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cg

1 American  
  1. centigram; centigrams.


CG 2 American  
  1. Commanding General.

  2. Digital Technology. computer-generated.

  3. Digital Technology. CGI.


c.g. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Captain of the Guard.

  2. center of gravity.

  3. Commanding General.

  4. Consul General.


C.G. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. Captain of the Guard.

  2. center of gravity.

  3. Coast Guard.

  4. Commanding General.

  5. Consul General.


cg 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. centre of gravity

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symbol

  1. centigram

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CG 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. captain general

  2. coastguard

  3. Coldstream Guards

  4. computer-generated

  5. consul general

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cg 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Republic of Congo

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cg Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of centigram


Example Sentences

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“In this particular frame, Paul wanted to go lower with the camera than the road allowed us to go. So we did a run-by with the real bus and then took all of the information and re-created a CG bus,” says Noble.

From Los Angeles Times

He is now a CG Supervisor for Sony Pictures Imageworks overseeing the creation and delivery of 3D computer-generated elements for films and TV shows.

From BBC

Creating more realistic-looking fire in CG required Cameron to apply his understanding of fuel and how it burns, including flow rates, the interaction of temperature gradients, the speed of an object that’s burning and the formation of carbon and soot.

From Los Angeles Times

“The way Oona’s performance comes through so resoundingly in the character is a tribute to a lot of R&D, a lot of development in the facial pipeline. But I think it really demonstrates how the idea of CG as a kind of digital makeup really does work. What I’m proud about in that scene is that it’s a culmination of an almost 20-year journey in terms of getting exact verisimilitude in the facial representation of the characters as an extension of the actors’ work.”

From Los Angeles Times

VFX supervisor Christian Manz says they used a mix of real animals as reference points: “Toothless might look like a black salamander/dragon, but he behaves like a cat or a panther. A lot of it was about how to ground them, become scene partners with real actors. Hopefully people don’t even think about” the dragons being CG.

From Los Angeles Times