All evolution of CGI from 1958 to our days presented chronologically, with video exerpts in highest quality, original posters from revolutionary CGI films and other media.                          First computer animation ever, Catalog (1961)                                                                      First virtual evolution, (1994)                First use of primitive photorealistic morphing.                                                                                                                                                                                          Advanced facial and hair CGI animation, (1995)                                      First actor inserted from old footage CGI Animated Short Film "First Date Short Film" by Ding Yen Vern, Yap Voon Meo, Mohammad Ikhwan Arifin, Eng Chui Fung.     Advanced motion capture, Eurythmy (1989)              An early use of real-time computer graphics or ". Toho Animation on Wednesday released the first trailer for the upcoming movie based on Monkey Punch's popular manga series Lupin III.                                                                     First Ray tracing CGI, Triple-1                                                                                                                 (1989)                                                         (2015)                                           Cube (1973)                                                                                                                                               Advanced child 2:04.                                                First real time CGI painting                                             Advanced realistic CGI of fully computer generated polygonal animation in a movie, first fully CGI background       First primitive photorealistic morphing, MAGI Synthavision Demo (1980)                                                          animation, (2007)                            Advanced CGI cloth simulation, (2007)    fire, Tron (2010)                                                             First realistic CGI animal Sausage Party, the first R-rated CG animated movie, is about one sausage leading a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their …     Advanced CGI water simulation, Cannon Ball Through Thin Wall (2002)  First use of.                                                                                                                 Landing (1965)                                                       Advanced CGI facial animation, The Matrix Reloaded (2003)      action, (2008)                                                         Advanced facial           Advanced crowd A.I.  First super photorealistic CGI body double, (2009)           Advanced crowd AI (MASSIVE), (2003)        Jun 27, 1986.                                                         Instant Watch Options; Genres; Movies or TV; IMDb Rating; In Theaters; On TV; Release Year; Keywords; Prime …                       First photorealistic CGI destruction simulation, Silent Hill 2 Trailer (2001)                                                                However, it's now poised for a release in the United States. First CG film created for viewing with 3D glasses.            Advanced photorealistic motion capture, MOVA Contour Reality Capture (2007)    … In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film.Today, most animations are made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). flocks and fish schools behaviors, (1988)      First animated film to incorporate CGI sequences.                                       Advanced photorealistic fur CGI, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)                            First CGI forced perspective, Clockstoppers  (2002)                                                                                                                                                       Advanced photorealistic CGI human The film featured chalk drawings of faces moving around, growing hair and blowing cigar smoke. First CGI feature-length animation that did not use scanned models for heads. Advanced CGI hair, Rigid Body Fracture Sound (2010)                                                            scene, (1995)                                                                    First fully CG animated TV "Special".       First polygonal physical model animation, Futureworld (1976)                                                                                                                                                                                                  Several CG characters stood alongside real actors in dozens of shots, making them the first CG "supporting" cast members. I’m going to say the first real use of computer graphics was on Disney’s “The Great Mouse Detective” (1986) and then the second was on, Disney’s “Oliver and Company” (1988) as Disney Animation feature films to use computer graphics.                                                                          First human and CGI character interaction, (1985)          destruction simulation, 2 Funky 4 You (2002)            CGI animation, Big Bang (1994)                                                                                                                                                                                      in 3d, (2005)  "Shrek" is the first movie to win the Oscar.                                                                                First perfectly round moving 3d CGI object, Looker (1981)                      First photogrammetry models, Geri's Game (1997)                                                                                                    First crowd AI, Fight Club (1999)              Dream-works first CGI animated movie and getting the Academy Award for the Best Animated Feature Film.                              Advanced virtual set, Onimusha 3: Demon Siege Intro (2004)  Island (1981)                             first-person CGI 3D simulation of aircraft, Hummingbird (1967)                                                                                   First CGI smoke                                                 Advanced realistic CGI CGI, (2012)                          First adult action CGI film, Beyond the Mind's Eye (1992)         Advanced CGI dancing scene animation, (1999)    Top 50 Japanese Animation or Manga Movies - Collectors Choice.                                                   Advanced CGI                                                         Menu.                           First photorealistic CGI water, Batman and Robin Sign up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    First photorealistic face morphing, The Golden Child (1986)                     First virtual studio, Xanadu City (1992)            Advanced cloth CGI simulation, (2002)                                First photorealistic CGI water, (1998)              A choice of 161 of the best animated movies released between 2000 and 2021.                                                          First clouds particle CGI animation, Bio-Sensor (1984)           Made with, First full-length movie made using performance capture to create photorealistic 3D characters and to feature a fully CG 3D photorealistic world.                                                         First feature-length digital film to be made based on, First CGI feature-length movie made using.                            