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by interroboink 766 days ago
I guess it depends on the definition of "heavy use." I know in Tron a few scenes were CG, and there were a few CG+live-action bits, but the majority was filmed on normal physical sets in high-contrast, then painstakingly hand-processed[1] to add the neon "glow".

[1] https://filmschoolrejects.com/tron-costumes-glowing-effect/ Thanks legions of Taiwanese animators (:
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croes 766 days ago
From your link: >The 1982 Disney movie is privy to a remarkable number of firsts: the first feature-length film to combine CGI and live-action; the first talking and moving CGI character; the first film to combine a CGI character and a live-action one; the first fully CGI backgrounds… The list goes on and on.

Sounds pretty heavy to me.

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croes 766 days ago
And the film OP mentioned Oliver & Company:

>Eleven minutes of the film used "computer-assisted imagery" such as the skyscrapers, the taxi cabs, trains, Fagin's scooter-cart, and the climactic subway chase

I think Tron wins in terms of CGI

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