Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trends in special effects are always changing, and ever since the jaw-dropping effects of Jurassic Park and Terminator 2, computer ...

When Star Wars was awarded the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1978 it marked the first time the visual component of effects was differentiated from sound. Yet, even in this moment when ...

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NOVA: What does a visual effects supervisor do? EP: I'm in charge of the visual effects. That's normally computer animation, computer effects, compositing, blue screen photography and miniatures. So ...