Is the CGI cinematic trailer "A Night To Remember" actually entirely made out of just... CGI?

[Pisolo]

I mean, human figures and animations (girl and The Witcher in the beginning) look unbelievably real! How can you achieve such a result in a videogame trailer? Isn't there some real footage paste here and there? I can't say if the girl who turns to face camera, while untying her hair, is a real actress or a digital portrait...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF7kqc7th0A

[soul like that be capable of]

its called motion capture. they using real people than using CGI to add all the effects.you can google how they died the trailer for 2077 you will see what i mean.

[Chunkarock]

Yep. Its all CGI - like what Industrial Lights and Magic does with the movies. It's all done with very powerful server computers that require watercooling just to keep it from getting hot.

Edit:
Animations done with MoCap.

[Pisolo]

Originally posted by MKX:

its called motion capture. they using real people than using CGI to add all the effects.

Yes but that explains animations... But those figures look like human beings!

[Avenger Grim]

Originally posted by Pisolo:

Originally posted by MKX:

its called motion capture. they using real people than using CGI to add all the effects.

Yes but that explains animations... But those figures look like human beings!

It's called talented artists!

[Big Boom Boom]

Originally posted by Pisolo:

I mean, human figures and animations (girl and The Witcher in the beginning) look unbelievably real! How can you achieve such a result in a videogame trailer? Isn't there some real footage paste here and there? I can't say if the girl who turns to face camera, while untying her hair, is a real actress or a digital portrait...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF7kqc7th0A

You thought those CGI were impressive?

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/05/05/square-enix-directx-12-tech-demo-witch-chapter-0-cry/

Real time render in-engine cutscene, much higher quality. He showed this by rotating the camera, change the lighting by the changing time of the day, zoom in zoom out.

In 2001 they used a computer farm to do this, nowadays they used only 4 x Titan X SLI.

[soul like that be capable of]

Originally posted by Pisolo:

Originally posted by MKX:

its called motion capture. they using real people than using CGI to add all the effects.

Yes but that explains animations... But those figures look like human beings!

think about the movies you see in the theater this is how good those trailers are made. this could easily be in a movie and you wouldnt tell if its real or not.

[Chunkarock]

Originally posted by Pisolo:

Originally posted by MKX:

its called motion capture. they using real people than using CGI to add all the effects.

Yes but that explains animations... But those figures look like human beings!

It's not surprising. Technology is moving at a very, very fast rate. Any group of talented people can achieve that and have life-like quality images. They just lack the resources to do so.

[Eldritch]

Originally posted by Avenger Grim:

Originally posted by Pisolo:

Yes but that explains animations... But those figures look like human beings!

It's called talented artists!

Who knew those existed!!!

[Pisolo]

Originally posted by Big Boom Boom:

Originally posted by Pisolo:

I mean, human figures and animations (girl and The Witcher in the beginning) look unbelievably real! How can you achieve such a result in a videogame trailer? Isn't there some real footage paste here and there? I can't say if the girl who turns to face camera, while untying her hair, is a real actress or a digital portrait...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF7kqc7th0A

You thought those CGI were impressive?

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/05/05/square-enix-directx-12-tech-demo-witch-chapter-0-cry/

Real time render in-engine cutscene, much higher quality. He showed this by rotating the camera, change the lighting by the changing time of the day, zoom in zoom out.

In 2001 they used a computer farm to do this, nowadays they used on 4 x Titan X SLI.

You mean you can say the girl isn't a real woman when she turns to the camera? I really can't, and I find it impressive.

[nyanko]

If they made a witcher movie with this quality I would buy the blueray day one!

[soul like that be capable of]

Originally posted by Vom Tag:

If they made a witcher movie with this quality I would buy the blueray day one!

they making assasion creed movie. so you never know .

[Deadbubble]

Yeah, this was very impressive CGI. Thought it was Live-action at first.

[Chef GrumpyBlitz]

As an animator Im constantly exposed to all this and more so i forget that people can feel this way

[Big Boom Boom]

Originally posted by Pisolo:

Originally posted by Big Boom Boom:

You thought those CGI were impressive?

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/05/05/square-enix-directx-12-tech-demo-witch-chapter-0-cry/

Real time render in-engine cutscene, much higher quality. He showed this by rotating the camera, change the lighting by the changing time of the day, zoom in zoom out.

In 2001 they used a computer farm to do this, nowadays they used on 4 x Titan X SLI.

You mean you can say the girl isn't a real woman when she turns to the camera? I really can't, and I find it impressive.

What I meant is that while the CGI pre-rendered trailer for Witcher is certainly good, perhaps because seeing so many great CGI pre-rendered trailers have made me not overly hyped after it. If you look at Agni Philosophy, that was real-time rendered by a game engine and that was in 2012 on Direct X 11, and Witch Cry which is NVIDIA and SE showcase for Direct X 12, which is again real-time rendered before professionally touched up like Witcher trailer. I find that far more impressive, and Square's originally planned for digital actress back in 2001. You know, digital actress, as in a 100% artificial. If you saw the Animatrix, they included her in one scene where she blended in with real human and that was ages ago.

[Warlord]

Console gamers love their CGI non game graphics. This is CD Projekt's 5th or 6th CGI trailer they've released now for this game alone.

Gotta get dem console monies!