1. CGI - Noun
2. CGI - Verb
3. CGI - Proper noun
CGI (uncountable)
(visual effects, animation) Initialism of Computer-Generated Imagery.
Synonym: CG
CGI
(Internet, networking) Initialism of Common Gateway Interface.
Hyponyms: CGI.pm, FastCGI, SCGI
CGI (third-person singular simple present CGIs, present participle CGIing, simple past and past participle CGIed or CGI'd)
(transitive, informal) To create visuals using computer-generated imagery; to apply visual effects.
When a Transformer turns into a car, do you think it's a real car or was it also CGIed?
Actually I think CGI has the potential to equal or even surpass what the human hand can do. Hayao Miyazaki
The quality of CGI, audiences are now so used to it. They don't know what is CGI and what is real. Jan de Bont
It's been about 15 years, and I've never really worked seriously in CGI and I thought that here was an opportunity to do the kinds of things that I was not able to do on Ghostbusters. Ivan Reitman
I would estimate that the number of programs it breaks in the world will be less than 10. As long as one of those 10 isn't CGI. pm, we're probably okay. Larry Wall
When I first read 'Lord of the Rings,' I wanted to see a film of it. But at that time, the technology wasn't there; there was no such thing as CGI. Christopher Lee
Comic-book pages are vertical, and movie screens are relentlessly horizontal. But it's all the same form. We use different tools, but we get the job done. I'm completely in love with CGI. It's great for conveying a cartoonist's sense of reality. Frank Miller