Andrew Jackson reflects on creating the Manhattan Project’s Trinity Test, for which he says no CG was involved.

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    Practical effects age better. Compare The TRex in Jurassic Park vs any of the effects George Lucas added to Star Wars. Even with 5 more years of computer advancement the TRex looks great today and the special editions look like bantha dung.

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      The CGI that removed cars in the background will still have removed cars in the background and you wouldn’t have noticed.

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          Removal is additive.

          They have to add stuff to where the cars are. If they only removed the car there would be a blank spot where the car was.

          You won’t believe how much is invisibly added digitally in seemingly simple movies these days.

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      Jurassic Park’s T-Rex also used CGI. This video explains a little. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4UuQxjFpfU Good CGI is wonderful as are good practical effects. A great team working together from the start so results look believable is key. Bad CGI often comes from not preparing scenes ahead of time to include it.

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      Indeed compare the original Star Wars 3 films compared to episodes 1, 2, 3.

      The practical effects are much more seamless