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Visual effects

Visual effects (sometimes abbreviated as VFX) is the process by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of a live-action shot in filmmaking and video production. The integration of live-action footage and other live-action footage or computer-generated imagery (CGI) elements to create realistic imagery is called VFX.

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Visual effects

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Visual effects

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related to Sources · 49
Visual effects → Billboard Books, Cal, Chronicle Books, Clock, Compositing Digital Images, Craig Barron, Digital Compositing, Digital Storytelling, Disney Archived, Duff, Ellenshaw, Ellenshaw Under Glass, Film, Flame Studios, Focal Press, Going, Industry Standard VFX Practices, ISBN, Jeffrey, Mark Cotta Vaz
related to Techniques · 31
Visual effects → An, Analog, Animation, At, CGI, Computer, F/X, Flash, For, FX, GIF, Historically, In, It, Matte, Mechanical, Motion, Motion-capture, Optical, Other
has effect · 14
Visual effects → Animal Logic, Digital Domain, DNEG, DreamWorks, Framestore, Industrial Light, Jellyfish Pictures, Magic, Many, Moving Picture Company, Pixomondo, Reel FX Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Weta Digital
see also · 4
Visual effects → AnimationChroma, CompositingComputer-generated, Effects Society, Visual
related to Production pipeline · 3
Visual effects → Although, Visual, While

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