Compositing visual effects : essentials for the aspiring artist
by
 
Wright, Steve, 1947-

Title
: 
Compositing visual effects : essentials for the aspiring artist

Author
: 
Wright, Steve, 1947-

ISBN
: 
9780240817811

Personal Author
: 
Wright, Steve, 1947-

Edition
: 
Second edition.

Publication Information
: 
Oxford, UK ; Waltham, MA : Focal Press/Elsevier, 2011.

Physical Description
: 
xiv, 330 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

General Note
: 
Previous edition: 2008.
 
Includes index.

Contents
: 
Ch. 1. Visual Effects Today -- Ch. 2. Digital Images -- Ch. 3. Compositioning CGI -- Ch. 4. Bluescreen Compositing -- Ch. 5. Creating Masks -- Ch. 6. Rotoscoping -- Ch. 7. Image Blending -- Ch. 8. Animation -- Ch. 9. The Art of Compositing -- Ch. 10. Screen Salvage -- Ch. 11. Working with Video -- Ch. 12. Working with Film -- Ch. 13. Digital Capture -- Ch. 14. Stereo compositing -- Ch. 15. Life of a VFX shot.

Abstract
: 
Put the essential concepts & techniques of digital compositing to work for you without the need of a single mathematical equation. This text is illustrated with film shots, figures, illustrations & diagrams to help the visual reader gain a valuable vocabulary & understanding of the full range of visual effects.

Subject Term
: 
Cinematography -- Special effects.
 
Video tapes -- Editing.
 
Motion pictures -- Editing.
 
Image processing -- Digital techniques.


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