Introduction to the Second Edition |
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Introduction to Digital Compositing |
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2 | (1) |
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3 | (4) |
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7 | (4) |
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11 | (4) |
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15 | (38) |
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Judging Color, Brightness, and Contrast |
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16 | (3) |
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19 | (8) |
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27 | (14) |
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27 | (3) |
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30 | (2) |
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Lens Flares and Other Lens Artifacts |
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32 | (7) |
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39 | (2) |
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Depth, Distance, and Perspective |
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41 | (10) |
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Perspective and the Camera |
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42 | (3) |
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45 | (6) |
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51 | (2) |
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The Digital Representation of Visual Information |
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53 | (40) |
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53 | (2) |
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Pixels, Components, and Channels |
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55 | (4) |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (3) |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (7) |
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Floating-point and High Dynamic Range Imagery (HDRI) |
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71 | (3) |
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The HSV Color Representation |
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74 | (3) |
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The YUV COlor Representation |
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77 | (3) |
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80 | (1) |
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Digital Image File Formats |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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Different Spatial Resolutions |
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82 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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Comment Information in a Header |
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82 | (1) |
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Additional Image Channels |
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82 | (1) |
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Vendor-specific File Format Implementations |
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83 | (1) |
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83 | (7) |
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83 | (3) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (3) |
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Image Sequence Compression |
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90 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (2) |
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93 | (56) |
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94 | (3) |
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97 | (16) |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (2) |
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100 | (2) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (3) |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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Look-up Table Manipulations |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (3) |
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113 | (12) |
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113 | (3) |
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116 | (3) |
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119 | (5) |
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124 | (1) |
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Geometric Transformations |
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125 | (24) |
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126 | (3) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (3) |
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133 | (2) |
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135 | (3) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (5) |
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144 | (5) |
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149 | (40) |
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149 | (5) |
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149 | (2) |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (3) |
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The Integrated Matte Channel |
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157 | (3) |
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158 | (2) |
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160 | (12) |
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162 | (1) |
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162 | (4) |
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166 | (2) |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (2) |
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172 | (2) |
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Compositing with Premultiplied Images |
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174 | (9) |
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Color Correcting and Combining Premultiplied Images |
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178 | (3) |
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Luminosity and the Image-Matte Relationship |
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181 | (2) |
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183 | (6) |
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Matte Creation and Manipulation |
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189 | (44) |
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192 | (14) |
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195 | (8) |
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203 | (3) |
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206 | (1) |
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Procedural Matte Extraction |
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206 | (16) |
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Keying Based on Luminance |
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207 | (3) |
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Keying Based on Chrominance |
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210 | (4) |
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The Color Difference Method |
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214 | (4) |
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218 | (1) |
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Specialized keying Software |
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219 | (3) |
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222 | (11) |
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Checking the Solidity of your Matte |
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223 | (1) |
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223 | (4) |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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Image Processing on Mattes |
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228 | (5) |
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Time and Temporal Manipulations |
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233 | (16) |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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Changing the Length or Timing of a Sequence |
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236 | (8) |
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244 | (5) |
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Image Tracking and Stabilization |
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249 | (14) |
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Tracking an Element into a Plate |
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250 | (5) |
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Choosing the Feature to Track |
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252 | (2) |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (2) |
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Using Tracking Curves Manually |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (1) |
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258 | (4) |
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262 | (1) |
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263 | (28) |
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264 | (2) |
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The Evolution of Interactivity |
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266 | (2) |
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Methods of Representing the Compositing Process |
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268 | (7) |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (3) |
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273 | (2) |
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275 | (2) |
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277 | (4) |
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Working with Proxy Images |
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281 | (1) |
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Image Viewing and Analysis Tools |
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282 | (9) |
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283 | (2) |
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Pixel or Regional Information Tools |
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285 | (2) |
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287 | (4) |
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Film Formats: Media, Resolution, and Aspect Ratios |
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291 | (36) |
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293 | (4) |
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294 | (2) |
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Deciding on a Resolution When You Have an Aspect Ratio |
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296 | (1) |
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Format Conversion Pipeline |
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297 | (5) |
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A Format Conversion Example |
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299 | (3) |
