Digital Compositing for Film and Video

Production Workflows and Techniques

Steve Wright, Steve Wright Digital FX

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Routledge
28 November 2017

Cinematography, television camerawork; Video photography

Written by senior compositor, technical director and master trainer Steve Wright, this book condenses years of production experience into an easy-to-read and highly-informative guide suitable for both working and aspiring visual effects artists.

This expanded and updated edition of Digital Compositing for Film and Video addresses the problems and difficult choices that professional compositors face on a daily basis with an elegant blend of theory, practical production techniques and workflows. It is written to be software-agnostic, so it is applicable to any brand of software. This edition features many step-by-step workflows, powerful new keying techniques and updates on the latest tech in the visual effects industry.

Workflow examples for:

Grain Management

Lens Distortion Management

Merging CGI Render Passes

Blending Multiple Keys

Photorealistic Color Correction

Rotoscoping

Production Techniques for:

Keying Difficult Greenscreens

Replicating Optical Lens Effects

Advanced Spill Suppression

Fixing Discoloured Edges

Adding Interactive Lighting

Managing Motion Blur

With brand new information on:

Working in linear

ACES Color Management

Light Field Cinematography

Planar Tracking

Creating Color Difference Keys

Premultiply vs. Unpremultiply

Deep Compositing

VR Stitching

3D Compositing from 2D Images

How Color Correction ops Effect Images

Color Spaces

Retiming Clips

Working with Digital Cinema Images

OpenColorIO

A companion website offers images from the examples discussed in the book allowing readers to experiment with the material first-hand.

By: Steve Wright, Steve Wright Digital FX
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 4th edition
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 1.200kg
ISBN: 9781138240377
ISBN 10: 1138240370
Pages: 550
Publication Date: 28 November 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Steve Wright is a visual effects pioneer and a 20-year veteran of visual effects compositing on over 70 feature films and many broadcast television commercials. With extensive production experience and a knack for the math and science of visual effects he is a world-recognized expert on visual effects compositing. Since 2005 he has been a master trainer in compositing visual effects, providing staff training to over 25 visual effects studios around the world including Pixar Animation Studios, Disney Feature Animation, Troublemaker Studios, New Deal Studios, and Reliance MediaWorks, along with many others. He has also trained over 1,000 artists in compositing. Visit Steve’s training website at www.fxecademy.com

Reviews for Digital Compositing for Film and Video: Production Workflows and Techniques

This book covers both the basic fundamentals and the advanced techniques of compositing, but Steve also presents the reader with a deeper background on the task at hand. You're not just getting a how-to manual, but an understanding of why you do it. -Patrick Tubach, VFX Supervisor, Industrial Light & Magic Digital Compositing for Film and Video is the must have book for all compositors at all levels. I always keep copies close on hand for my artists to use and still refer to it often myself. The book covers the skills all compositors must know and the techniques needed when you are fighting tricky shots. -Jeffrey Jasper, CTO, JTS Productions, LLC What's astounding about this book is that, for the last 16 years, every edition has been ahead of its time in terms of teaching and explaining the different techniques, technologies, and tools used on a daily basis by compositors around the world. Steve Wright has managed, once again, to stay ahead of the game and spearhead the education of current and future compositors. -Ara Khanikian, VFX Supervisor, Rodeo FX