史蒂夫·賴特（Steve Wright），好萊塢數字特效閤成大師、VFX公司培訓專傢，曾任柯達旗下電影製作者辦事處的高級閤成師和技術總監，有著20多年從業經驗，參與過70多部商業廣告和70多部電影的拍攝，代錶作有《禁閉島》、《博物館奇妙夜》、《蝙蝠俠與羅賓》。現在賴特在全球各地的教育機構中教授特效閤成技術、Nuke和Shake軟件課程，著有《視效閤成初級教程》。更多信息請訪問他的個人網站www.vfxio.com。

李銘，北京電影學院數字媒體技術研究所/影視技術係教授級高工，有著多年影視技術教學、實踐經驗，編寫、翻譯瞭《數字時代的影像製作》（主編）、《影視技術概論（修訂版）》等數十部著作。

在綫閱讀本書

Digital Compositing for Film and Video is a hands-on, how-to guide that addresses the problems and difficult choices faced by the professional compositor in real-life situations. This book presents you with tips, tricks and techniques for dealing with the badly shot elements, color artifacts, and mismatched lighting that bedevil compositors. Included in this book is: in-depth, practical methods for bluescreen matte extraction, despill operations, compositing operations, and color correction-the "meat and potatoes" of all digital effects. Written in a completely software independent style, it is totally applicable to any brand of compositing software.

The second edition contains many important additions:

* printed in full color with over 400 color photos and illustrations

* companion DVD with 3.7 gigabytes of test images, including hard to get HiDef video and feature film scans

* new section on working with HiDef video

* new section on digital intermediate, the feature film finishing process of today

* more Adobe Photoshop blending modes and procedures

* new material that reveals the add-mix composite, light wrap, slot gags, and how to defeat banding problems

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