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Computer graphics often just remove unwanted shadows

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While everyone complains about terrible digital explosions, massive rendering budgets are primarily spent on invisible fixes. Hundreds of graphic artists spend months painstakingly erasing boom mics and unwanted reflections from glossy surfaces.

Computer graphics often just remove unwanted shadows
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