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302 | (6) |
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303 | (2) |
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305 | (1) |
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306 | (2) |
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308 | (6) |
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308 | (3) |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (1) |
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312 | (2) |
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314 | (1) |
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Working with Nonsquare Pixels |
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314 | (5) |
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Converting and Combining Formats |
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319 | (8) |
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Converting between Film and Video |
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323 | (4) |
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327 | (18) |
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327 | (1) |
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328 | (1) |
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328 | (1) |
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329 | (4) |
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Internal Software Accuracy |
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333 | (3) |
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336 | (4) |
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340 | (1) |
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Working in a Networked Environment |
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341 | (1) |
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341 | (1) |
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342 | (3) |
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345 | (22) |
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346 | (2) |
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348 | (1) |
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349 | (2) |
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351 | (2) |
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353 | (1) |
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353 | (3) |
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356 | (1) |
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356 | (2) |
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Lighting and Shooting with Bluescreens |
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358 | (6) |
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Bluescreen versus Greenscreen |
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364 | (2) |
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366 | (1) |
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Additional Integration Techniques |
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367 | (38) |
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369 | (1) |
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369 | (20) |
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370 | (1) |
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371 | (5) |
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376 | (3) |
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379 | (3) |
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382 | (6) |
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388 | (1) |
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389 | (16) |
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389 | (4) |
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393 | (1) |
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394 | (1) |
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395 | (2) |
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397 | (1) |
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398 | (1) |
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Film Grain and Sensor Noise |
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399 | (6) |
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Advanced and Related Topics |
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405 | (56) |
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The Digital Representation of Images, Revisited |
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405 | (23) |
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High Dynamic Range Imaging |
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406 | (8) |
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414 | (3) |
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Working with Limited Bit Depth |
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417 | (11) |
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428 | (1) |
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428 | (7) |
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435 | (20) |
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437 | (11) |
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448 | (7) |
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455 | (6) |
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456 | (1) |
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457 | (1) |
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458 | (3) |
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461 | (134) |
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James and the Giant Peach |
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461 | (3) |
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464 | (2) |
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466 | (4) |
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470 | (6) |
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Budweiser Lizards Commercials |
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476 | (2) |
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478 | (5) |
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483 | (7) |
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490 | (4) |
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Carlton Draught ``Big Ad'' |
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494 | (5) |
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Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe |
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499 | (5) |
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504 | (3) |
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507 | (3) |
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510 | (4) |
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514 | (6) |
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520 | (4) |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Returns of the king |
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524 | (4) |
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The Orion Nebula from The Hubble Space Telescope |
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528 | (8) |
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536 | (3) |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
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539 | (8) |
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547 | (7) |
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554 | (7) |
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Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit |
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561 | (6) |
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Star Wars; Episode 3---Revenge of the Sith |
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567 | (28) |
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Breaking Down the Shot---ccm436 |
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568 | (2) |
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570 | (4) |
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574 | (12) |
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586 | (5) |
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Final Assembly and Reframing |
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591 | (2) |
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593 | (2) |
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Appendix A Digital Compositing Software: Tools and Features |
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595 | (10) |
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596 | (1) |
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597 | (1) |
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Geometric Transformations and Warps |
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598 | (1) |
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599 | (1) |
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600 | (1) |
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601 | (1) |
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601 | (1) |
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602 | (1) |
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602 | (3) |
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Appendix B Digital Image File Formats |
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605 | (14) |
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Common Image File Formats |
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605 | (1) |
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606 | (6) |
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612 | (7) |
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Using OpenEXR for Visual Effects Production |
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612 | (1) |
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612 | (1) |
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613 | (1) |
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614 | (1) |
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615 | (1) |
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How OpenEXR is used at ILM |
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615 | (1) |
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615 | (1) |
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616 | (1) |
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617 | (1) |
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618 | (1) |
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Appendix C Common Film and Video Formats |
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619 | (8) |
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619 | (5) |
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Scanning Resolutions and File Sizes |
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620 | (4) |
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Digital Cinema Projection |
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624 | (1) |
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624 | (3) |
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625 | (1) |
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625 | (1) |
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626 | (1) |
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626 | (1) |
Bibliography |
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627 | (4) |
Glossary |
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Index |
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