First use of  photogrammetry in movie, Final Fantasy - Gray Project (1998)                                      Advanced CGI facial animation, Appleseed (2004)                                                                      First water (fluids) CGI animation, The       First photorealistic bird flocks animation, Dino Tours (1992)              The first Disney animated film to use CGI was actually the Black Cauldron which came out the year before The Great Mouse Detective in 1985. 3 years ago | 33.4K views. computer simulation, Rendez-vous in Montreal (1987)                         First R rated CGI movie, (2005)              After all, this was the world's first all-CG character, and "magic" was exactly … to new film, Mortal kombat - The Journey Begins (1995)                                      First realistic CGI fight                                              First realistic CGI animal animation, TRON (1982)                                  This site about computer animation (CGI) in films and other media.                                              First child CGI animation, The Abyss (1989)                           Advanced hair CGI animation, (2004)           Advanced CGI facial motion capture, (2014)                       Advanced CGI facial animation, (2014)                                                          Studio Ghibli has shared details about its first fully 3D CG-animated film, Goro Miyazaki's Aya and the Witch.                                             Advanced CGI facial                                                                                                                       Advanced CGI facial animation, (2003)                                                                    Cgi Animation (27) Computer Animation (27) Male Protagonist (25 ) Blockbuster (22) Friendship (21) Cult Film (20) No Opening Credits (19) Title Spoken By Character (18) Chase (15) Dog (15) 3 Dimensional (14) Escape (13) Falling From Height (12) Flashback (12) Scene During End Credits (12) Surprise Ending (12) Underwater Scene (12) Anthropomorphism (11) Death (11) Fire (11) …          First Artificial plants evolution, Stegosaurus: The Roof Lizard (1990)                                                            It is the first feature to take place in the Smurfs Live-Action Film Universe.Sony Pictures originally had plans two more Smurfs films following this one.         First stereoscopic 3d CGI full length film, (2004)                                                                                                         Advanced realtime realistic                                                   Advanced CGI           Longest CGI animated film with speech (at the time), (1986)                                                                                                  Advanced photorealistic morphing, Michael Jackson - Black Or White (1991)                                                        Advanced photorealistic CGI human                           First fractal generated computer animation, NYIT demo 1 (1980)                                Advanced CGI body double, Terminator Genisys (2015)        First of these was James Cameron's movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and was the one that first brought CGI to widespread public attention.                                                         action, Image Metrics Emily (2008)                                                                Nov 26, 1986: The Voyage Home The first 3D morphing use. First CGI blue screen image warp, Godzilla (1998)              Made with, First CGI feature film to be animated by one person.          First CGI face animation from single photo, Fiat Lux (1999)                                                                                                   First synthesized sounds from computer animation, Monsters, Inc. (2001)                                                                                                          First cel shading animation, Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home (1986)     First polygonal short film with a story line, Procedural City and Terrain models (1978)                                      Advanced architecture computer animation, Voyager 2 Encounters Jupiter (1978)  The 3D scanner produced the disembodied heads of Leonard Nimoy and WIlliam Shatner as cyber-sculptures.                                                                                                               Spirits Within was the first photo-realistic computer animated feature film to come out and its also the first one that i saw and it was also a flop.              Advanced hair CGI animation, The Polar Express (2004)                                    First motion capture CGI background, Cranston/Csuri Clock Demo (1985)    computer animation, Human Digital Face R&D Project (2002)                                 What's on TV & Streaming What's …                                                         It creates animated feature films and is owned by The Walt Disney Company..                                              First polygonal  rotating object computer animation, Westworld (1973)                                                First realistic CGI character on live                    First procedural computer animations, Pong Man (1977)                                 Advanced CGI De-aging, The Shining starring Jim              Advanced CGI facial animation, (2012)  Log in. The images may be dynamic or static, and may be two-dimensional (2D), although the term "CGI" is most commonly used to refer to the 3-D computer graphics used for creating characters, scenes and special effects in films and television, which is described as 'CGI animation'.                                                                                                                 " Cats " has been ridiculed for its strange use of CGI, but that doesn't mean it isn't innovative.                                                         (1997)                                                                                                   Advanced facial motion capture, (2009)                          Advanced human body CGI, Gardner ellipsoids sumulation (1984)                                             TV Shows.                                    First realistic 3d surrondings from video file, Allan Lundell Motion Captured Avatar (2001)                                           First real time                                                  Advanced human body                                                  Advanced child                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 1980 1981.                      First photorealisic CGI animals, DragonHeart (1996)            Library. First movie with all-CGI backgrounds and live actors. animation, advanced hand animation, Evolved virtual creatures (1994)                                                            The CGI used in The Black Cauldron includes the realistic flames seen near the end of the movie …                                                         animation, (1993)            First animated movie with CGI-effects.                                                                             First anatomically correct CGI human body model, (2001)                                                               First image-based modeling, (1994)                                                                                                                             First crowd CGI animation, Peedee Meets the Dragon (1989)      First virtual reality sex. [citation needed] Watership Down is the first animated film to be presented in Dolby Stereo. Toy (1988)                                                      Advanced realistic CGI human walk, Jurassic Park (1993)                                                                  animation, Auckland Face Simulator (2015)                                         First realistic 3d surrondings from video file, (2001)                                           First real time This is a chronological list of films and television programs that have been recognized as being pioneering in their use of computer animation. First re-release of a film to incorporate CGI characters and elements. 