Digital Compositing for Film and Video: Production Workflows and Techniques
Language: English
Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2017
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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 Management Lens Distortion Management Merging CGI Render Passes Blending Multiple Keys Photorealistic Color Correction RotoscopingProduction Techniques for: Keying Difficult Greenscreens Replicating Optical Lens Effects Advanced Spill Suppression Fixing Discoloured Edges Adding Interactive Lighting Managing Motion BlurWith brand new information on: Working in linear ACES Color Management Light Field Cinematography Planar Tracking Creating Color Difference Keys Premultiply vs. Unpremultiply Deep Compositing VR Stitching 3D Compositing from 2D Images How Color Correction ops Effect Images Color Spaces Retiming Clips Working with Digital Cinema Images OpenColorIOA companion website offers images from the examples discussed in the book allowing readers to experiment with the material first-hand. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…
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- Title
- Digital Compositing for Film and Video: Production Workflows and Techniques
- Author
- Steve Wright (Visual Effects Supervisor, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom, London
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1138240370
- ISBN 13
- 9781138240377
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Item weight
- 1,102 grams
- Dimensions
- 174.0 x 246.0
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 Management
- Lens Distortion Management
- Merging CGI Render Passes
- Blending Multiple Keys
- Photorealistic Color Correction
- Rotoscoping
Production Techniques for:
- Keying Difficult Greenscreens
- Replicating Optical Lens Effects
- Advanced Spill Suppression
- Fixing Discoloured Edges
- Adding Interactive Lighting
- Managing Motion Blur
With brand new information on:
- Working in linear
- ACES Color Management
- Light Field Cinematography
- Planar Tracking
- Creating Color Difference Keys
- Premultiply vs. Unpremultiply
- Deep Compositing
- VR Stitching
- 3D Compositing from 2D Images
- How Color Correction ops Effect Images
- Color Spaces
- Retiming Clips
- Working with Digital Cinema Images
- OpenColorIO
A companion website offers images from the examples discussed in the book allowing readers to experiment with the material first-hand.
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About the Author
Steve Wright is a visual effects pioneer and a 20-year veteran of visual effects compositing on over 70 feature films and many broadcast television commercials. With extensive production experience and a knack for the math and science of visual effects he is a world-recognized expert on visual effects compositing. Since 2005 he has been a master trainer in compositing visual effects, providing staff training to over 25 visual effects studios around the world including Pixar Animation Studios, Disney Feature Animation, Troublemaker Studios, New Deal Studios, and Reliance MediaWorks, along with many others. He has also trained over 1,000 artists in compositing.
Visit Steve’s training website at www.fxecademy.com
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