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CGI from the 70's-00's: lost computer graphics that have washed upon the digital shore.

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Computer graphics / CGI from the 70's - early 00's: raytracing, stills, demo reels, cutscenes, commercials, and music videos.

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Acuris Clipmodels (1993) - would any of you have leads on this?

3 Comments
2024/11/09
17:55 UTC

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Hardly Workin' (2000) An animated short made in the Quake 2 engine. Years before game engines like Unreal became viable tools for film & tv productions.

3 Comments
2024/11/09
07:01 UTC

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"Painting with Light" (1986) British artist David Hockney explores the then state of the art Quantel Paintbox workstation.

3 Comments
2024/11/09
06:33 UTC

158

Mr. Stain on Junk Alley (2006)

4 Comments
2024/11/05
03:36 UTC

26

Terrence Mason - Red Barchetta (1988)

1 Comment
2024/11/04
05:57 UTC

22

One Saturday Morning Intro (1998)

No explanation necessary for 90's kids!

1 Comment
2024/11/03
23:40 UTC

6

Matrox Mystique (1997)

0 Comments
2024/11/03
19:28 UTC

11

Triumph Softwear - Softdance (2000) Mo-capped bra ad.

0 Comments
2024/11/03
17:56 UTC

13

M&M's "Are you going to have some?" commercial (1994) featuring early versions of Red & Yellow

0 Comments
2024/11/01
00:23 UTC

26

Krakken: Adventure of Future Ocean (1996) A French-Japanese short film about sealife 80 million years in the future

1 Comment
2024/10/31
14:35 UTC

9

M&M's - France Parcs (1995, France)

0 Comments
2024/10/31
12:59 UTC

16

Moebius "Starwatcher" - Pilot (1992)

3 Comments
2024/10/31
12:58 UTC

381

"Joust" (Atari 2600/5200) commercial (1983).

16 Comments
2024/10/31
12:08 UTC

3

Peter Gabriel - Kiss That Frog - 1992

1 Comment
2024/10/31
10:57 UTC

5

Capital 7 Ident Commercial - (1984, Australia)

0 Comments
2024/10/31
09:53 UTC

10

Soundgarden - Superunknown (1994)

1 Comment
2024/10/31
04:28 UTC

53

Pixar's Flags and Waves (1986) - First CGI cloth simulation

1 Comment
2024/10/31
01:07 UTC

9

Help needed – where to find vintage cgi footage specifically of radars, radio towers, mobile networks etc – looking for cassette futurism / infographic type vibes (y2k influence also welcome)

Title says it all really – any suggestions would be appreciated! I've been browsing around for this technology/telecommunications themed stuff for days and have come up with surprisingly little, but I know there's a ton out there. I'm sure I remember seeing retro cgi animations showing how networks and radio signals work in various places but it's hard to place the memory. My closest finds have been a few old NASA videos but it's not quite scratching the itch!

6 Comments
2024/10/29
12:28 UTC

6

Alias Power Animator (1996)

Some behind the scenes of Independence Day movie

0 Comments
2024/10/28
19:33 UTC

41

"Gas Planet" - Pacific Data (PDI) - 1992

2 Comments
2024/10/28
11:01 UTC

14

The Animation Studio (1991). Commercial animation software developed by Walt Disney Software for Amiga and IBM PC.

0 Comments
2024/10/27
20:52 UTC

3

Jurassic Park 1993 CGI (Thanks Spaz)

I made Spaz Williams (CG Pioneer at ILM in the 90s) come to reddit the other day, heheh. Without him Jurassic Park as we know it wouldn't have been possible.

1 Comment
2024/10/27
15:00 UTC

111

Tropico 2 opening movie (2003)

0 Comments
2024/10/27
13:29 UTC

43

Softimage (1995)

I hope somebody creates a next gen 3D tool someday and calls it Hardimage. With a small "fuck you Autodesk" underneath the logo.

11 Comments
2024/10/27
09:11 UTC

2

2000s VFX/ Flame Competitor?

In the early 2000s there was a "Flame killer" VFX compositing app that ran on PCs. It had a nearly identical UI as Flame but the background was darker and the buttons were a bit more rounded and extruded.

I can't remember the name anymore. Anyone got a hint?

Not sure if it had anything like "5D" in the name, probably not. And I also can't remember what company created it. But it was definitely not Shake. And I also believe it only existed for a few years before it got discontinued.

14 Comments
2024/10/27
06:28 UTC

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idea example for sci fi movie The Basilisk opening credits

have you heard of the thought experiment Roko's Basilisk. I think it would be a great idea for a monster movie. here's the intro I made with Maya

https://youtu.be/k6t0Ecw-xJI

2 Comments
2024/10/27
04:28 UTC

7

Yoichiro Kawaguchi - "Flora" - 3D Animation - 1991

2 Comments
2024/10/26
22:17 UTC

12

Antz (1998) First crowd AI

4 Comments
2024/10/26
20:28 UTC

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