Digital Compositing for Film and Video from Focal Press is a practical, hands-on guide that addresses the problems and difficult choices that professional compositors face on a daily basis. In the book, author Steve Wright presents you with tips, techniques, and solutions for dealing with badly shot elements, color artifacts, mismatched lighting ,and other commonly-faced compositing obstacles. Practical, in-depth lessons are featured for bluescreen matte extraction, despill operations, compositing operations, as well as color correction. The book is presented entirely in an non application-specific manner, allowing you to apply lessons learned to your compositing regardless of the software application you are using. An included DVD contains before and after examples as well as exercise files for you to refine your own techniques on.

New to the 3rd edition is a chapter entitled 'CGI Compositing Techniques', covering how the modern CGI production pipeline is now pushing many tasks that used to be done in the 3D department into the compositing department. Technological changes that have occurred between now and the publication of the 2nd edition are also covered, as well as new media on the DVD and corresponding lessons within the book.

Author: Steve Wright    Paperback: 513 Pages    Publisher: Focal Press    Publication Date: May 3, 2010    Tips, Tricks, and Solutions    Practical, In-Depth Lessons    Bluescreen Matte Extration    Despill Operations    Color Correction    Companion DVD with Exercise Files

Introduction
Pulling Mattes
Refining Mattes
Despill
The Composite
Lighting
Camera
Action
Gamma
Video
Film
Log v. Linear
Working with Log Images
CGI Compositing Techniques

Steve Wright is a visual effects compositing veteran with 70 broadcast television commercials and over 60 feature films credits. He's developed video games at Atari, done 3D animations for Robert Abel and Associates, and was senior compositor and 2D technical director at Kodak's Cinesite. Steve is now a freelance, digital-compositing guru, who teaches, trains, writes, and develops on-line training programs.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Where is this camera made?

A: The Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III Digital Camera is manufactured in both Japan and China.

Q: 2. no 24fps??

A: With the Canon firmware update the following items have been added; Firmware Version 1.2.0 incorporates the following fixes and enhancements: 1. The option to capture movies in the frame rate of 23.98p has been added. 2. The BLE remote (BR-E1, HG100-TBR)is supported when using Wi-Fi when live-streaming*. *This function is only for the area in which live-streaming service is available. 3. In the autofocus characteristics for Movie Servo AF, "Responsive" is available below [Mode 1] in the menu and "Smooth" is available below [Mode 2] .

Q: 3. Lens length? When it’s fully zoomed.

A: The lens will extend out about 1.5''.

Q: 4. do you still sell PowerShot G15?

A: The Powershot G15 has been discontinued and no longer available at B&H. The G7MKII would be today's equivalent.

Q: 5. Do you have the PDF for the G7X Mark III User Manual available? The link on this product page is the manual for the other new Canon - the G5X MarkII, Can you fix this?

A: Sure, here it is: https://bit.ly/33eHc62

Q: 6. Does this camera shoot Black & White?

A: Yes it can shoot in Black and White (Monochrome). in the menu you need to set the Picture Style to Monochrome.

Q: 7. What's the write speed limit of the Mark III? What speed of SD card do I need to prepare?

A: The SanDisk 128GB Extreme PRO UHS-I SDXC Memory Card is a great choice for this camera, BH #SAEPSD128GB. https://bhpho.to/2UyGaw8

Q: 8. Does this have a mic input ? What’s the time limit for recording in 4K? Dual pixel autofocus in 4K or contrast based?

A: While this camera does offer a mic input, full details regarding the recording time in 4K and the autofocus system have not yet been released. Please stay tuned for updates.

Q: 9. Is this for people who can see near or far?

A: The Manios Digital & Film Kinotehnik Diopter Kit for LCDVF BM5 Viewfinder (+1, +2, +4) is for those who have trouble seeing close.

Q: 10. will the Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II Digital Camera underwater housing will fit this one as well?

A: Unfortunately, no, the Canon WP-DC55 Waterproof Case for G7 X Mark II would not be compatible for use with the Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III Digital Camera. According to Canon, their waterproof housings are designed for specific cameras for their exact size and button configuration, and their underwater cases are only designed for Canon cameras that have automatic settings for taking pictures underwater. While the Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II Digital Camera has an Underwater Mode and the Underwater Macro Mode, the Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III does not have these settings, and does not have an underwater housing designed for the camera. Canon states that the instruction manual is currently not available on their Support website. Their development team is working on it, and once it is available on the Canon USA website, we should then shortly have the instruction manual listed on our website under the "In The Box" section under the Overview tab on our website.