Hi,
I often hear of people rendering passes and matts and alpha’s etc and know very little of this way of working. Thus I have been looking for some form of book to help me understand as I work primarily with still images at present and don’t wish to get too bogged with video literature.
Does anyone have this and if so what do you think of it:
If anyone can recommend another source of information I would appreciate it very much.
Thanks
Trev
judging from the cover that book looks pretty basic, but you cant judge a book by its cover
The art and science of digital compositing by ron brinkmann is the bible - he’s the guy that made shake. It’s a mainly theoretical, knowledge and technique book so you can apply things to most software. If you’re using a specific program then you’re going to have to get something for that too. Mark Christensen’s after effects studio techniques is highly recommended - not sure about other apps.