Download or read book The Digital Matte Painting Handbook written by David B. Mattingly and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only how-to guide dedicated to mastering the technique of digital matte painting! Matte painting affords seamless integration between an artist’s painting with live action film footage and allows for greater flexibility and creative input in the appearance of movie settings. This unique book reveals a variety of tools and techniques that are both industry and classroom tested and will enhance your existing skill set. Veteran author and instructor David Mattingly walks you through the process of creating a matte painting, starting with rough concept sketches, working out the perspective drawing, adding light and shadow, and texturing all of the elements in the painting. You’ll gradually upgrade to using Adobe After Effects and Autodesk Maya in order to fulfill your matte painting vision. Escorts you through the process of creating a matte painting, starting with the initial concept sketch, adding light and shadow, texturing elements, and incorporating motion and depth Author is an experienced matte artist and teacher and shares a plethora of unique industry- and classroom-tested tools and techniques Features helpful step-by-step instructions accompanied by screen shots and photos to illustrate the process of creating a matte painting Whether you’re creating a background for a studio production, independent film, TV commercial, or YouTube video, The Digital Matte Painting Handbook helps you successfully complete your project. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Download or read book Matte Painting written by Mark Andrew Snoswell and published by Ballistic Media Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2005 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "d'artiste Matte Painting" presents the skills and techniques of leading Hollywood matte painters Alp Altiner, Dylan Cole, and Chris Stoski. The book takes readers through the matte painting techniques used to create breathtaking, photo-realistic sets and backdrops for films including "Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith" and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
Download or read book The Invisible Art written by Mark Cotta Vaz and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2004-09-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in paperback, The Invisible Art provides an unprecedented retrospective of matte art painting -- the unsung hero in the fast-paced world of cinematic visual effects. Until recently, matte-painting techniques were closely guarded secrets kept locked up on studio lots. The Invisible Art flings open the gates to reveal the finest representations of matte paintings from rare examples seen in epics such as Gone with the Wind and Citizen Kane to prove that the brush is mightier than the computer, as seen in such blockbusters as Star Wars and Titanic. Lavishly illustrated, the book's tremendous scope unveils a century's worth of fascinating stories, legendary personalities, and cunning movie craft from the first pioneering "glass shots" to the dawn of digital technology. Including a foreword by George Lucas, The Invisible Art conjures a never-before-told story of film wizardry.
Download or read book Digital Painting Techniques written by 3dtotal.Com and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the tips, tricks and techniques that really work for concept artists, matte painters and animators. Compiled by the team at 3dtotal.com, Digital Painting Techniques, Volume 1 offers digital inspiration with hands-on insight and techniques from professional digital artists. More than just a gallery book - within Digital Painting Techniques each artist has written a breakdown overview, with supporting imagery of how they made their piece of work. Beginner and intermediate digital artists will be inspired by the gallery style collection of the finest examples of digital painting from world renowned digital artists. Start your mentorship into the world of digital painting today with some of the greatest digital artists in the world and delve into professional digital painting techiques, such as speed painting, custom brush creation and matte painting. Develop your digital painting skills beyond the variety of free online digital painting tutorials and apply the most up to date techniques to your digital canvas with Digital Painting Techniques for Animators.
Download or read book Matte Painting 3 written by David Luong and published by Ballistic Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn award-winning techniques from the masters of game and film matte painting.
Download or read book Digital Painting Tricks Techniques written by Gary Tonge and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-11-11 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides all the advice artists need to transform their digital painting--from brush, lighting and color basics to special effects, working with layers, and speed and matte painting. The 100+ expert tricks provide quick and easy solutions to all aspects of digital painting through clear instructions, step-by-step demonstrations and breathtaking annotated art. The book is divided into core elements of digital painting providing beginner, improver and advanced techniques to ensure progression and relevance to all skill levels, making it ideal for beginners and essential for more experienced digital painters. This is the ultimate tool to help emerging CG artists get started with digital painting, and help advanced CG artists improve their digital painting techniques.
