A fun discussion on Flickr pointed me to this site that contains a quiz where you guess images as “fake” or “photo”?

The site is sponsored by Alias, they have been the king of 3D graphics for many years now. I remember visiting my friend at Alias/Wavefront’s offices in Santa Barbara (back when they were a division of SGI) and seeing all the movies posters up on the walls there—each one had parts that were rendered with their software.

If you take the quiz and get a 10/10, there is a 4 question bonus round.

I managed to “ace” both, but I had to game the system.

Instead of using a standard “Does that look fake or real?” I tried a more “anti-computer/pro-stock photography” strategy. I also figured a 50/50 split between CG and “real.”

It kind of makes me feel all dirty.