The VES Handbook of Visual Effects Industry Standard VFX Practices and Procedures |
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| Editor:
| Zwerman, Susan
Okun, Jeffrey A. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-240-81242-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Focal Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $69.95 |
Book Description:
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Wisdom from the best and the brightest in the industry, this visual effects bible belongs on the shelf of anyone working in or aspiring to work in VFX. The book covers techniques and solutions all VFX artists, producers, and supervisors need to know, from preproduction, to digital character creation and compositing of both live-action and CG elements. In-depth lessons on stereoscopic moviemaking, color management and digital intermediates are included, as well as...
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Wisdom from the best and the brightest in the industry, this visual effects bible belongs on the shelf of anyone working in or aspiring to work in VFX. The book covers techniques and solutions all VFX artists, producers, and supervisors need to know, from preproduction, to digital character creation and compositing of both live-action and CG elements.
In-depth lessons on stereoscopic moviemaking, color management and digital intermediates are included, as well as chapters on interactive games and full animation authored by artists from EA and Dreamworks respectively. Written by 88 top leading visual effects practitioners and covering everything about visual effects nbsp;from pre-production, production, and post-production.
Simply a must-have book for anyone working in or wanting to work in the VFX industry.
Anbsp;Note on the Kindle Version:
There are several images throughout chapters 3, 5, 6, and 7 that are not visible in the Kindle edition of this book due to rights restrictions.
Special Thanks
The completion of this book required the efforts of many hardworking, talented and dedicated people in order to help it become a reality. Accordingly,nbsp;the VES and Focal Pressnbsp;would like to offer very special thanks to all of our team Captains and Co-Captains:
Chapter 1: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Michael Fink, Captain
nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Jacquelyn Ford Morie, Co-Captain
Chapter 2: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Scott Squires, Captain
nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mat Beck, Co-Captain
Chapter 3: nbsp; nbsp;Bill Taylor
Chapter 4: nbsp; nbsp;John Root, Captain
nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Demian Gordon, Co-Captain
Chapter 5: nbsp; nbsp;Rob Engle, Captain
nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Lenny Lipton, Co-Captain
Chapter 6: nbsp; nbsp;Marshall Krasser, Captain
Chapter 7: nbsp; nbsp;Kevin Rafferty, Captain
Chapter 8: nbsp; nbsp;Richard Taylor, Captain
nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Habibnbsp;Zargarpour, Co-Captain
Chapter 9: nbsp; nbsp;Stephan V. Bugaj, Captain
nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Lyndon Barrois, Co-Captain
Chapter 10: nbsp; Dan Novy, Captain
nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Stephan V. Bugaj, Co-Captain
Additionally, nbsp;we would like to thank Ron Brinkmann and Lennynbsp;Lipton for the exhaustive efforts in compiling the Glossary