you kow, related to this -- I mean, the fact that we taught the computer how to
paint for us and it is much better than we ever could but also much slower --
I've been very, very shocked to realize one of these days that much of what we
think as 3D imagery in highend CG in the movies these days are actually
hand-drawn in photoshop or whatever rather than 3D rendered.

Don't believe me?
http://www.dylancolestudio.com/index2.html
http://www.maxdennison.com/Matte_Painting/MattePainting_index1.html

I guess 3D rendered stuff is much too heavy, so they leave it to 3D characters
and crowds.  And yes, there's matte painting (though probably rendered still
backdrops) even in 100% 3D animations...

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