Starting with VFX

➽what is VFX

Visual effects (abbreviated VFX) is the process by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of a live action shot in film making. Visual effects involve the integration of live-action footage (special effects) and generated imagery (digital effects and/or optical effects) to create environments, inanimate objects, animals and/or creatures which look realistic, but would be dangerous, expensive, impractical, time consuming or impossible to capture on film. Visual effects using computer-generated imagery (CGI) have recently become accessible to the independent filmmaker with the introduction of affordable and easy-to-use animation and compositing software.

➽How VFX Begins

The first animation films can be traced back to the early 1900s which featured characters from the popular comic strips of the time. These films made use of the single frame method which involved images projected at a high volume of frames per second. Gertie the Dinosaur created by sketch artist Winsor McCay in 1914 is believed to be the first successful animation short film.

➽NEW ERA OF VFX