15Digital Images
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When I started in visual effects way back in 1985 at Robert Abel and Associates there was film and video. Period. Times and technology have changed to where we can get digital images from a wide variety of sources, each with its own virtues and limitations. In this chapter we will look at the entire zoo of digital images that may land on your monitor for a visual effect, what their specifications are, and their issues when working with them.
We will start with HD video, which is a much more civilized video standard than NTSC ever was. At last, we now have square pixels. We will look at ...
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