Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsPrefaceChapter 1 Introduction to Digital CompositingChapter 2 The Digital Representation of Visual InformationChapter 3 Basic Image ManipulationChapter 4 Basic Image CompositingChapter 5 Matte Creation and ManipulationChapter 6 Time and Temporal ManipulationsChapter 7 Image Tracking and StabilizationChapter 8 Interface InteractionsChapter 9 Image Viewing and Analysis ToolsChapter 10 Formats: Media, Resolution, and Aspect RatiosChapter 11 Quality and EfficiencyChapter 12 Learning to SeeChapter 13 Creating ElementsChapter 14 Integration TechniquesChapter 15 Advanced TopicsChapter 16 Case StudiesAppendix A Digital Compositing Software: Tools and FeaturesAppendix B Digital Compositing Software: ManufacturersAppendix C Digital Image File FormatsAppendix D Common Film and Video FormatsBibliographyGlossaryIndex

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Balances fundamental hard science topics with the more qualitative/artistic challenges which face anyone involved in a digital composition project
Provides examples and illustrations from motion picture work
CD-ROM contains additional composition examples, illustrations, and development software
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About the Author

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.