This book is really an expansion on the author's ot more
This book is really an expansion on the author's other work: Compositing Visual Effects: Essentials for the Aspiring Artist. But whereas that book is geared for people totally new to compositing and visual effects, this one is far more technical and in depth for those ready to take the training wheels off.
The most covered topic in this book is pulling mattes. I like how Wright covers every aspect of how these operation work. It's mostly so you know how to cobble together a matte even if your software doesn't have the option, but just knowing how everything works makes for more intelligent compositing work, no matter what tools you have.
The other major, in-depth section is on light. How it works, how eyes, film, and video see it. And how to manipulate it for color correction. Again, the more you know the better you can handle whatever a client throws at you.
Wright has an entertaining writing style that makes extra dry topics like gamma correction and log images a lot more accessible.
This book doesn't teach any of the fancy or pretty visual wizardry, but when you need to know the nuts & bolts of the foundation elements required to pull that other stuff off, this is a great one to have around. less
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