Compositing visual effects : essentials for the aspiring artist /
Essentials for the aspiring artist
Steve Wright.
- xiv, 248 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm
Includes index.
Visual effects today : Digital compositing with CGI ; Compositing programs -- Digital images : Structure of digital images ; Attributes of digital images ; Image file formats ; Dots per inch -- Compositing CGI : The CGI composite ; Multipass compositing ; Depth compositing ; Multiplane compositing ; Sims ; Particle systems ; Working with premultiplied CGI -- Bluescreen compositing : The bluescreen composite ; About keyers ; Helping the keyer ; Compositing outside the keyer ; Shooting bluescreens (and greenscreens) -- Creating masks : Key, matte, alpha, and mask ; Creating a luma-key ; Creating a chroma-key ; Creating a mask -- Rotoscoping : About rotoscoping ; Splines ; Articulated rotos ; Interpolation ; Keyframes ; Motion blur ; Semi-transparency -- 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 -- 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 -- The art of compositing : Color correcting ; Matching layer attributes ; Sweetening the composite ; A checklist -- Scene salvage : Dust busting ; Wire removal ; Rig removal ; Hair removal ; Scratch removal ; Light leaks ; Deflicker -- Working with video : SCTV (Standard definition television) ; HDTV (High definition television) ; Title safe -- 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.