Compositing visual effects
Subtitle: essentials for the aspiring artist
By: Steve Wright.
Publisher: Elsevier/Focal Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780240809632
Subjects: Cinematography -- Special effects.; Computer graphics.; Image processing -- Digital techniques.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Visual effects today : Digital compositing with CGI ; Compositing programs; title: Digital images : Structure of digital images ; Attributes of digital images ; Image file formats ; Dots per inch; title: Compositing CGI : The CGI composite ; Multipass compositing ; Depth compositing ; Multiplane compositing ; Sims ; Particle systems ; Working with premultiplied CGI; title: Bluescreen compositing : The bluescreen composite ; About keyers ; Helping the keyer ; Compositing outside the keyer ; Shooting bluescreens (and greenscreens); title: Creating masks : Key, matte, alpha, and mask ; Creating a luma-key ; Creating a chroma-key ; Creating a mask; title: Rotoscoping : About rotoscoping ; Splines ; Articulated rotos ; Interpolation ; Keyframes ; Motion blur ; Semi-transparency; title: Image blending : The mix operation ; The multiply operation ; The screen operation ; The maximum operation ; The minimum operation ; The add operation ; The subtract operation ; No-change summary table ; Adobe Photoshop blending modes ; Speed changes; title: Animation : Transforms and pixels ; Filters ; Pivot points ; Transformation order ; Keyframe animation ; Motion blur ; Motion tracking ; Stabilizing a shot ; Match move ; The wonder of warps ; The magic of morphs; title: The art of compositing : Color correcting ; Matching layer attributes ; Sweetening the composite ; A checklist; title: Scene salvage : Dust busting ; Wire removal ; Rig removal ; Hair removal ; Scratch removal ; Light leaks ; Deflicker; title: Working with video : SCTV (Standard definition television) ; HDTV (High definition television) ; Title safe; title: Working with film : Capture vs. display formats ; Academy and full aperture ; Projection formats ; Cinemascope ; VistaVision ; 3-Perf film ; 70mm film ; Super 16 film ; Fitting film into video ; Digitizing film ; Log film data ; Recording film ; The digital intermediate process.