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Lanier, Lee, 1966-

Professional digital compositing : essential tools and techniques / Lee Lanier. - Indianapolis, Ind. : Wiley, 2010. - xix, 459 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.). - Serious skills. .

Includes index.

Setting up a composite -- Choosing a color space -- Interpreting alpha and creating mattes -- Channel manipulation -- Transformations and keyframing -- Convolution filters -- Masking, rotoscoping, and motion tracking -- DI, color grading, noise, and grain -- Integrating render passes -- Warps, optical artifacts, paint, and text -- Working in 2.5D and 3D -- Advanced techniques.

ISBN: 9780470452615 (paper/dvd) 0470452617 (paper/dvd)

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Adobe After Effects.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cinematography--Special effects--Data processing.
Computer animation.
Image processing--Digital techniques.

LC Class. No.: TR897.7

Dewey Class. No.: 778.5345 / L375