Book description
The classic reference, with over 25,000 copies in print, has been massively expanded and thoroughly updated to include state-of-the-art methods and 400+ all-new full color images!
"At ILM, compositing is one of the most important tools we use. If you want to learn more, this excellent 2nd-edition is detailed with hundreds of secrets that will help make your comps seamless. For beginners or experts, Ron walks you through the processes of analysis and workflows - linear thinking which will help you become deft and successfully tackle any shot." --Dennis Muren ASC, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor, Industrial Light & Magic
"Ron Brinkman's book is the definitive work on digital compositing and we have depended on this book as a critical part of our in-house training program at Imageworks since the 1999 Edition. We use this book as a daily textbook and reference for our lighters, compositors and anyone working with digital imagery. It is wonderful to see a new edition being released and it will certainly be required reading for all our digital artists here at Imageworks." --Sande Scoredos, Executive Director of Training & Artist Development, Sony Pictures Imageworks
The Art and Science of Digital Compositing is the only complete overview of the technical and artistic nature of digital compositing. It covers a wide range of topics from basic image creation, representation and manipulation, to a look at the visual cues that are necessary to create a believable composite. Designed as an introduction to the field, as well as an authoritative technical reference, this book provides essential information for novices and professionals alike.
- 17 new case-studies provide in-depth looks at the compositing work done on films such as Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Golden Compass, The Incredibles, King Kong, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Sin City, Spider-Man 2, Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and Star Wars: Episode 3 – Revenge of the Sith.
- Includes new sections on 3D compositing, High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging, Rotoscoping, and much more!
- All disc-based content for this title is now available on the Web.
- 17 new case-studies provide in-depth looks at the compositing work done on films such as Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Golden Compass, The Incredibles, King Kong, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Sin City, Spider-Man 2, Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and Star Wars: Episode 3 – Revenge of the Sith.
- Includes new sections on 3D compositing, High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging, Rotoscoping, and much more!
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Cover/Interior Image Credits
- Introduction to the Second Edition
- One. Introduction to Digital Compositing
- Two. Learning to See
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Three. The Digital Representation of Visual Information
- Image Generation
- Pixels, Components, and Channels
- Spatial Resolution
- Bit Depth
- Normalized Values
- Beyond Black and White
- Floating-point and High Dynamic Range Imagery (HDRI)
- The HSV Color Representation
- The YUV Color Representation
- Image Input Devices
- Digital Image File Formats
- File Format Features
- Vendor-specific File Format Implementations
- Compression
- Choosing a File Format
- Nonlinear Color Encoding
- Four. Basic Image Manipulation
- Five. Basic Image Compositing
- Six. Matte Creation and Manipulation
- Seven. Time and Temporal Manipulations
- Eight. Image Tracking and Stabilization
- Nine. Interface Interactions
- Ten. Film Formats: Media, Resolution and Aspect Ratios
- Eleven. Quality and Efficiency
- Twelve. Creating Elements
- Thirteen. Additional Integration Techniques
- Fourteen. Advanced and Related Topics
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Fifteen. Case Studies
- James and the Giant Peach
- Speed
- Independence Day
- The Prince of Egypt
- Budweiser Lizards Commercial
- Titanic
- A Gentlemen’s Duel
- Battlestar Galactica
- Carlton Draught “Big Ad”
- Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- Golden Compass
- The Incredibles
- I, Robot
- King Kong
- Lost
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- The Orion Nebula from The Hubble Space Telescope
- Sin City
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
- Spider-Man 2
- Underworld: Evolution
- Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
- Star Wars: Episode 3—Revenge of the Sith
- A. Digital Compositing Software: Tools and Features
- B. Digital Image File Formats
- C. Common Film and Video Formats
- Bibliography
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Glossary
Product information
- Title: The Art and Science of Digital Compositing, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2008
- Publisher(s): Morgan Kaufmann
- ISBN: 9780080879260
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