movie's CGI. It has a little bit of "uncanny valley[0]" but not enough if I suspend my disbelief a little.[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unc