Barriers to Adaption- Cost

—  Final Fantasy: the spirits within.

•The first photorealistic computer animated feature film

•Took more than 200 staffs work 4 years to complete it.

•Cost $137 millions

•Running time : 106 minutes.

 Require lots of engineers work and  technology support.

May takes a year to design and make a high quality CG animated that might be only several minutes long.

Cost is count by seconds normally.

Courses available in Vancouver

Visual College of Art and Design of Vancouver:
http://www.vcad.ca/programs-and-courses/3d-modeling-animation-art-and-design/

Vancouver Film School:
http://www.vfs.com/programs/3D-animation-vfx/curriculum

Emily Carr:
http://www.gamecareerguide.com/schools/397/emily_carr_university_of_art__.php

Gateways International:
http://www.gatewaysinternational.ca/computeranimation.htm

Vancouver Institute of Media Arts:
http://www.vanarts.com/programs/3d-animation

Art Institute of Vancouver:
http://www.artinstitutes.edu/vancouver/media-arts-602.aspx

Works Cited

1. Computer-generated imagery. (2011, October 31). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery

2. (2011). Computer-generated imagery: Fabricating fabric.The Economist, Retrieved from http://www.economist.com/node/21525841

3. Computer-generated imagery. (2011, October 31). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 02:11, December 1, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Computer-generated_imagery&oldid=458292935  

4. Computer graphics. (2011, November 29). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 02:12, December 1, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Computer_graphics&oldid=463133351  

5. Rebus (n.d.). Concept of computer generated images and their application. Retrieved form http://www.articlegarden.com/Article/Concept-of-computer-generated-images-and-their-application/8539 

6. What does x stand for (n.d.). What does CGI stand for. Retrieved form http://www.whatdoesxstandfor.com/what-does-cgi-stand-for.html 

7. Computer-Generated Imagery: Movies. Lycos. Retrieved from http://www.lycos.com/info/computer-generated-imagery--movies.html.

8. What Is Computer Generated Imagery? | Computer-Generated Imagery. Computer Generated Imagery (CGI). Retrieved from http://www.computergeneratedimagery.net/2010/10/what-is-computer-generated-imagery/.

Tutorials to CGI software

Renderman, Pixar

Link Links and more Links to further info

·         http://economist.com/node/21525841

·         http://renderman.pixar.com/products/index/renderman.html

·         http://www.whatdoesxstandfor.com/what-does-cgi-stand-for.html

·         http://www.articlegarden.com/Article/Concept-of-computer-generated-images-and-their-application.8539

·         http://www.lycos.com/info/computer-generated-imagery--movies.html

·         http://www.sketchfarm.com/cgi_page.html

·         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGI

·         http://www.computergeneratedimagery.net/2010/10/what-is-computer-generated-imagery/

Prevalent of CGI

CGI is used extensively in industries such as:

·         Medical industry:  Create organs models.

·           Movie industry: Improve films visual effects.

·           Architecture industry:  View proposed buildings and landscapes models with CGI technology.

·           Video game industry: create CG effect for game running.

·           Science: Simulate chemical compounds models

·           Business: Commercials and corporate video.