Digital Compositing for Film and Video - Production Workflows and Techniques

Written by senior compositor, technical director, and master trainer Steve Wright, this updated edition condenses years of production experience into an easy-to-read and highly informative guide suitable for both working and aspiring visual effects artists, and addresses the problems and choices that professional compositors face daily.

List of contents

1. Getting Started 2. Pulling Keyes 3. Keyers 4. Iage Blending 5. Spill Suppression 6.Image Blending 7.The Composite 8. Compositing CG 9. Tracking and Transformation 10. 3D Compositing 11. Digital Images 12. Color Correction 13. Camera Effects 14. Sweetening the Comp

About the author

Steve Wright is a visual effects pioneer and a 20+-year veteran of compositing on over 80 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-renowned expert on visual effects compositing. Since 2005 he has been a master trainer in compositing visual effects, providing staff training to over 35 visual effects studios worldwide, including Pixar Animation Studios, Disney Feature Animation, Troublemaker Studios, New Deal Studios, Reliance MediaWorks and many others, and has trained well over 2000 artists in compositing.
Visit Steve’s training website at www.fxecademy.com

Summary

Written by senior compositor, technical director, and master trainer Steve Wright, this updated edition condenses years of production experience into an easy-to-read and highly informative guide suitable for both working and aspiring visual effects artists, and addresses the problems and choices that professional compositors face daily.

Product details

• Authors: Steve Wright
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032417998
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3241799-8
• No. of pages: 554
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Direction & Production, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production, Film production: technical & background skills, Digital Video: Professional, Television production: technical and background skills, Television Production: Technical & Background Skills, COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / Video & Animation, Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills