Adobe After Effects 7.0

Studio Techniques

Mark Christiansen

550 pages, parution le 14/06/2006

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Ready to learn the visual effects techniques used at such leading-edge studios as Industrial Light + Magic and The Orphanage? Adobe After Effects 7.0 Studio Techniques inspires you to take your work to the next level with real-world examples and insider techniques. With this under-the-hood, in-depth guide to Adobe's updated motion graphics and effects powerhouse, you'll get complete coverage of all the big features in After Effects 7.0: High dynamic range (HDR) 32 bit per channel color compositing, cinema preview and color management, a redesigned user interface, a new Graph Editor to animate using explicit translation curves, retiming effects using Timewarp, and dozens of other enhancements. Get blockbuster results without the big budget as you delve deep into the essence of visual effects. This book goes beyond conventional step-by-step instruction, teaching you bread-and-butter effects that you can adapt and combine for countless projects.

Real solutions from real professionals: learn the techniques and approach used to create shots for big-budget special effects films.
Compositing essentials: No matter how sophisticated the effect, they all begin with the same building blocks. Find out what you've been missing about color and light matching, keying, motion tracking, rotoscoping, working with film, and more.
Advanced techniques: Your goal should be effects so good that no one notices them. From sky replacement to explosions, from smoke to fire, learn to bring your shots to life and enhance scenes without anyone ever knowing what they're seeing isn't 100% real.
Companion CD-ROM: Professional tools produce professional results. The book's companion disc includes plenty of sample projects including HD footage from Pixel Corps and the Artbeats Digital Film Library, as well as more than a dozen plug-ins and programs that you can use to build up and customize your own effects.

Sommaire

Working Foundations
- The 7.0 Workflow
- The Timeline
- Selections: The Key to Compositing
- Optimizing Your Projects
Effects Compositing Essentials
- Color Correction
- Color Keying
- Rotoscoping and Paint
- Effective Motion Tracking
- Virtual Cinematography
- Expressions
- Film, HDR, and 32 Bit Compositing
Creative Explorations
- Working with Light
- Climate: Air, Water, Smoke, Clouds
- Pyrotechnics: Fire, Explosions, Energy Phenomena
- Learning to See by Stu Maschwitz

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Adobe Press
Auteur(s)	Mark Christiansen
Parution	14/06/2006
Nb. de pages	550
Format	19 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1140g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780321385529
ISBN13	978-0-321-38552-9