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visual effects

visual effects noun: the totality of techniques in filmmaking and video production by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of live-action shots.

Noun

visual effects pl (normally plural, singular visual effect)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) The totality of techniques in filmmaking and video production by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of live-action shots.
    Synonyms:
    VFX

Synonyms of visual effects

Forms of visual effects

singularvisual effect

Questions about visual effects

What does visual effects mean?
Visual effects means the totality of techniques in filmmaking and video production by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of live-action shots.
What part of speech is visual effects?
Visual effects is a noun.

Words near visual effects in the dictionary

  1. visual dictionaries
  2. visual dictionary
  3. visual display unit
  4. visual display units
  5. visual effect
  6. visual effects
  7. visual field
  8. visual fields
  9. visual hole
  10. visual holes
  11. visual kei

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