A visual effect in
its most basic form, is digitally manipulated live action footage. The use of
computers to add/or remove anything that was not originally in the shot would
be a visual effect.
A visual effect is the integration of live-action footage
and generated imagery to create environments which realistic, but would be
dangerous, costly, or simply impossible to capture on film. Visual effects
using computer-generated imagery (CGI) 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. As a beginner to Visual Effects the number of software applications
and training programs available may intimidate you. When deciding what
program(s) to use and how to learn them it is important to know what your long
and short-term goals are. Are you looking to break into the visual effects
industry working on major motion pictures as part of a pipeline that includes
huge a VFX team? Are you a one man team looking to increase the production
value of your YouTube channel? Or perhaps you’re looking to just have a bit of
fun with visual effects in your free time. Visual Effects often involves
working for clients with specific needs. Although with increasingly capable and
affordable technology there has been an emergence of filmmakers that can
direct, edit, and do visual effects on there own projects. This article is
dedicated to the beginning filmmaker and/or visual effects artist interested in
understanding of the basics of what visual effects are and how they can be of
use in film making.
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