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Tackling digital effects such as colourisation, time-ramping, compositing and photo-realistic rendering, this monograph explores how the growing use of these post-photographic procedures shapes our relationship with the image and the world that the image represents. At stake is the ability to critically engage with the digital techniques that mediate perceptions of reality. Through a series of case-studies the book connects the dominant techniques of hybridisation with emergent ways of being in our increasingly hybrid physical-digital world. Pointing at the relationship between mainstream visual culture and the manifold imperatives of digital technology and digital culture, Hybrid Images and the Vanishing Point of Digital Visual Effects highlights how a handful of digital visual effects are coming to shape the way we live. List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: ‘It’s a Dinosaur’ Approaches to Hybrid Images Approaches to Digital Media The Vanishing Point of Digital Visual Effects Conclusion The Colourised Archive Contexts and Theoretical Background Analysing They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) Conclusion Hybrid Spaces, Digital Compositing and Holograms Contexts and Theoretical Background Acclimatising to Hybrid Spaces in Altered Carbon (2018–20) Interactive Holograms Counter-readings of Hybrid Spaces Conclusion The Hybrid Temporal Object Background and Theoretical Contexts The Constituent Parts of the Oner The Operative Content of Continuity Conclusion Computer-Animation and Material Culture Background and Theoretical Contexts Skeuomorphs, Toy Story (1996–2019), Luxo World Special Affect and The LEGO Movie (2014) Conclusion Conclusion References Index