Visual eects

In lmmaking, visual eects (abbreviated VFX) are the

processes by which imagery is created and/or manipulated outside the context of a live action shot. Visual
eects involve the integration of live-action footage and
generated imagery to create environments which look
realistic, but would be dangerous, expensive, impractical, or simply impossible to capture on lm. Visual effects using computer generated imagery has recently become accessible to the independent lmmaker with the
introduction of aordable and easy-to-use animation and
compositing software.

tegration of still photography and computer generated imagery (CGI) in order to create environments
which look realistic, but would be dangerous, costly,
or simply impossible to capture in camera. FX is
usually associated with the still photography world
in contrast to visual eects which is associated with
motion lm production.

3 Types
VFX can be categorized into:

Timing

Compositing

Visual eects are often integral to a movies story and

appeal. Although most visual eects work is completed during post-production, it usually must be carefully planned and choreographed in pre-production and
production. Visual eects primarily executed in PostProduction, with the use of multiple tools and technologies such as graphic design, modeling, animation and similar software, while special eects such as explosions and
car chases are made on set. A visual eects supervisor is
usually involved with the production from an early stage
to work closely with production and the lms director
design, guide and lead the teams required to achieve the
desired eects.

Matte painting
Animation
Lighting
Texture
Rigging

4 See also
Animation
Match moving

Categories

Bluescreen/greenscreen
Visual eects may be divided into at least four categories:

Compositing

Matte paintings and stills: digital or traditional

paintings or photographs which serve as background
plates for keyed or rotoscoped elements.

Computer-generated imagery

Live-action eects: keying actors or models through

bluescreening and greenscreening.

Matte painting

Front projection eect

Physical eects, another category of special eects

Digital animation: modeling, computer graphics lighting, texturing, rigging, animating, and
rendering computer-generated 3D characters, particle eects, digital sets, backgrounds.

Optics#Visual eects
Rear projection eect
Special eects

Digital eects (commonly shortened to digital FX

or FX) are the various processes by which imagery
is created and/or manipulated with or from photographic assets. Digital eects often involve the in-

VFX Creative Director

Visual Eects Society
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Further reading
The VES Handbook of Visual Eects: Industry
Standard VFX Practices and Procedures, Jerey A.
Okun & Susan Zwerman, Publisher: Focal Press
2010
T. Porter and T. Du, Compositing Digital Images, Proceedings of SIGGRAPH '84, 18 (1984).
The Art and Science of Digital Compositing (ISBN
0-12-133960-2)
McClean, Shilo T. (2007). Digital Storytelling: The
Narrative Power of Visual Eects in Film. The MIT
Press. ISBN 0-262-13465-9.
Mark Cotta Vaz; Craig Barron: The Invisible Art:
The Legends of Movie Matte Painting. San Francisco, Cal.: Chronicle Books, 2002; ISBN 0-81183136-1
Peter Ellenshaw; Ellenshaw Under Glass - Going to
the Matte for Disney
Richard Rickitt: Special Eects: The History and
Technique. Billboard Books; 2nd edition, 2007;
ISBN 0-8230-8408-6.
Patel, Mayur (2009). The Digital Visual Eects Studio: The Artists and Their Work Revealed. ISBN
1-4486-6547-7.

External links
Take Five Minutes to Watch 100 Years of Visual
Eects by Rosa Golijan - Gizmodo.com - August
27, 2009

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