The Art and Science of Digital Compositing

Informationen zum Autor Ron M. Brinkmann has been working in the field of Computer Graphics for over a decade, involved with both hardware and software design, development and use. His primary field of expertise is in visual effects for feature films, and his personal feature-film credits include: Contact, The Ghost and the Darkness, James and the Giant Peach, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Speed, Hideaway, Tall Tale, Last Action Hero, and In the Line of Fire. He has had articles published in a number of magazines, and has lectured on the topics of digital compositing and visual effects in the U.S., Europe, Australia and China. Klappentext Computer graphics special effects are widely used in film, television, and computer games. Compositing is a key part of the special effects pipeline-it is the final, crucial step where all the component parts of a rendering are joined together into a single, integrated image. These components may include 3D and 2D images that have been created with the wide variety of modeling, animation, and rendering tools available today. Zusammenfassung Presents an overview of the technical and artistic nature of digital compositing. This book covers a wide range of topics from basic image creation! representation and manipulation! to a look at the visual cues that are useful to create a believable composite. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction to Digital Compositing2. Learning to See3. The Digital Representation of Visual Information4. Basic Image Manipulation5. Basic Image Compositing6. Matte Creation and Manipulation7. Time and Temporal Manipulations8. Image tracking and Stabilization9. Interface Interactions10. Formats: Media, Resolution, and Aspect Ratios11. Quality and Efficiency12. Creating Elements13. Additional Integration Techniques14. Advanced and Related Topics15. Case Studies AppendixA. Digital Compositing Software: Tools and FeaturesB. Digital Image File FormatsC. Common Film and Video Formats ...

Autorentext
Ron M. Brinkmann has been working in the field of Computer Graphics for over a decade, involved with both hardware and software design, development and use. His primary field of expertise is in visual effects for feature films, and his personal feature-film credits include: Contact, The Ghost and the Darkness, James and the Giant Peach, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Speed, Hideaway, Tall Tale, Last Action Hero, and In the Line of Fire. He has had articles published in a number of magazines, and has lectured on the topics of digital compositing and visual effects in the U.S., Europe, Australia and China.

Klappentext

Computer graphics special effects are widely used in film, television, and computer games. Compositing is a key part of the special effects pipeline-it is the final, crucial step where all the component parts of a rendering are joined together into a single, integrated image. These components may include 3D and 2D images that have been created with the wide variety of modeling, animation, and rendering tools available today.

Zusammenfassung
Presents an overview of the technical and artistic nature of digital compositing. This book covers a wide range of topics from basic image creation, representation and manipulation, to a look at the visual cues that are useful to create a believable composite.

Inhalt

1. Introduction to Digital Compositing2. Learning to See3. The Digital Representation of Visual Information4. Basic Image Manipulation5. Basic Image Compositing6. Matte Creation and Manipulation7. Time and Temporal Manipulations8. Image tracking and Stabilization9. Interface Interactions10. Formats: Media, Resolution, and Aspect Ratios11. Quality and Efficiency12. Creating Elements13. Additional Integration Techniques14. Advanced and Related Topics15. Case Studies

   AppendixA. Digital Compositing Software: Tools and FeaturesB. Digital Image File FormatsC. Common Film and Video Formats