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Digital Compositing for Film and Video: Production Workflows and Techniques Hardback - 2017

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Author: Wright, Steve
ISBN: 9781138240360

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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

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.

Details

Title Digital Compositing for Film and Video: Production Workflows and Techniques
Author Steve Wright
Binding Hardback
Pages 550
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Routledge
Publication date 2017
Illustrated Yes
ISBN 9781138240360 / 1138240362
Weight 3.4 lbs (1.54 kg)
Dimensions 9.69 x 6.88 x 1.6 in (24.61 x 17.48 x 4.06 cm)
Category Pop Arts / Pop Culture
Library of Congress subjects Computer graphics, Video recording
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2017015443
Dewey Decimal Code 777

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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