The Real Fake Cameras Of Toy Story 4

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[thatsruffdog]

“Do you really think we need to put in all this effort into a split diopter scene? I mean no body would notice it.”
“One person will notice it.”

[Kompatainment]

*Incredibles 2:* Look at these arm hairs. You can't get more realistic than that!

*Toy Story 4:* Hold my virtual camera lens...

[Black.Red]

“I just love that this is my job”

We love that it’s yours too!

[bigdickbee]

4:00 I can’t get over how realistic that cat looks, when I saw the movie at first I thought they recorded a real life cat!

[TB]

"God I hate CG it's so sterile and fake, its nowhere near as detailed as 2D animation."


Pixar- hold my dioptor shot

[deoplo]

"Come down to Pixar and get some real fake lenses!"

[ericellerbrock]

This goes back to the bloopers of “a bugs life”
Where a grasshopper hits the camera and breaks it

[ontheinternetnooneknowsyou]

As Plinkett would say “You didn’t notice, but your brain did”

[that_one_cookie]

Basically, Toy story 4 is the most detailed animated movie of 2019 and most probably the whole decade

[TheGoncas]

Pixar Artists: Hey we're using Computer Generated Images, we're not restricted by real life physics, we can do anything!
Patrick Lin: Nah, let's just copy camera lenses from real life.

[valiant]

"real fake cameras"
These are confusing times.

[NK]

Since when did animation got so calming and aesthetically beautiful

[mae-benotanartist]

Tbh I couldn't even focus on the story when I watched this movie because I was so overwhelmed by the graphics and how realistic everything is. And now knowing this, it just made me appreciate the movie even more

[happynaturalist]

My gods, they used different lenses to define the characters’ viewpoints and personalities WITHIN the same scenes!!!

[varthalgamekiin]

From an engineering standpoint, that fair ground is astounding. They literally created a fully functional, fully detailed, fully living fair ground down to every motor in every ride, every blade of grass on the field and down to every single person seen or unseen in the entire area. Or, to put it another way, THEY LITERALLY MADE A REALITY! I cannot WAIT for VR movies. Where it has the story going on, but you can look around too.

[onegirl]

lmao thought he was gonna say they animated the reflection of a camera in the character's eyes

[julialee]

I just noticed that this video is 6 minutes. I cant express enough how much I appreciate and am amazed by your ability to remain rich yet concise!

[manuelespinosa]

Or the toys are alive and they actually recorded them

[margaretkopretina]

I thought this was gonna be about her eyes having a reflection of a camera lol

[LeanEre]

Everyone: "Animation is just animating things"

Pixar: "Hold my RenderMan"