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Disney Mocked for Ludicrously Fake CGI "Actors" in Crowd Scene (futurism.com)
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[–] steakmeout@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You're not correct.

https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/features/how-lord-of-the-rings-used-ai-to-change-big-screen-battles-forever/

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You are not understanding the difference between using AI to create the movement of the crowd, and using AI to digitize entirely new actors. They digitally duplicated the actors, and using a more video game like AI created the motion of those actors in the scene.

They talk in length about this in many commentary tracks of the actual releases of the movies.

[–] steakmeout@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

No, I understand. You don't understand how any of the technology works so when you listened to the commentaries you misunderstood.

Here's one example of Weta showing off Massive used for one of many shots at Helm's Deep.