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Visual effects may be divided into at least four categories:

• Models: miniature sets and models, animatronics
  
• Matte paintings and stills: digital or traditional paintings or photographs which serve as background plates for keyed or rotoscoped elements
  
• Live-action effects: keying actors or models through bluescreening and greenscreening
  
• Digital animation: modeling, computer graphics lighting, texturing, rigging, animating, and rendering computer generated 3D characters, particle effects, digital sets, backgrounds, etc..