Put the essential concepts and techniques of digital compositing to work for you without the need of a single mathematical equation. Compositing Visual Effects is lavishly illustrated with hundreds of film shots, figures, illustrations, and diagrams to help the visual reader gain a valuable vocabulary and understanding of the full range of visual effects, in which digital compositing plays a key role. Beginning with an inspirational tour of the scope and magnitude of digital compositing, you get a solid overview of the kinds of digital effects routinely executed today. See how CGI is composited with live action, how set extensions are done, and what a match-move shot is. Following that you learn each of the key applications of digital compositing, which include bluescreen compositing, bullet-time shots, motion tracking, and rotoscoping. The subsequent chapters dig down into each of the major digital compositing applications, introducing the fundamental concepts, and processes behind them. Learn what is easy and hard, possible and impossible, and what to expect when working on a job that entails digital compositing. New to this edition are 4 new chapters on: * 3D compositing, with lessons on what camera tracking is, how it is used to put CGI into a live-action plate, as well as live action into a 3D scene. * Stereo compositing, with descriptions of key stereoscopic terms and concepts, lessons on compositing shots that were filmed in stereo (both bluescreen and CGI), as well as the stereo conversion process when a flat 2D movie is converted to a stereo 3D movie * RED and Digital Capture with Log Images, including log image formats. This is a very hot topic these days. Colleges hang around video because it is cheaper. Film is still big in the real world of production. * Tracking an entire project from start to finish This is in addition to robust updates on topics such as: * planar tracking, Z compositing, working with Anamorphic HD formats, mocap, and more This edition also includes a companion website with images from the book for you to work with in your own compositing exercises. An accessible introduction to a complex subject for novice and aspiring compositors, from experienced author and compositing whose compositing credits include Night at the Museum 2, Shutter Island, Solaris, Traffic, and more Full color presentation illustrating the art and techniques of the practice, provides inspiration along with instruction New to this edition is a companion website, new chapters on 3D compositing, stereo compositing, RED and digital capture with log images, and more will have you understanding the latest in compositing technology in no time An accessible introduction to a complex subject for novice and aspiring compositors, from experienced author and compositing whose compositing credits include Night at the Museum 2, Shutter Island, Solaris, Traffic, and more Full color presentation illustrating the art and techniques of the practice, provides inspiration along with instruction New chapters on 3D compositing and stereo compositing will have readers understanding the latest in compositing technology in no time Companion website, compositingvfx.com features sample videos and other bonus materials

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史蒂夫·赖特（Steve Wright），好莱坞数字特效合成大师、VFX公司培训专家，曾任柯达旗下电影制作者办事处的高级合成师和技术总监，有着20多年从业经验，参与过70多部商业广告和70多部电影的拍摄，代表作有《禁闭岛》、《博物馆奇妙夜》、《蝙蝠侠与罗宾》。现在赖特在全球各地的教育机构中教授特效合成技术、Nuke和Shake软件课程，著有《视效合成初级教程》。更多信息请访问他的个人网站www.vfxio.com。

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李念芦，原北京电影学院影视技术系教授，硕士生导师。《中国电影专业史研究——电影技术卷》作者。曾主讲电影电视技术概论课并担任电影学院技术学科的领导，为学院电影技术数字化进程做了多项工作。现为中影培训基地的校长。

柳思忆，曾任职于海纳、视点特艺等国内外多家电影后期特效公司，长期从事影视后期制作工作。现就职于中影技术培训分公司（中影培训基地），担任影视后期专业教学主管。