It's when the higher-ups at a studio or project (needlessly) interfere with visual-effects plans, usually well after they've been seemingly finalized. This Vulture writer talked with VFX artists about their sitch, and while there are viable solutions out there, people have to agree to them.
https://www.vulture.com/article/a-vfx-artist-on-what-its-like-working-for-marvel.html (link; watch for paywall) B Tom Wolper, to Mark Jeffries, March 26th: Now I have the phrase “so-called pixel fucking” stuck in my head and I have no idea what it means. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/0f0ac255-b3e6-4998-ac45-7f27de2d9468n%40googlegroups.com.
