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VFX Fundamentals

Visual Special Effects Using Fusion 8.0

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Wallace Jackson

    1. Lompoc, USA

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  • A unique compact book on new digital video effects (VFX)
  • Uses the popular and now free Fusion design tool
  • Understand what goes into VFX production and its data optimization

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Visual Effects: Set Up Your VFX Content Development Workstation

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Foundation of Raster for VFX: Pixels, Color, and Alpha

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 13-25

  4. The Foundation of Motion for VFX: Frames and Codecs

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 27-35

  5. The Foundation of Audio for VFX: MIDI, Wave, and Sample

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 37-46

  6. The Foundation of 2D Vector for VFX: Point, Path, and SVG

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 47-58

  7. The Foundation of 3D Vector for VFX: Models and OpenGL

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 59-75

  8. Professional VFX Software: Blackmagic Design Fusion

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 77-87

  9. VFX Pipeline Composition: Using the Flow Node Editor

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 89-99

  10. VFX Pipeline Animation: Using the Timeline Editor

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 101-112

  11. VFX Pipeline Motion Control: Using the Spline Editor

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 113-125

  12. VFX Pipeline Pixel Isolation: Animated Polyline Masking

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 127-145

  13. VFX Pipeline Automated Masking: Matte Generators

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 147-163

  14. VFX Pipeline Pixel Tracking: Using Motion Tracking

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 165-182

  15. VFX Pipeline 3D Production: Compositing 3D Assets

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 183-203

  16. VFX Pipeline 3D Rendering: Shader, Material, and Texture

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 205-219

  17. VFX Pipeline 3D Modeling: 3D Text-Title Creation

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 221-232

  18. VFX Pipeline 3D Animation: 3D Text-Titling Modifiers

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 233-246

  19. Advanced VFX Pipeline Effects: 3D Particle Systems

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 247-267

  20. Advanced VFX Pipeline Physics: 3D Particle Physics

    • Wallace Jackson
    Pages 269-293
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About this book

Learn concepts central to visual special effects using the free Black Magic Design Fusion 8.0 software package. This book also provides foundational background information regarding concepts central to digital image compositing, digital video editing, digital illustration, digital painting, 3D, and digital audio in the first six chapters on new media theory, concepts and terminology. This book builds on the foundational concepts of digital image compositing, digital audio, digital video, digital illustration and digital painting. 

VFX Fundamentals introduces more advanced VFX concepts and pipelines as the chapters progress, covering 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.

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What You'll Learn
  • See the new media components (raster, vector, audio, video, rendering) needed for VFX
  • Discover the concepts behind the VFX content production workflow
  • Install and utilize Black Magic Design Fusion 8 and its Visual Programming Language
  • Master the concepts behind resolution, aspect ratio, bit-rate, color depth, layers, alpha, and masking
  • Work with 2D VFX concepts such as animated masking, matte pulling (Primatte V) and motion tracking
  • Harness 3D VFX concepts such as 3D geometry, materials, lighting, animation and auxiliary channels
  • Use advanced VFX concepts such as particle systems animation using real-world physics (forces) 



Who This Book Is For


SFX artists, VFX artists, video editors, website developers, filmmakers, 2D and 3D animators, digital signage producers, e-learning content creators, game developers, multimedia producers.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Lompoc, USA

    Wallace Jackson

About the author

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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