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Recent Examples of photo-realism
It is designed to accommodate multiple aesthetics, including photorealism, anime, and stylized 3D. Users can maintain consistency across campaigns and format outputs for platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.
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Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Characters, though, came first, having to be modeled in cubic fashion and keyframe-animated with tactile photorealism.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 26 Apr. 2025
Rather than aiming for photorealism, everything in Minecraft, from the ground to the trees to the animals to the sun and moon themselves, is represented by large, chunky blocks.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2025
The new model, by contrast, can generate clear text, maintain a consistent protagonist over multiple images, and faithfully replicate artistic styles ranging from hand drawing to photorealism.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2025
Animation appears to be a popular way to get around the photorealism limitations.
—Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
The designers have managed to capture the predecessor's style, opting for a hyper-real aesthetic rather than going for straight photo-realism.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Characters, though, came first, having to be modeled in cubic fashion and keyframe-animated with tactile photorealism.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 26 Apr. 2025
Rather than aiming for photorealism, everything in Minecraft, from the ground to the trees to the animals to the sun and moon themselves, is represented by large, chunky blocks.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2025
The new model, by contrast, can generate clear text, maintain a consistent protagonist over multiple images, and faithfully replicate artistic styles ranging from hand drawing to photorealism.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2025
Animation appears to be a popular way to get around the photorealism limitations.
—Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
The designers have managed to capture the predecessor's style, opting for a hyper-real aesthetic rather than going for straight photo-realism.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for photo-realism
Noun
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In his career to date, the Danish-Norwegian director has often pivoted between realism and moments where irony and the surreal puncture the everyday.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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The first one takes place in a sort of magical realism.—
William Earl,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Needless to say, Zhao’s signature naturalism serves Agnes well.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
30 Aug. 2025
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Yen said she was struck by their similar artistic values through the years and by Diaz’s ability with surrealism and naturalism.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For Greengrass, this is a technique to generate even greater verisimilitude.—
Andy Hazel,
IndieWire,
8 Sep. 2025
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That should turn our attention to those strictures, rather than to questioning the verisimilitude of her melodramatic doom.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Photo-realism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/photo-realism. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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