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Visual effects (vfx) is the term given to a sub-category of special effects in which images or film frames are created or manipulated for film and video. Visual effects usually involve the integration of live-action footage with computer generated imagery or other elements (such as pyrotechnics or model work) in order to create environments or scenarios which look realistic, but would be dangerous, costly, or simply impossible to capture on film. They have become increasingly common in big-budget films, and have also recently become accessible to the amateur filmmaker with the introduction of affordable animation and compositing software.
Timing
Visual effects are frequently integral to a movie's story and appeal. Although most visual-effects work is completed during post-production, it usually must be carefully planned and choreographed in pre-production and production.
Categories
Visual effects may be divided into at least four categories:
- Models: miniature sets and models, animatronics
- Matte paintings and stills: digital or traditional paintings or photographs which serve as background plates for keyed or rotoscoped elements
- Live-action effects: keying actors or models through bluescreening and greenscreening
- Digital animation: modelling, lighting, texturing, rigging, animating, and rendering computer generated 3D characters, particle effects, digital sets, backgrounds, etc..
Visual Effects :: Post Production
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Avid Technology - Provides information on all-digital solutions for capturing, creating, editing and distributing digital media. Avid products are used to produce films, television programs, special effects, broadcast news, and audio recordings.
Meta Description: [ Trust Avid for your media storage, film and video editing, and audio production needs. ]
Hammerhead Productions Software - Creators of ras_trak 3D camera tracking software and roto motion-blurred rotoscoping software.
Impulse Inc. - Developers of the Illusion digital special effects package for professional or amateur animators, web designers, video producers and artists. Windows 95/98.
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Meta Description: [ motion capture systems ]
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Pixar - Renderman - Information on the toolkit, software packages, pricing and compatible products.
Meta Description: [ Visit www.pixar.com for the latest news and developments about feature animated films and shorts and products from Pixar Animation Stuidos. ]
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Seizmic Limited - Corkscrew expands on the file formats supported by Quantel O.P.E.N. networks, adding multiple bit depth Tiff and Targa. Provides an image format converter plus a file transfer manager in one seamless package.
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Vizrt - Viz-fx enables VFX productions composites of CGI and film on location in real-time, and provides post production with both camera and event animation data.
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