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Everything about Visual effects
Various processes by which imagery is created
Visual effects 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. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Visual effectsA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Visual and non-visual effects of integrated lighting based on spectral informationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The foley grailThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Repetition effects in visual searchCited 203 times
- Go sideways: Special effectA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Matte (filmmaking)A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The totality of techniques in filmmaking and video production by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of live-action shots.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Repetition effects in visual search
Recency Effects in Visual Memory
Visual Context Effects in Web Surveys
Visual processing speed: effects of auditory input on visual processing
Intentional binding of visual effects
Similarity effects in visual working memory
Visual similarity effects on masked priming
Visual Effects Accompanying TEPPInduced Miosis
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
The foley grailVanessa Theme Ament · 2009
Designing Sound for AnimationRobin Beauchamp · 2005
The Grip BookMichael Uva · 2006
The Big Book of DashboardsSteve Wexler, Jeffrey Shaffer · 2017
Color & Human ResponseFaber Birren · 1978
G Protein Signaling Mechanisms in the RetinaKirill A. Martemyanov, Alapakkam P. Sampath · 2014
Mapping ExperiencesJames Kalbach · 2016- 📕Multimodal perception and multicriterion control of nested systemsGary Edward Riccio · 1997
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