This site exists to help distribute information and pointers to good special effects resources. There are inevitably new tricks every day. There is no good reference book for the world of DVFX, so we must glean what is available in various related domains . This text is used by the Georgia Tech DVFX class. Addresses hand-segmentation, basic chromakeying, and even provides code to help with compositing.
Author is humble, but really goes further than most in giving advice to tool-makers.
Probably a good stocking-stuffer for someone thinking about learning more about CG in movies. Yes, it's a product guide. Well, it's a good product, and even if you don't have it, you should consider not re-inventing the wheel if the nice folks at Adobe have already coded up your idea. Sign our guestbook Check back again soon.