Interesting Sites (Ron Brinkmann, Color, etc)

August 11, 2008 in Filmmaking with 0 Comments

[From http://www.digitalcompositing.com]

Ron Brinkmann’s new book: The Art and Science of Digital Compositing, Second Edition: Techniques for Visual Effects, Animation and Motion Graphics was released in May 2008.

http://www.digitalcompositing.com/

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0123706386/nothingreal

http://digitalcomposting.wordpress.com/

Hi-Res image of the book cover

http://www.digitalcompositing.com/_images/book_cover_hires.jpg

glossary of terms

Also derived from that link, via fxguide is a comprehensive glossary of terms and their definitions -

ambient occlusion, depth of focus,  rotoscope, Z-depth compositing, etc

e.g.:

“anamorphic format

A film format characterized by the fact that the image captured on the negative is horizontally squeezed by the use of a special lens. It is later unsqueezed at projection time by the appropriate amount. For most 35mm feature-film work, the standard anamorphic format produces a 2.35:1 aspect ratio when projected“

http://www.fxguide.com/wiki/index.php/The_Art_and_Science_of_Digital_Compositing_-_Glossary

And then, Apple Color Presets

http://coloruser.net/grades

(That Military Look, Blockbuster, Gold Dusk, etc )

These presets/grades can be simply downloaded and imported into Color and used right away, nice. Obviously they will have to be tweaked, they will also depend on the footage. But I am gonna give them a try soon :-)

  • About Phillip Gibb: Christian, Husband, Father - all intentionally in initial caps. I twitter far too much, blog as much as I can. Earn a living as a Java Programmer and volunteer as a video and editor at Church.



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