{"id":57,"date":"2007-09-14T17:57:28","date_gmt":"2007-09-15T00:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/dlkeur-blog\/2007\/09\/14\/real-plastic-or-cgi\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T18:38:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T01:38:34","slug":"real-plastic-or-cgi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/dlkeur-blog\/grimace-and-giggle\/opinions-on-politics-culture-society\/real-plastic-or-cgi\/","title":{"rendered":"Real, Plastic, or CGI?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether it is photograph of a model, an actor or actress, or a lawyer defending a high profile client, increasingly it is very difficult to tell if the person portrayed in the picture is real, a plastic model, or a cgi (a computer generated image).<\/p>\n

This is NOT just due to cgi getting more life-like, but, rather of life becoming a mimic of cgi — the make-up, hair, and physique mimicking computer generated imaging.\u00a0 They’ve met in the middle, and that, for me, is very disturbing, not because of the inherent implications for fraud as much as because it sets up a very false standard for people as a role model for success.<\/p>\n

A lot of it is due to lighting, but it also has to do with skin and bodies enhanced all over, not just the face, by make-up and surgery, well-coiffed and well-dyed hair, impeccable manicures and the like.<\/p>\n

Check out these\u00a0images and tell me which ones are real people, which are plastic, and which are CGI (computer generated):<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Without cheating, even if you recognize them, which look<\/strong> REAL, PLASTIC, OR CGI?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\nReal<\/td>\nPlastic<\/td>\nCGI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nReal<\/td>\nPlastic<\/td>\nCGI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nReal<\/td>\nPlastic<\/td>\nCGI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nReal<\/td>\nPlastic<\/td>\nCGI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nReal<\/td>\nPlastic<\/td>\nCGI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nReal<\/td>\nPlastic<\/td>\nCGI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nReal<\/td>\nPlastic<\/td>\nCGI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nReal<\/td>\nPlastic<\/td>\nCGI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nReal<\/td>\nPlastic<\/td>\nCGI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nReal<\/td>\nPlastic<\/td>\nCGI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


Now, check your answers.<\/p>\n

3, 5, and 10 are CGI.<\/p>\n

All the rest are real EXCEPT #2 which is a plastic, life-sized clothes mannequin.<\/p>\n

How did you do?<\/p>\n

What do you think about this trend and its significance?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whether it is photograph of a model, an actor or actress, or a lawyer defending a high profile client, increasingly it is very difficult to tell if the person portrayed in the picture is real, a plastic model, or a cgi (a computer generated image). This is NOT just due to cgi getting more life-like, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/dlkeur-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/dlkeur-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/dlkeur-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/dlkeur-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/dlkeur-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/dlkeur-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3242,"href":"https:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/dlkeur-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions\/3242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/dlkeur-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/dlkeur-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dlkeur.com\/dlkeur-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}