Digital Compositing in Depth - Softcover

Kelly, D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1576104311 ISBN 13: 9781576104316

Publisher: Coriolis Group,U.S., 1999

Synopsis

Provides professional compositors, digital compositing software users, students, etc., with a comprehensive reference that includes all the information available on resources for digital compositing. Overview of methods, procedures, and results attainable with various digital compositing software, such as lighting, transitions, rendering optimization, and more. Contains thorough reviews of software packages, plug-ins, and resources relating to digital compositing.Digital Compositing In Depth includes two CD-ROMS with Digital Fusion 2.52 fully functional watermarked software (PC); trial versions of After Effects, Premiere, effect, paint, Shake, Ultimate, and Zbig (PC); 3,400+ frames of of video footage, including matte, bluescreen, live action, and CGI character animation footage (PC/Mac); full-frame motion picture footage (PC/Mac); motion control files and footage (PC/Mac).TOC: Part 1 The Profession of CompositingChapter 1 Who is the Digital Compositor?Chapter 2 The Rest of the Team

About this title

Review

There is often far more going on in any given frame of a contemporary movie or commercial than meets the eye. In Digital Compositing in Depth, the techniques of both visible and invisible effects are explored and explained.

Obvious visual effects are pervasive in today's broadcast media; less obvious effects like colour correction, image stabilisation, object removal and virtual backgrounds are more common than most observers might guess.

And that's exactly the point of Digital Compositing--to educate those not involved in the business or to broaden the knowledge base of those involved with exposure to other software tools. The book starts and ends with discussions on the business of compositing: what it is, the responsibility of the compositor compared to other team members, including an excellent chapter on the how small and large studios are run and how to launch your own studio.

The meat of the book contains a comprehensive set of tutorials varying in complexity, from "Basic Compositing" through "Advanced Compositing" and "Output." They cover both video and film resolution projects. The tutorials use a variety of software, most of which can be found in demo form on one of the two accompanying CDs.

Final compositing is often the last and crucial step in the development cycle of a project but it usually gets the least amount of limelight. Digital Compositing in Depth is a valuable eye-opener, and a worthwhile book for anyone involved in video or film post-production. --Mike Caputo, amazon.com

About the Author

Doug Kelly has written several books and articles, and has presented various seminars on computer graphics since 1992. His publications include Character Animation with Lightwave [6], Character Animation In Depth, Digital Compositing In Depth; as well as, contributing to the manuals for several 3D programs, written numerous articles for Keyframe and 3D Artist magazines, and his LENY '97 Character animation seminar CD-ROM. Doug is currently a freelance writer and animator and is editor of Keyframe Magazine.

Edition details

• Publisher: Coriolis Group,U.S.
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1576104311
• ISBN 13: 9781576104316
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 700