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VFX Fundamentals: Visual Special Effects Using Fusion 8.0

AUTHOR Jackson, Wallace
PUBLISHER Apress (08/12/2016)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)
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  • A unique enough or first to market compact book on new digital video effects (VFX)
  • Uses the popular and now free Fusion design tool
  • Wallace Jackson is the author expert behind this book as part of series
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ISBN-13: 9781484221303
ISBN-10: 1484221303
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 322
Carton Quantity: 22
Product Dimensions: 6.14 x 0.72 x 9.21 inches
Weight: 1.07 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Index, Illustrated
Country of Origin: NL
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Computers | Software Development & Engineering - Computer Graphics
Computers | Interactive & Multimedia
Computers | Film - Direction & Production
Dewey Decimal: 777.55
Library of Congress Control Number: 2016948843
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Learn concepts central to visual special effects using the free Blackmagic Design Fusion 8 software package. You'll discover foundational background information on concepts central to digital image compositing, digital video editing, digital illustration, digital painting, 3D, and digital audio. VFX Fundamentals builds on the foundational concepts of digital image compositing, digital audio, digital video, digital illustration and digital painting, and therefore expands on the other new media fundamentals titles in the New Media Fundamentals series, written by Wallace Jackson.

VFX Fundamentals builds on the foundational concepts of digital image compositing, digital audio, digital video, digital illustration and digital painting, and therefore expands on the other new media fundamentals titles in the New Media Fundamentals Series, written by Wallace Jackson. VFX Fundamentals covers topics such as flow node compositing, timeline animation, animated polyline masking, bluescreen and greenscreen matte pulling (generation), using Primatte and Fusion 8 ultra keyer, motion tracking, 3D rendering and compositing, auxiliary channels, and particle systems and particle physics dynamics, among other topics.

You will learn:

  • The new media components (raster, vector, audio, video, rendering) needed for VFX
  • The concepts behind the digital VFX content production workflow
  • How to install and utilize Blackmagic Design Fusion 8 and its visual programming language
  • Concepts behind resolution, aspect ratio, bit-rate, color depth, layers, alpha, and masking
  • 2D VFX concepts such as animated masking, matte pulling (Primatte V) and motion tracking
  • 3D VFX concepts such as 3D geometry, materials, lighting, animation, and auxiliary channels
  • Advanced VFX concepts such as particle systems animation using real-world physics
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  • A unique enough or first to market compact book on new digital video effects (VFX)
  • Uses the popular and now free Fusion design tool
  • Wallace Jackson is the author expert behind this book as part of series
Show More
Author: Jackson, Wallace
Wallace Jackson has been writing for leading multimedia publications about his work in new media content development since the advent of Multimedia Producer Magazine nearly two decades ago, when he wrote about computer processor architectures for centerfolds (removable "mini-issue" insert) distributed at SIGGRAPH. Since then, Wallace has written for several other publications about his work in interactive 3D and new media advertising campaign design, including 3D Artist, Desktop Publishers Journal, CrossMedia, AVvideo and Kiosk Magazine

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