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Book SynopsisPut the essential concepts and techniques of digital compositing to work for you without the need of a single mathematical equation. Compositing Visual Effects is lavishly illustrated with hundreds of film shots, figures, illustrations, and diagrams to help the visual reader gain a valuable vocabulary and understanding of the full range of visual effects, in which digital compositing plays a key role.
Beginning with an inspirational tour of the scope and magnitude of digital compositing, you get a solid overview of the kinds of digital effects routinely executed today. See how CGI is composited with live action, how set extensions are done, and what a match-move shot is. Following that you learn each of the key applications of digital compositing, which include bluescreen compositing, bullet-time shots, motion tracking, and rotoscoping. The subsequent chapters dig down into each of the major digital compositing applications, introducing the fundamental concepts, and processes
Trade Review
".Wright leads the reader through the entire process and techniques used to create blockbuster effects, but makes the journey easy for the layperson. This is a MUST-HAVE book for anyone who wants to know the magic that digital compositing is."
- Jeffery Jasper, VFX Compositor, New Deal Studio (The Good Shepherd, X-Men 3, Pirates of the Caribbean 3)
Table of ContentsIntroduction, Acknowledgements, Chapter 1 Visual Effects Today, Chapter 2 Digital Images, Chapter 3 Compositing CGI, Chapter 4 Bluescreen Compositing, Chapter 5 Creating Masks, Chapter 6 Rotoscoping, Chapter 7 Image Blending, Chapter 8 Animation, Chapter 9 The Art of Compositing, Chapter 10 Scene Salvage, Chapter 11 Working with Video, Chapter 12 Working with Film, Chapter 13 Digital Capture, Chapter 14 Stereo Compositing, Chapter 15 Life of a VFX Shot, Glossary, Index.
