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* ''HowIBecameYours''

* ''RurouniKenshin'' (the anime, [[GeckoEnding not the manga]]) often had video of real locations blended into the background. The animators were ''extremely'' good at it; it's not until the ''horrendous'' filler arc that got the show cancelled that it became noticeable. In fact, if you see water in this series, it's almost sure to be the real thing, not animated. And you might never notice it.

* Many of the 11-minute AdultSwim comedies ''blatantly'' use this, especially the [[strike:cheaper]] ''cruder'' ones. Such common "offenders" are ''AquaTeenHungerForce'' and ''TomGoesToTheMayor'' (although both use it for the StylisticSuck).

* MSPaintAdventures uses black-and-white (usually pixellated) photos for most background objects. It's used for comic effect since the photo detail contrasts so highly with the stickfigure-esque characters.
* EverydayHeroes does this occasionally. The last panel of [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=138013 this comic]] is one example.

* The latest episode of Webcomic/TheFan started using photos for occasional outdoor backgrounds. The pictures are taken by the author himself, of more or less the actual locations where the scene is supposed to take place.

* SitDownShutUp

** This Troper saw the whole series and never did!

* ''[[MahouTsukaiNiTaisetsuNaKotoNatsuNoSora Mahou Tsukai Ni Taisetsu Na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~]]'' has backgrounds which suspiciously look like photos that had been traced and colored to let them blend in with the animation. Many locations from Biei, Tokyo and Kamakura are clearly recognizable.

* ''[[MahouTsukaiNiTaisetsuNaKotoNatsuNoSora Mahou Tsukai Ni Taisetsu Na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~]]'' has backgrounds which suspiciously look like photos, that were later traced and colored to let them blend in with the animation. Many locations from Biei, Tokyo and Kamakura are clearly recognizable.

* ''[[MahouTsukaiNiTaisetsuNaKotoNatsuNoSora Mahou Tsukai Ni Taisetsu Na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~]]'' has backgrounds which suspiciously look like photos, that were later traced and colored to let them blend in with the animation.

* Many of the 11-minute AdultSwim comedies ''blatantly'' use this, especially the [[strike:cheaper]] ''cruder'' ones. Such common "offenders" are ''AquaTeenHungerForce'' and ''TomGoesToTheMayor'' (although for the latter it was part of the series' StylisticSuck).

* ''IrregularWebcomic'', a Lego comic, uses photo backgrounds when Lego isn't enough.[[hottip:*:To be pedantic, I very rarely use Google Image Search for this. Most of the photos are ones I've taken myself, and when I can't adapt one of those, I find a public domain, Creative Commons, or royalty-free stock image. I don't use copyrighted images or images of unknown copyright status. - {{Dmmaus}}]]

A common shortcut that {{Webcomic}} creators use is to collect pictures from [[http://images.google.com/ Google Image Search]] and use them as the background of a frame (or a portion thereof). These images are usually run through a filter (almost always some type of blur) on Photoshop, either to lessen focus or to make the image more congruent with the comic's art style. This is often utilized for complex designs (book and video game covers are common examples), but can be seen as a sign of laziness if the artist comes to depend on it.

Not to be confused with a PhotoComic, which uses photographs as the art instead of an embellishment.

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