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How Blue Screens Work

Submitted: Mar 12, 2008 - How do they make the impossible happen in movies and make it look totally real? The illusion is created by a special effects technique known as traveling matte or blue screen. This technique allows actors and scale models to find themselves in totally imaginary situations -- in space ships, dangling from rope bridges over gorges, flying through the air (a la Superman) -- and have it look…

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