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How filmmakers built impossible worlds before CGI
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Before the invention of digital green screens, filmmakers relied on stunning matte paintings to generate massive sci-fi cities and endless alien canyons. Highly skilled artists painted hyper-realistic landscapes onto huge panes of glass, leaving small transparent windows where the live-action actors were seamlessly filmed to create impossible environments.
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