optical effects
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The enhanced clarity is why VistaVision hung on longer with the makers of old-school optical effects, serving as a workhorse for the original “Star Wars” trilogy and other pictures into the 21st century.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
Go all the way around and the wizard’s curtain is pulled back to reveal a surprising array of mechanisms that create the magical optical effects out front.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024
The research has wide-reaching implications, from everyday optical effects to laboratory tests of the general theory of relativity, while giving an idea of why time has a preferred direction.
From Science Daily • Oct. 20, 2023
Though halos are not uncommon in the UK, the combination of other optical effects is more unusual.
From BBC • May 29, 2023
Examples of these are the mirage and certain optical effects employed by the magician.
From Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications by Luckiesh, Matthew
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