ACTUAL MODEL vs CGI

Star Trek Deep Space 9's actual USS Enterprise model side by side with CBS Digitals computer generated USS Enterprise.

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• remastered
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• comparison

[tomahaker22]

BOTH left and right are CGI models - the left ship was made at the time when DS9 has gone CGI, too. Remember that the "plastic" model (used in TOS) was extremely bright on the screen. Remastered can be thought of "best of both worlds", neither too bright nor too dark - you can clearly see "NCC-1701" on the hull.

[SpockBoy]

@tomahaker22

Actually dude I made this video and the "model" on the left was built by Greg Jein for the Deep Space Nine episode Trials and Tribble-ations along with the Klingon and K7 Space Station "models" : )

[SpockBoy]

Okay guys I actually made this video.

The one on the left is the 5.5 foot miniature built by Greg Jein for the DS9 episode "TRIALS AND TRIBBLE-ATIONS" the one on the right is CBS Digital's "cartoony" CGI model.

:)

[Okamidachisan]

Hey, I like both the original and the cgi versions. Either way...ST TOS will ALWAYS LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!

[trekeee]

the model looks better

[VWVVWVVWV]

Models will always look better than CGI. Was that the model shot from Trials & Tribbleations?

[happygamestvfun1]

@dwilmer7 omfg same!

[trekgeek1]

The lighting and shadows are better on the real model. However, this can be fixed with more attention to lighting and shadows in the CGI, especially with new technology.

[Pygar2]

The larger something is, the deeper and darker the shadows it casts on itself. The larger, also, are the highlights. That is why an action figure never looks like a real person- it simply has nothing of size to it to block light. There are hobbyists who paint in the proper shadows and highlights on military figures; images of them can be strikingly realistic. Something a thousand feet long should be casting shadows a lot more like the physical model than the CGI one. Contrasty lighting helps.

[dwilmer7]

I like cheeseburgers.

[balrog13571]

The model just has that more spacey, realistic, and other-worldly feel to me. The CGI one just looks like a video game or cartoon

[Usul573]

I do have to say, sometimes models look like toys that don't portray the dynamic feeling of something massive moving around space sometimes.

They're usually fine though if done well.

[eggkookoo]

@ishouldplayzelda Not really. A 6' model is not "reality" when it's trying to portray a 1000' starship. You can't get all the details in a 6' model that you'd see on a 1000' starship, so it doesn't look quite real.

Well-done CGI, on the other hand, can have that level of detail. The best CGI will look better than the best models, unless you're actually building 1000' models for your movies.