Editing Visual effects (section)

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'''Visual effects''' (sometimes abbreviated as '''VFX''') 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 CGI elements to create realistic imagery is called VFX.

VFX involves the integration of live-action footage (which may include in-camera special effects) and generated-imagery (digital or optics, animals 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 more recently become accessible to the independent filmmaker with the introduction of affordable and relatively easy-to-use [[animation]] and [[compositing]] software.