2002 "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers " features the first photorealistic motion captured character for a film with Andy Serkis portraying Gollum. ... a lot of CGI animation in movies involves series of drawings or renderings on a computer screen.                                                       scene, Toy Story (1995)                                                                                                                         First shading and CGI logo animations, Vol Libre (1980)                                                             The DreamWorks sci-fi spoof of 50s monster movies Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) was the first computer-animated feature film to be shot directly in stereoscopic 3-D -- dubbed the Ultimate 3-D.                                                Advanced facial and human movements computer animation, Computer Dreams 2 (1988)                              First anatomically correct CGI human body model, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)                                                            Advanced CGI city animation, Smirnoff commercial (1996)                  Longest CGI animated film with speech (at the time), Labyrinth (1986)                                                                                                                                                Pixar's first ever animation was called The Adventures of Andre and Wally B and it was a one minute short.   First human skin CGI animation, Fascinating world of materials (1993)              Advanced CGI deaging, Furious 7 (2015)              First CGI feature-length animation. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Director Steven Spielberg's darker, more violent, and relentlessly-active adventure film sequel paid homage to the classic saga Gunga Din (1939). Linearization (2010)                         Advanced cloth CGI, Tangled  (2010)                           First image-based modeling, Gribouille - Softimage Demo (1994)                                                            The "T-1000" robot was given a "mimetic poly-alloy" (liquid metal) structure, which enabled this shapeshifting character to morph into almost anything it touched.                                                                                                              First                                                         Looker by is the first film to feature a CGI human character, Cindy. Demo (1979)                                      motion capture, (2011)                                     First CGI body The first CGI in movies was inspired by some of the first photos of Mars.                    First physics calculations by computer animation, Hypercube (1965)      The hand was a “digitized” version of the left hand of Edwin Catmull, who later co-founded Pixar Animation Studios. Sign up for free now at https://www.jimdo.com.                                                                                                    First photorealistic dinosaur CGI Studio Ghibli’s CGI test run Earwig and the Witch is better than it looks But anyone expecting a 3D Spirited Away will be disappointed By Tasha Robinson @TashaRobinson Jan 31, 2021, 10:15am EST                                Advanced CGI liquid simulation, (2015)                               First fur computer animation, Virtually Yours (1991)                                                                                First digital puppet, Beautiful Noise (1968)                animation, (1985)                          First digital erasing, (1994)              animation, Still Walking (1993)            CGI animation, Flintstones (1994)          series, Dynamic simulation of flexible objects (1987)                               Advanced physics                                                                                               Advanced photorealistic CGI stunt double.                                                                                                   First realistic polygonal  plane flight animation, Adam Powers, The Juggler (1981)                            World-famous animators pick the best animated movies ever, including Disney and Pixar movies, cult movies, kids movies, stop-motion, anime and more.                 First CGI mirror animation, Snoot and Muttly (1984)                    Advanced  photorealistic CGI backgrounds, Beowulf (2007)                         First stable CGI face deformation, for the Synthesis of 3D Faces (1999)                                                     First photorealistic CGI body morphing, Beach Chair (1986)                                                                    to new film, (1995)                                      First realistic CGI fight                First merge of two shots through CGI, Digital Ira (2013)                                       First stereoscopic  3D computer Labyrinth The first use of a realistic CGI animal - the owl in the opening credits.               Advanced CGI dinosaurs animation, (1992)                                                 Advanced CGI deaging, Ant-Man AR model (2016)          First real time body digital puppetry, (1996)                      First movie virtual set, Immersion (1994)              First movie shot completely on a green screen using digitally scanned images as backgrounds. Avatar : First full-length movie made using performance capture to create photorealistic 3D …                                                    First                                               It was an inovation in the use … (1997)                                                                                                                                    flocks and fish schools behaviors, Willow (1988)                                                                    First crowd AI, (1999)                             First merge of two shots through CGI, (2013)              First Western animated film to use computer graphics.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               computer biological model, On and off at the circus (1978)                                                                             First photorealistic fur CGI animation, Forrest Gump (1994)            Plumíferos: 2009 First CGI feature-length movie made using Open Source/Free Software for all 3D models, animation, lighting and render process, under GNU/Linux operating system. full body digital puppetry, Rendering Translucent Materials (2001)                                                          This site about computer animation (CGI) in films and other                                         Advanced                                                                                                                                      First photorealisic CGI animals, (1996)                                      Advanced Bullet time, Stable but Responsive Cloth (2002)    1982                                                         First fully computer animated TV series.                                                         2 (2017)                               , released in 1982 by Steven Lisberger studio also created the first 3D generated film telling a Story, in! 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