Download or read book Digital Painting 37 Advanced Tricks and Techniques written by Gary Tonge and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make the most of your digital artwork. State-of-the-art advice from Gary Tonge, one of the world's leading digital art pros, covers every aspect of computer-generated art from combining a range of source material into one cohesive image to adding super realistic effects. Eight step-by-step demonstrations offer advanced level instruction, making these tips immediately applicable so you can begin right away. With real-world perspective and a practical focus, this is a powerful resource. By applying the techniques inside, you'll push yourself out of your comfort zone and into bold new territory.
Download or read book Making Movie Magic written by John Richardson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2020-01-24 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Richardson is an Oscar-winning special effects supervisor and designer, who has been involved in over 100 movies, including nine James Bond adventures, all eight Harry Potter films, Aliens, Superman, A Bridge Too Far, Straw Dogs, The Omen, Cliffhanger, Far and Away, Willow . . . and many, many more. In creating the magic that flows through these films – by creating huge explosions, beheading people, producing futuristic gadgets, making a man fly or breathing life into creatures that amaze and haunt us – Richardson has come to hold a unique place in cinema history. The son of pioneering FX technician Cliff Richardson, he learned his trade at the feet of a master of the craft. With over five decades of adventures under his belt, and a vast photographic collection of unseen pictures, Richardson now lifts the lid on his exciting and fascinating career of making movie magic.
Download or read book Digital Painting 2 written by Mélanie Delon and published by Ballistic Media Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features twelve detailed tutorials and even more inspirational artwork.
Download or read book Special Effects written by Ron Miller and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history of the special effects industry from silent films to the use of current technologies, providing insight into how various special effects are created and used.
Download or read book Digital Painting and Rendering for Theatrical Design written by Jen Gillette and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-02-19 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital Painting and Rendering for Theatrical Design explores the tools and techniques for creating dazzling, atmospheric, and evocative digitally painted renderings for scenic, costume, and projection/integrated media design. By focusing on technique rather than the structure of a particular software, this book trains theatrical designers to think and paint digitally, regardless of the software or hardware they choose. The text begins with the construction of the artist’s physical and digital workspace, then delves into an explanation of tool functionality, technique-building exercises, and examples from professional theatrical designers to help contextualize the concepts presented. Each chapter gradually progresses in complexity through skill-building exercises and advanced tool functionality, covering concepts like brush construction, various forms of masking, and layer interaction. The book explores various methods of constructing a digital rendering, including producing digital paintings that look like traditional media and photo bashing – the practice of using extant photographs to create a collaged image. Concepts are contextualized throughout the text using illustrations, quotes, and interviews with working professional designers. This beautifully illustrated guide is written for professional theatrical artists, students of theatrical design, and other visual artists looking to broaden their digital painting skillset.
Download or read book Visual Effects in a Digital World written by Karen Goulekas and published by Morgan Kaufmann. This book was released on 2001-07-27 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As this title is a glossary, no table of contents is included.
Download or read book Design for Motion written by Austin Shaw and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plumb the depths of core motion design fundamentals and harness the essential techniques of this diverse and innovative medium. Combine basic art and design principles with creative storytelling to create compelling style frames, design boards, and motion design projects. Here, in one volume, Austin Shaw covers all the principles any serious motion designer needs to know in order to make their artistic visions a reality and confidently produce compositions for clients, including: Illustration techniques Typography Compositing Cinematography Incorporating 3D elements Matte painting Concept development, and much more Lessons are augmented by illustrious full color imagery and practical exercises, allowing you to put the techniques covered into immediate practical context. Industry leaders and pioneers, including Karin Fong, Bradley G Munkowitz (GMUNK), Will Hyde, Erin Sarofsky, Danny Yount, and many more, contribute their professional perspectives, share personal stories, and provide visual examples of their work. Additionally, a robust companion website (www.focalpress.com/cw/shaw) features project files, video tutorials, bonus PDFs, and rolling updates to keep you informed on the latest developments in the field.
