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It was the 1993 film ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'', in which dinosaurs created with CGI were seamlessly integrated into live action scenes, that revolutionized the movie industry. It marked Hollywood’s transition from [[stop-motion animation]] and conventional optical effects to digital techniques. The following year, CGI was used to create the special effects for ''[[Forrest Gump (film)|Forrest Gump]]''. The most noteworthy effects shots were those that featured the digital removal of actor [[Gary Sinise]]'s legs. Other effects included a [[napalm]] strike, the fast-moving [[Ping-Pong]] balls, and the digital insertion of [[Tom Hanks]] into several scenes of historical footage.

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2D CGI increasingly appeared in [[traditional animation|traditionally animated]] films, where it supplemented the use of hand-illustrated cels. Its uses ranged from digital [[tweening]] motion between frames, to eye-catching quasi-3D effects, such as the ballroom scene in ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]''.

In 1993, ''[[Babylon 5]]'' became the first television series to use CGI as the primary method for its visual effects (rather than using hand-built models). It also marked the first TV use of virtual sets. That same year, ''[[Insektors]]'' became the first full-length completely computer animated TV series<ref>Created in 1993. ''2nd Prize for the category 3D Animation Imagina'' in 1993 for the episode "''Some Flowers for Bakrakra''" [http://www.awn.com/fantome/english/fr_prix.htm]</ref>. Soon after, in 1994, the hit Canadian show [[ReBoot]] was aired.