{"id":7729,"date":"2025-06-25T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tronatic-studio.com\/?p=7729"},"modified":"2025-06-19T15:51:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T13:51:42","slug":"les-pires-cliches-sur-les-artistes-cgi-et-pourquoi-ils-sont-faux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tronatic-studio.com\/en\/les-pires-cliches-sur-les-artistes-cgi-et-pourquoi-ils-sont-faux\/","title":{"rendered":"The worst clich\u00e9s about CGI artists (and why they're wrong)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Films, commercials, documentaries, video games and even Instagram reels and TikToks, CGI artists are the shadow magicians of audiovisual productions. Yet their work is often misunderstood, or even caricatured. So, in this article, we tackle the worst misconceptions about VFX artists through four hard-hitting clich\u00e9s.<\/h3>\n

Spoiler alert: no, it's not \"just a guy clicking a button to make it look pretty\".<\/h3>\n

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Clich\u00e9 no. 1: Computers do all the work!<\/span><\/h3>\n\n

C\u2019est probablement le plus courant et le plus aga\u00e7ant. Non, les ordinateurs et logiciels ne font pas tout le boulot tout seul. Ce sont des outils, pas des g\u00e9nies autonomes dou\u00e9s de conscience. Ils n\u2019ont ni sens artistique, ni go\u00fbt, ni timing, ces \u00e9l\u00e9ments si importants. C\u2019est le CG Artist qui, \u00e0 force de travail, de comp\u00e9tences techniques et de sensibilit\u00e9 artistique qu\u2019une image peu prendre vie.<\/p>\n\n

This is probably the most common and the most annoying. \"Ah but with all this software and computer power, now it's easy!\"<\/p>\n\n

Nowadays, certain software programs make it easier<\/strong>to do certain things... but you still need to know what to do, why, and how. And that's the job of the artist! Fluid simulation(discussed here<\/a>), 3D integration into a real shot or animated creature rig can't be achieved by clicking on a magic pre-set.<\/p>\n\n

A metaphor to make things clearer<\/strong>: saying that \"the computer does everything\" is like saying that the guitar plays the music.<\/p>\n\n

Clich\u00e9 no. 2: \"CGI is always ugly \/ too fake\".<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n

If you see the effects, it's often because something is wrong... But if you don't, it's because the work is well done!<\/p>\n\n

The best CGI is often invisible. A rainstorm made in 3D, a digital dubbing, an entire building added in post-prod: nobody notices, and that's proof of great quality.<\/p>\n\n

Let's look at a few examples:<\/p>\n\n