What does CGI stand for?

Computer-Generated Imagery (movie industry)

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

Information technology (IT) and computers
Business, finance, etc.

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The movie will apparently include classic stop motion animation the show's fans are used to, but with computer-generated imagery and 3D effects.

Postman Pat to be made into 3D film

The 300-million-dollar "Avatar", packed with computer-generated imagery and 3-D effects, is the pair's first project together since scooping 11 Oscars with "Titanic" in 1998.

"Titanic" producer fearless over latest movie

The men behind those movies, James Cameron and Peter Jackson, are among modern film's special-effects kings, advancing technology in computer-generated imagery, motion-capture photography and 3-D.

James Cameron, Peter Jackson talk future of film

Byline: Tom Keogh; Special to The Seattle Times Gorgeous and mesmerizing, "Azur & Asmar" eschews computer-generated imagery to render a flat, storybook-style animation that never stops delighting with its ornamental detail, range of color and exotic story.

A ''buddy'' story in animation

Sun, I had assumed the commercial where Steve Wynn sits on the crest of Encore and dangles his legs over the edge was done with CGI — computer-generated imagery.

ASK MR. SUN

She said that the extensive computer-generated imagery makes her "Pirates" film budgets atypically high.

Pricey 'Pirates'

Directors are turning to special effects to woo younger, more upwardly mobile and middle class fans, spawning home-grown computer-generated imagery (CGI) firms and tie-ups with established figures in the United States.

Bollywood goes hi-tech in hunt for new audiences

Footage of the spectacular Beijing opening ceremony had itself proved controversial when the Chinese broadcaster later admitted that elements of the climactic fireworks display had been enhanced with computer-generated imagery.

BBC says sorry for misleading footage of Chinese hurdler