Compositing

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Multi-layering for moving pictures. Modern composites often use many techniques together, such as painting, retouching, rotoscoping, keying/matting, digital effects and color correction as well as multi-layering to create complex animations and ‘opticals’ for promotions, title sequences and commercials as well as in program content. Besides the creative element there are other important applications for compositing equipment such as image repair, glass painting and wire removal, especially in motion pictures.

The quality of the finished work, and therefore the equipment, can be crucial especially where seamless results are demanded. For example, adding a foreground convincingly over a background – such as placing an actor into a scene – without any telltale blue edges or other signs that the scene is composed.

See also: Digital keying, Photo-real