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Originally Posted by jayswin
A question for CGI experts? This show had one of the higher budgets I've seen for a TV series in a long time, they clearly went all out. The buildings that are actually in Calgary look great on screen, but there is a CLEAR difference in the buildings that weren't there. I mean they look almost like an art painter came in and literally just painted them in.
It's so bizarre how bad the non real buildings look. Is that really the best CGI can do in 2023 with a high budget?
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A lot of that is probably exactly what you describe. They aren't CG as in they modelled all the skyscrapers from Boston in 3D and ran costly rendering passes on them. They are most likely cut and pasted pieces of digital photos of Boston buildings which then have digital paintings over top of the originals which act as a reference point for lighting and shadows.