Download or read book After Effects and Photoshop written by Jeff Foster and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-05-30 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jeff Foster has created the one indispensable and definitive production guide to two of the world's greatest symbiotic tools: After Effect and Photoshop." —Jack H. Davis, coauthor, the Photoshop Wow! books and How to Wow: Photoshop for Photography Nothing beats the tight synergy of After Effects and Photoshop for creating professional-level effects, and nothing beats this book for showing you how Hollywood professionals really use these programs. In this second edition to his bestselling book, TV and movie graphics veteran Jeff Foster provides all-new information on After Effects 7 and Photoshop CS2—plus expanded coverage of blue/green screening and titling, beautiful new images, and innovative real-world solutions for today's professionals. Better than ever, this must-have reference is still the only guide that shows how to use these two superpower programs together to achieve professional results. The DVD includes production materials, third-party plug-ins and filters, and stock video. You'll also find project files and footage to go with every one of the book's projects, which require After Effects 7 or later. Learn what the pros know, including how to: Add depth to your animation by mimicking real motion Grab your audience's attention with creative motion titling Shoot a clean blue/green screen Apply 3D animation to 2D images Remove backgrounds with blue-screen garbage mattes Retouch frame by frame with rotoscoping Construct realistic composites and locales with matte painting Make movies from stills by simulating 3D camera motion Produce realistic effects such as noise, clouds, and smoke Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Download or read book Digital Painting Techniques written by Wallace Jackson and published by Apress. This book was released on 2016-01-27 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the foundational concepts of vector graphics and raster imaging, including what new media formats are best for use with Android Studio, Java and JavaFX, iOS, Kindle and HTML5, as well as key factors regarding the data footprint optimization work process, and why data footprint optimization is important. Digital Painting Techniques covers concepts central to digital painting using the Inkscape 0.91 open source software package as well as the Corel Painter 2016 professional digital painting software package. You'll learn: The terminology of digital painting What comprises a digital painting 2D modeling and rendering pipeline Concepts and principles behind digital painting content production How to install and utilize 64-bit Inkscape 0.91 and Corel Painter 2016 Concepts behind curves, strokes, fills, patterns, rendering and physics Digital painting data formats and data footprint optimization Who This Book is For: Digital Artists, Illustrators, Painters, User Interface Designers, Digital Signage Content Developers, e-Learning Content Creators, eBook Cover Artists, Album Cover Artists Secondary: Android Developers, iOS Developers, Website Developers, Flash Developers, Multimedia Producers, Rich Internet Application (RIA) Programmers, Game Designers, Teachers, Educators.
Download or read book Cheap Tricks and Class Acts written by John Johnson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1996 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the behind-the-scenes production secrets of the Hollywood films of the 1950s.
Download or read book Digital Visual Effects in Cinema written by Stephen Prince and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011-12-07 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avatar. Inception. Jurassic Park. Lord of the Rings. Ratatouille. Not only are these some of the highest-grossing films of all time, they are also prime examples of how digital visual effects have transformed Hollywood filmmaking. Some critics, however, fear that this digital revolution marks a radical break with cinematic tradition, heralding the death of serious realistic movies in favor of computer-generated pure spectacle. Digital Visual Effects in Cinema counters this alarmist reading, by showing how digital effects–driven films should be understood as a continuation of the narrative and stylistic traditions that have defined American cinema for decades. Stephen Prince argues for an understanding of digital technologies as an expanded toolbox, available to enhance both realist films and cinematic fantasies. He offers a detailed exploration of each of these tools, from lighting technologies to image capture to stereoscopic 3D. Integrating aesthetic, historical, and theoretical analyses of digital visual effects, Digital Visual Effects in Cinema is an essential guide for understanding movie-making today.
