Animation Books: The Art and Science of Digital Compositing (9780123706386) By Ron Brinkmann
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- Title: The Art and Science of Digital Compositing: Techniques for Visual Effects, Animation and Motion Graphics
- Author: Ron Brinkmann
- Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
- Published Date: May 2008
- ISBN: 978-0-12-370638-6
- Pages: 704
- Format: Paperback
- Price: United Kingdom USA
- Comprehensive overview of the technical and artistic nature of digital compositing
- It covers a wide range of topics from basic image creation, representation and manipulation
- Designed as an introduction to the field, and technical reference
- New case studies provide a thorough examination of the compositing work
- Accompanying DVD-ROM features bonus resources,including the material of famous films and projects to give readers practical experience in the field
- New sections on 3D compositing, High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging and Rotoscoping
- Readership: Developers, artists, and creative directors in film and computer graphics special effect, and students
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Ron Brinkmann - Visual effects supervisor and founding employee of Sony Imageworks. Nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects for his work on the movie "Speed". Co-founded a software company that produced the digital compositing application "Shake" and later bought by Apple Inc. |
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction to Digital Compositing
- Learning to See
- The Digital Representation of Visual Information
- Basic Image Manipulation
- Basic Image Compositing
- Matte Creation and Manipulation
- Time and Temporal Manipulations
- Image tracking and Stabilization
- Interface Interactions
- Formats: Media, Resolution, and Aspect Ratios
- Quality and Efficiency
- Creating Elements
- Additional Integration Techniques
- Advanced and Related Topics
- Case Studies
- Appendix A Digital Compositing Software: Tools and Features
- Appendix B Digital Image File Formats
- Appendix C Common Film and Video Formats
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