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Sky and clouds The sky and clouds are part of a digital matte painting created in the computer. Just ten years ago, artists would create backgrounds like this one by painting on glass, a standard in the effect bag of tricks for eight decades. The technique is still in use; certain shots of icebergs and the ship Carpathia in "Titanic" include glass matte paintings. (back to Titanic: What's Real) Reel Timeline | 50-Foot Chicken | Wizards of Ahs | Be in Pixels Titanic: What's Real | Virtual Humans | Resources | Teacher's Guide Transcript | Site Map | Special Effects Home Editor's Picks | Previous Sites | Join Us/E-mail | TV/Web Schedule About NOVA | Teachers | Site Map | Shop | Jobs | Search | To print PBS Online | NOVA Online | WGBH © | Updated November 2000 |