Matchmoving: The Invisible Art of Camera Tracking - Softcover

Dobbert, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 111835205X ISBN 13: 9781118352052

Publisher: Sybex, 2012

Synopsis

Get your foot in the studio door by learning the art of matchmoving Matchmoving is a technique that allows computer graphics to be inserted into live-action footage with correct position, scale, orientation, and motion. Also known as motion tracking, it's what allows movie monsters to run down Main Street and robots to run through crowds--and look real. Now this unique book from a top expert from Industrial Light and Magic teaches you the art of matchmoving. With step-by-step tutorials and pages of examples, this book first explains the basics and then shows you professional techniques, from 3D calibration and tracking, to stereoscopy, and more. * Explains concepts and teaches professional techniques for successful matchmoving * Authored by a top matchmove specialist from Industrial Light and Magic, who walks you through step-by-step tutorials and impressive examples * Covers matchmoving basics, 2D tracking, 3D calibration and tracking, automatic tracking, cameras, integrating matchmoves, and stereoscopy Learn how studio visual effects professionals make all the right matchmoves with Matchmoving: The Invisible Art of Camera Tracking 2nd Edition.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Learn the keys to matching CG to live action

Matchmoving is a practical skill that can help digital artists get a foot in the studio door. Now you can learn the professional techniques required with this essential guide. Author Tim Dobbert, a veteran in the visual effects industry, has worked on such movies as Avatar and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and he passes along years of valuable studio expertise in this fully updated industry standard. You'll quickly start acquiring such technical skills as 2D tracking, 3D calibration, object tracking, what to do on a live-action set, and much more.

• Learn the fundamentals--matchmoving concepts and software
• Discover 2D tracking and how to make every track count
• Work step by step through each stage of 3D calibration
• Understand how real cameras work
• Explore the matchmover's role on a live-action set
• Do the matchamation--match your CG character or object to a live-action plate
• Track the motion of an object seen in the footage
• Apply matchmove data for painting, compositing, and lighting
• Examine how 3D movies affect matchmoving
• Learn how 3D/stereo movies are made and how it affects matchmovers

About the Author

Tim Dobbert is a layout lead at Industrial Light & Magic in San Francisco and has been in the visual effects industry for over ten years. He has worked as a matchmover and digital artist on over 25 feature films, including Avatar, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. In addition to teaching university classes in matchmoving and image-based content creation, he has lectured all over the world on the subject.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sybex
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 111835205X
• ISBN 13: 9781118352052
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 336