Apple Pro Training Series:
Encyclopedia of Visual Effects by
Brian Connor
Fine Book
This is the ultimate recipe book for visual effects artists working in Apple
Shake, Adobe After Effects, and Apple Motion. An impressive lineup of
Hollywood and independent effects pros have pulled together this
compendium of the coolest and most useful effects from A to Z (Adding
Clouds to Z-Depth Effects). The book includes everything from practical
everyday commercial techniques to breakdowns of well-known shots from
blockbuster films. Readers learn to create light sabers from the artists who
created them for Star Wars Episode 3; learn to freeze time from the
wizard who invented the effect for The Matrix; and learn to create matte
paintings from the pros who did them for Lord of the Rings. Coverage
includes rotoscoping, painting, warping and distortion effects, dramatic
lighting, adding lightening and fire, matchmoves, 3D CG integration

techniques, advanced blue- and greenscreen techniques, and much more.
DVD-ROM included. Foreword by Ron Brinkmann.
Personal Review: Apple Pro Training Series: Encyclopedia of
Visual Effects by Brian Connor
My humble congratulations to the authors who have teamed up with Apple
to bring us (my Visual Effects Dept. students and I) a most complete
textbook. In my opinion, this book rates in the current top five of all serious
resources in the teaching & learning of Visual Effects at the College and
Graduate levels. In addition to that, for those of us teaching compositing
and matte painting, I would rate this book as the current number one
textbook on these topics. A must-read, for a serious student of the Art and
Craft of Visual Effects.
Deepest respects,
Prof. Tan TASCIOGLU,
Professor of Visual Effects, Savannah College of Art & Design
SCAD-Atlanta campus.
(Review posted: March 2007)
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