Chapter Nine. VFX Techniques V: Bread and Butter VFX

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Some VFX are so common and have to be done so often, they should be a requirement in every VFX artist’s skill set. Many times, as far as the jobs that bring in the bread and butter go, you will find that being well versed at these will make you the indispensable “go to” artist, a position that you always want to occupy in this competitive industry.

This chapter takes a look at two different ways you can do sky replacements (which are extremely common in movies), turning daytime scenes into nighttime, summer scenes into winter scenes, creating full-motion, high-tech 3D heads-up displays (HUD), ...

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