Vitaliano Fratto CGI

27/03/2026

• Nostalgia | Indelible memories (CGI + AI shortfilm)

What is a memory? Something you cannot see or hear, and yet it exists.

In this personal project, dedicated to my maternal grandmother, I have tried to tell the story of the moments imprinted in my childhood memory and her objects within them through a combination of traditional CGI workflows and AI tools.

For me, the world of CGI is not merely about describing a space but the attempt to narrate it, to evoke emotions.

Technique is only the means, not the final goal.

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Che cos'è un ricordo? Un qualcosa che non vedi, non senti, eppure esiste.

Il questo 3D short film, dedicato a mia nonna materna, ho provato a raccontare i ricordi ed i suoi oggetti impressi nella mia memoria d'infanzia, attraverso un workflow combinato tra CGI tradizionale e strumenti AI.

Il mondo del CGI non è per me soltanto uno strumento per descrivere uno spazio ma soprattutto per provare a raccontarlo, provare a suscitare emozioni.

La tecnica è soltanto il mezzo, non lo scopo finale.

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Modeling: 3DS max
Rendering: Corona
CGI to Animation: Kling AI
AI Generated music: Suno AI
Post-production: Photoshop/Adobe After Effect
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Full HD: youtube.com/

02/08/2025

• Nostalgia | Indelible memories
(Pt. 1)

Some memories, be they of special moments or people we hold dear, are so vivid they are imprinted on our minds like indelible images, cherished deep within us.

Memories that carry the scent of Grandma, who had just picked fresh fruit from her own patch of land for her grandchildren: oranges, lemons, mandarins.

Memories of suspended moments when you, Grandma, were looking out from your window at your neighbourhood friends, the so-called "commare", sitting outside on their little chairs, just like the one you had under your window.

Certain bits and bobs in your home stayed with you throughout your life and, even now, they still speak of you: the pictures of food on the wall, the old mortar and pestle, your eyeglasses.

These are vivid images, imprinted on the heart, because no one is truly lost as long as their memory is kept alive.

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Alcuni ricordi, di momenti speciali o delle persone a noi care, sono talmente forti da rimanere impressi nella nostra mente quasi come fossero immagini indelebili, custodite dentro di noi.

Ricordi che profumano di nonna che ha appena raccolto, dalla propria campagna, la frutta fresca per i propri nipoti: arance, limoni, mandarini.

Ricordi di momenti sospesi, nei quali tu, nonna, guardavi dalla finestra le tue amiche di quartiere, le cosiddette "commare", sedute fuori sulla propria sediolina, così come quella che tenevi sotto la finestra.

Alcuni oggetti di casa tua ti hanno accompagnato per la vita e, oggi, sanno ancora di te: I quadri appesi, l'antico mortaio, i tuoi occhiali.

Immagini vivide ed impresse nel cuore, perchè nessuno si perde davvero fin tanto che se ne custodisce memoria.

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Modeling: 3DS max
Rendering: Corona renderer
Post-production: Photoshop
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08/12/2024

• Charm | Lights and shapes

It's a true privilege to had the opportunity to express my personal creativity through the refined Banda Interior Design of this project.

My approach, in this CGI exercise, was to seek a meeting point between the description of an architectural space, its interior design and the story of the space itself, i.e. storytelling.

The result, tries to go in the direction of a photographic approach, inspired by the beautiful photos of photographer Michael Sinclair, in which light and composition travel in unison, trying to elevate the emotional sensation in experiencing that specific refined space.

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Modelling: 3DS Max
Rendering: Corona renderer
Post-production: Photoshop
Interior design: Banda property
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No AI involved.

01/06/2024

• Details | Final image

24/02/2024

• Right feeling - Away from the city (Sound ON)

A simple and essential place, for the well-being of body and soul, in which the human being rediscovers himself as an individual and no longer as a mere cog.

A place where time flows naturally. You don't experience the "speeding up" of time but follow its constant flow, in physical and figurative contrast to the frenzy of the city, on the opposite bank of the river.

This is the scenario that I imagined and tried to represent in 3D (Full CG), with the sound of the sea and the seagulls, which reinforce this sensation in a deeper way.

What is your feeling?

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Un luogo semplice ed essenziale, per il benessere del corpo e dell'anima, in cui l'essere umano si riscopre come individuo e non più come mero ingranaggio.

Un luogo in cui il tempo scorre in modo naturale. Non si vive la "velocizzazione" del tempo ma si segue il suo flusso costante, in contrapposizione fisica e figurativa alla frenesia della città, sulla sponda opposta del fiume.

Questo è lo scenario che ho immaginato e cercato di rappresentare in 3D (Full CG), con il suono del mare e dei gabbiani, che rafforzano questa sensazione in modo più profondo.

