Hollywood film studios have been using computers to create special effects for years. But to make computer-generated water look real on the big screen, you have to understand some pretty complicated physics. Adam Rogers goes behind the scenes at one of the world's best visual effects companies, to show us how they cracked the code to create “perfect water” for the third Pirates of the Caribbean film.

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