Illustrated with hundreds of film shots, figures, illustrations, and diagrams to help the visual reader gain a vocabulary and understanding of the full range of visual effects, in which digital compositing plays a key role...
A step-by step guide to visual effects cinematography that empowers you to plan out and execute visual effects shots on a budget, without falling into the common pitfall of using high-end computer graphics to 'fix it in post,' which can be an expensive, drawn out process...
Features step-by-step instruction on the artistic techniques of rotoscoping and digital painting with lessons on: articulate mattes; digital paint in moving footage; motion tracking; advanced rotoscoping and digital paint techniques; and, more...