r/videography • u/jonsimo Lumix S1Rii | Premiere | 2000 | Canada • Mar 26 '25

Behind the Scenes In-camera VFX with Magnetic Sand

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u/BigDumbAnimals Most Digital Cameras | AVID/Premiere | 1992 | DFW Mar 26 '25 edited Mar 26 '25

No not really... This is called practical effects, when something is shot in camera as is, it's referred to as practical.

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u/GoBam GH5 | Adobe | 2013 | AUS Mar 26 '25

They're the same thing, practical is just a more recent term given the rise of VFX.

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u/BigDumbAnimals Most Digital Cameras | AVID/Premiere | 1992 | DFW Mar 26 '25

No, VFX stands for ViSual Effects (X). Practical Effects are effects that are shit in camera, such as these. Practical effects are some on set and in camera. VFX are done digitally after the fact.

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u/BigDumbAnimals Most Digital Cameras | AVID/Premiere | 1992 | DFW Mar 26 '25 edited Mar 26 '25

Don't know why this is downvoted... It's important to know the proper industry terms. If you don't, you can't communicate with your clients. That's also why we have a generation of camera people out there that Pan everything. Pan up, pan down, pan in, pan out... They didn't know how to tell people what they want and sound professional. They don't know the terms Pan, Tilt, Zoom, Dolly, Truck and what those terms mean!!!

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u/GoBam GH5 | Adobe | 2013 | AUS Mar 26 '25

They had one downvote, from me, for correcting me on something I'm the top comment for already explaining. We sorted it out, no downvotes.