Quali sensazioni suscita in te?

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Modeling: 3DS max
Rendering: Corona
Post-production: After Effect
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Full HD: youtube.com/

03/01/2024

• London Life - Cinemagraph sequences of my personal short film (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEaykO9bPD0).

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Software: 3DS max + Corona
Rain drops simulation: tyFlow
Trees animation: GrowFX
Smoke - Liquid simulation: PhoenixFD
3D people animation: AXYZ Anima
Narrator voice: Voice.ai
Post-production: After Effect
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Full HD: youtube.com/

27/12/2023

• Suspended Time - Shad Thames

"Suspended Time - Shad Thames" is the 6th of 6 cinemagraphs that compose the short film "London Life" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEaykO9bPD0).

In this shot I wanted to represent one of the lesser-known but equally very particular neighborhoods of the city of London: Shad Thames. A historic riverside street near Tower Bridge which, in the 19th century, was London's largest warehouse complex.

With the exception of the road posts and the person, everything else has been modeled in 3D from scratch and the smoke coming out of the chimneys has been generated with PhoenixFD.

The still image of this shot was selected first place at the International Archiviz Contest 2023, organized by and .2023 and in partnership with the Transilvanial Architectural Biennial 2023 (https://www.instagram.com/p/CzO3XZTsvfj/?img_index=1).

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Software: 3DS max + Corona
Smoke: PhoenixFD
Post-production: After Effect
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Full HD: youtube.com/

16/12/2023

• Take a break - The afternoon tea

"Take a break - The Afternoon tea" is the 5th of 6 cinemagraphs that compose the short film "London Life" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEaykO9bPD0).

This cinemagraph aims to represent the famous English afternoon tea experience which is also a moment of break, pause and relaxation.

From a technical point of view, the motion of the teapot is created by a path constrain along a spline and the smoke and liquid generated have been simulated with PhoenixFD. The ambient sounds try to involve the observer more in the experience.

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Software: 3DS max + Corona
Smoke - Liquid simulation: PhoenixFD
Post-production: After Effect
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Full HD: youtube.com/

13/12/2023

🎄 Thank you D2 Conferences, Fabio Palvelli and bergeron for this fantastic experience.

Isabella and I hope that our 3D passion and experience we shared tonight can contribute to help people's 3D artistic inspiration.

It's again that time of the year!!!
Join us on the 13-14-15 of December for this free online event together with our friends .imagemaker .artist and .scrima and let us celebrate this holiday season together ❤️

10/12/2023

• Peaceful - St. James Park

"Peaceful - St. James Park" is the 4th of 6 cinemagraphs that compose the short film "London Life" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEaykO9bPD0).

In opposition to the fast-paced side, this cinemagraph aims to represent one of the natural and romantic scenarios of the city of London, such as St. James Park, near to the iconic London Eye.

Technically, all the trees and plants in the scene have been animated with GrowFX and the lake is animated with the PhoenixOceanTex map.

A special mention goes to Isabella Scrima to whom this cinemagraph is dedicated. London parks, surronded by their ambient sounds, are places that help us to regenerate our body and mind.

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Software: 3DS max + Corona
Trees animation: GrowFX
Post-production: After Effect
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Full HD: youtube.com/

03/12/2023

• Mind the gap - Piccadilly line

"Mind the gap - Piccadilly line" is the 3rd of 6 cinemagraphs that compose the short film "London Life" (https://lnkd.in/eAgSfznQ).

This cinemagraph tries to draw attention to the daily frenzy that constantly, directly or indirectly, affects our life to the point that we are no longer able to have "empty spaces" and to stop completely.

From a technical point of view, the movement of the tube is animated with a path constrain on
a spline managed in detail into the 3DS Max curve editor. The people IN/OUT of the tube are animated using Axyz Anima, while those already inside the tube are 4D people linked to the same spline path of the tube.

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Software: 3DS max + Corona
3D people animation: AXYZ Anima
Post-production: After Effect
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Full HD: https://lnkd.in/eHFbXWZq

01/12/2023

• Red Flows - Stratfort bus station

"Red Flows - Stratford Bus station" is the 2nd of 6 cinemagraphs that compose my short film "London Life" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEaykO9bPD0).

The artistic purpose in this cinemagraph was to represent the iconic London's red buses characterize the city with their "red flows" and, the addition of ambient sounds, complete that urban feeling.

From a technical point of view,
I used tyFlow to simulate the raindrops along the window and animated the buses movement using a path constrain on a spline.

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Software: 3DS max + Corona
Rain drops simulation: tyFlow
Post-production: After Effect
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Full HD: youtube.com/