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Digital Image Compositing Fundamentals

Autor Wallace Jackson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – oct 2015
Digital Image Compositing Fundamentals is an introductory title covering concepts central to digital imagery and digital image compositing using software packages such as Adobe Photoshop or the open source GIMP software, which is used for this book because it is free for commercial use. 
This book builds on the fundamental concepts of pixels, color depth and layers, and gets more advanced as chapters progress, covering pixel transparency using the alpha channel, pixel blending using Porter-Duff blending and transfer modes, and digital image file formats and key factors regarding a data footprint optimization work process.
What You'll Learn:

  • What are the most common memes in digital imaging 
  • What comprises a digital image compositing pipeline
  • What are the concepts behind digital imaging
  • How to install and use GIMP 2.8 or 2.9
  • What are and how to use the concepts behind color depth and image optimization
Audience:
This book is for those new to image compositing, editing.  Ideal for web developers, game developers who need to learn these kinds of fundamentals quickly and effectively.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781484216392
ISBN-10: 1484216393
Pagini: 166
Ilustrații: XIX, 166 p. 149 illus.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 12 mm
Greutate: 2.93 kg
Ediția:1st ed.
Editura: Apress
Colecția Apress
Locul publicării:Berkeley, CA, United States

Public țintă

Professional/practitioner

Cuprins

Chapter 1 The Foundation of Digital Imaging: The Pixel.- Chapter 2 The Size of Digital Imaging: Resolution.-
Chapter 3 The Shape of Digital Imaging: Aspect Ratio.- Chapter 4 The Color of Digital Imaging: Color Theory.- Chapter 5 The Digitization of Digital Imaging: Color Depth.- Chapter 6 The Transparency of Digital Imaging: Alpha Channel.- Chapter 7 The Isolation of Digital Imaging: Masking Tools.- Chapter 8 The Organization of Digital Imaging: Using Layers.- Chapter 9 The Algorithms of Digital Imaging: Porter-Duff.- Chapter 10 The Modality of Digital Imaging: Modal Operation.- Chapter 11 The Work Process of Digital Imaging: Compositing.- Chapter 12 The Wow Factor of Digital Imaging: Special Effects.- Chapter 13 The Data Footprint of Dig
ital Imaging: Optimization.- Chapter 14 The Automation of Digital Imaging: Programming.

Notă biografică

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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Digital Image Compositing Fundamentals introduces the reader to the concepts and terminology behind digital imaging, including pixels, channels, layers, compositing, alpha, masking, compression, blending, dithering, color depth and the like.
What You'll Learn:

  • What are the most common memes in digital imaging 
  • What comprises a digital image compositing pipeline
  • What are the concepts behind digital imaging
  • How to install and use GIMP 2.8 or 2.9
  • What are and how to use the concepts behind color depth and image optimization

Caracteristici

This is a unique practical short book on image compositing and optimization fundamentals
Examples are demonstrated using both GIMP, a free open source digital image application, and Adobe Photoshop
After completing this book, readers will have a comprehensive understanding of what goes into a Digital Image Compositing Pipeline