Digital Compositing for Film and Video, Second Edition

by Steve Wright

Paperback, 2006

Status

Checked out
Due 2023-02-17

Call number

FILM / Direction & Production

Description

"Written by senior compositor, technical director and master trainer Steve Wright, this book condenses years of production experience into an easy-to-read and highly-informative guide suitable for both working and aspiring visual effects artists. This expanded and updated edition of Digital Compositing for Film and Video addresses the problems and difficult choices that professional compositors face on a daily basis with an elegant blend of theory, practical production techniques and workflows. It is written to be software-agnostic, so it is applicable to any brand of software. This edition features many step-by-step workflows, powerful new keying techniques and updates on the latest tech in the visual effects industry.Workflow examples for:Grain ManagementLens Distortion ManagementMerging CGI Render PassesBlending Multiple KeysPhotorealistic Color CorrectionRotoscopingProduction Techniques for:Keying Difficult GreenscreensReplicating Optical Lens EffectsAdvanced Spill SuppressionFixing Discoloured EdgesAdding Interactive LightingManaging Motion BlurWith brand new information on:Working in LinearACES Color ManagementLight Field CinematographyPlanar TrackingCreating Color Difference KeysPremultiply vs. UnpremultiplyDeep CompositingVR Stitching3D Compositing from 2D ImagesHow Color Correction Ops Affect ImagesColor SpacesRetiming ClipsWorking with Digital Cinema ImagesOpenColorIOA companion website offers images from the examples discussed in the book allowing readers to experiment with the material first-hand."--Provided by publisher.… (more)

Barcode

3904

Collection

Physical description

472 p.; 7.75 inches

ISBN

024080760X / 9780240807607

Publication

Focal Press (2006), Edition: 2, 472 pages

Language

Additional Information

Focal Press Visual Effects and Animation

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