Contents
Part 1: Concepts of Visual Effects and Compositing
Chapter 1. Film and Video Primer Bootcamp for VFX
The History of Visual Effects
Principles of Motion Pictures and VFX
In The Beginning - In Camera and Special Effects
Visual Effects (VFX) Concepts
Chapter 2. Introduction to VFX: Advanced Photoshop for 3D, VFX, and Digital Compositing
Application of Selection Methods: Grunge and Grime Maps
Other Matched Texture/Layer/Element Sets
Chapter 3. Rotoscoping, Motion Tracking, and 2D Matchmoving
Part 2: Visual Effects Techniques
Chapter 5. VFX Techniques I: Basic Integration VFX
CG/VFX Lighting and Integration
Method and Technique for VFX Element Lighting
2D Motion Tracking and CG Integration
Roto VFX: Energy Weapons and Effects
Chapter 6. VFX Techniques II: Advanced Integration and Card Trick VFX
Fine-Tuning Integration: Film Grain/Video Noise Matching and Light Wraps
Card Tricks: Outside-the-Box Strategies
3D Tracking and Matchmoving CG
Hand 3D Tracking - Matchimation
3D Object Tracking and Replacement
Faking Z- Depth and Ambient Occlusion
2.5D Atmosphere FX
2.5D Smoke - Cloud FX
Fake Birds
2D and 3D Displacement FX - Water, Heat, Cloak
Multipass Rendering and Compositing
2D, 2.5D and 3D Particle Systems and Voxelbased Rendering
Chapter 9. Bread and Butter VFX
Sky Replacements
Day for Night - Winter for Summer FX
Digital HUD Creation
Wire and Rig Removal
Time Ramping
Part 3: Advanced Visual Effects Techniques
Chapter 10. Digital Matte Painting and Environment VFX
2.5D Compositing
Digital Matte Painting and Set Extensions 2D - 3D - 2.5D
Advanced 2.5D Camera Movement
2.5D Digital Matte Paintings and Camera Projections
Digital Environments
Digital Environment Applications
Virtual Studio
Chapter 11. Beauty and Restoration VFX
Film Colorization
Digital Beauty
Advanced Lighting and Rendering
Chapter 12. Dynamics and Simulation VFX
Intro to Fluid and Rigid Body Dynamics Simulations
Specialized Fluid Simulation and Dynamics Applications and Plugins
Rigid Body Dynamics
Bullet Dynamics
Soft Body Dynamics
Chapter 13. Particle, Crowd and Destruction VFX
3D Particle Based Crowd Replication
3D Particle Based Debris Systems
Digital Destruction
Digital Amputation
Chapter 14. Advanced Displacement Modeling VFX
Advanced 3D & Photoshop Magic
Displacement Modeling
Chapter 15. Stereoscopic 3D and Deep Compositing VFX
Stereoscopic 3D
History, Background and Core Concepts
Creating Stereoscopic 3D
2D to 3D Stereoscopic Conversion - Methods of Stereoscopic 2D to 3D Conversion - Technologies and Implementations
Deep Compositing