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Title:
Compositing visual effects : essentials for the aspiring artist
Author:
Wright, Steve, 1947-
ISBN:
9780240817811
Personal Author:
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.
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