1.	Digital Compositing for Film and Video
	This book provides editors and compositors with practical methods for matted extraction, despill procedures, composting operations and color correction. If your blue screens shots just don't look right, this book is for you. 12-Aug-2005 Hits: 569 Rating: 5.00 Votes: 1		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]

2.	The Art and Science of Digital Compositing
	Digital compositing, defined here as "the digitally manipulated combination of at least two source images to produce an integrated result," is a huge field incorporating 2-D and 3-D still and animated artwork. The Art and Science of Digital Compositing homes in on a specific area--visual effects in film, multimedia, and commercials--and expands on it in a highly precise and technical fashion. The author, Ron Brinkmann, has applied his expertise to many projects, including such feature films as James and the Giant Peach and Die Hard. 11-Oct-2005 Hits: 423 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]

3.	The Making of the Movie Trilogy (The Lord of the Rings)
	The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy is a lavishly illustrated, behind-the-scenes, definitive account of the creation of an epic film experience. 15-Jan-2006 Hits: 291 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]

4.	Matchmoving: The Invisible Art of Camera Tracking
	Master the Art and Science of Matchmoving; Written by a matchmoving expert, this book is much more than a technical primer. It helps you think like a pro so that you can find the right solution for your matchmoves, no matter how tricky. 07-Dec-2005 Hits: 353 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]

5.	Digital Lighting & Rendering
	Author Jeremy Birn has long been regarded as a talented computer graphics artist and generous writer, and he's been sharing his techniques and discoveries for years. 07-Dec-2005 Hits: 308 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]

6.	Industrial Light & Magic: Into the Digital Realm
	This 330-page coffee-table book combines the writing of Mark Cotta Vaz and Patricia Rose Duignan with more than 600 photographs and illustrations to chronicle the accomplishments of Hollywood's hottest special effects company. Industrial Light & Magic, where Duignan spent two decades of her career, was founded by George Lucas to create the effects for his groundbreaking movie, Star Wars. Since then ILM has continued to pioneer new technologies which have led to SF classics such as "E.T.," "Terminator 2" and "Jurassic Park". This books offers a behind-the-scenes look into the magical moments ILM has helped create. 15-Jan-2006 Hits: 298 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]

7.	Industrial Light & Magic: The Art of Special Effects
	Author Smith was general manager for Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) which provided astounding special effects for the sf/horror films of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, beginning with Star Wars. This book is something of a puff-piece for the renowned company (and a panegyric to Lucas) and includes a history of the company, profiles of its artists and technicians, and solid explanations of the various techniques, from animation to matte painting to models. 15-Jan-2006 Hits: 300 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]

8.	Digital Domain: The Leading Edge of Visual Effects
	From Armageddon, Dante’s Peak, Interview with a Vampire, and Apollo 13 to Titanic, The X-Men, Fight Club, and the record-breaking The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, Digital Domain has been on the cutting edge of effects production. Founded in 1993 by industry veterans James Cameron, Stan Winston, and Scott Ross, this studio has produced some of the most spectacular special effects ever seen in cinema. 15-Jan-2006 Hits: 294 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]

9.	Special Effects: The History and Technique
	Spanning the rich history of movie magic, from George Mlis's A Trip to the Moon to George Lucas's Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace, and the Wachowski Brothers' The Matrix, this completely up-to-date guide to visual trickery is unparalleled in scope, presenting a clearly written, lushly illustrated chronicle of special effects development over ten decades of filmmaking. 15-Jan-2006 Hits: 283 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]

10.	Book: The Invisible Art
	This book explores the invention and use of glass matte paintings in film. 15-Jan-2006 Hits: 352 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]

11.	The Making of King Kong : The Official Guide to the Motion Picture
	This official companion to the movie takes readers behind the scenes with a fascinating, intimate view of every stage of production, from scriptwriting to costuming to digital effects. 15-Jan-2006 Hits: 290 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]

12.	The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Classical, Computer,
	The definitive book on animation, from the Academy Award-winning animator behind Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 15-Jan-2006 Hits: 321 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]

13.	3ds Max 8 Essentials : Autodesk Media and Entertainment Courseware
	Written for self-paced learning or instructor-led classroom training, the manual will teach you the fundamentals of using 3ds Max 8. 19-Feb-2006 Hits: 307 Rating: 5.00 Votes: 1		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]

14.	Autodesk 3ds Max 8 Revealed (Revealed)
	"3ds Max 8 Revealed" is aimed at the professional animator and instructor as well as educators who use 3D models and environments as teaching tools. 19-Feb-2006 Hits: 330 Rating: 5.00 Votes: 1		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]

15.	3ds Max 8 New Features and Production Workflow : Autodesk Media and Entertainment Courseware
	This book focuses on the new features in 3ds max and how they fit into the overall workflow. 19-Feb-2006 Hits: 323 Rating: 5.00 Votes: 1		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]

16.	High Dynamic Range Imaging: Acquisition, Display, and Image-Based Lighting
	High Dynamic Range Imaging is the first book to describe this exciting new field that is transforming the media and entertainment industries. Written by the foremost researchers in HDRI, it will explain and define this new technology for anyone who works with images, whether it is for computer graphics, film, video, photography, or lighting design. 20-Mar-2006 Hits: 355 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]

17.	Digital Compositing for Film and Video, 2nd Edition
	Written by an author with 15 years experience, including major films such as Vanilla Sky, X-Men 2, Swept Away, and Solaris. 03-Apr-2006 Hits: 363 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]

18.	[Book] The Magic of Houdini
	With this book, you will learn how to apply each of Houdini's breathtaking features to your projects as you take on modeling, character animation, particle effects animation, dynamic simulation animation, shading, digital asset creation, and rendering. 19-Apr-2006 Hits: 293 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]

19.	Ballistic Publishing
	Be inspired by the world’s best digital art and learn how it is done! Ballistic Publishing is an award-winning publisher of high quality digital art. Our books will inspire and educate you. 21-Apr-2006 Hits: 74 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0		[Add to avorites]   [end URL]   [nfo]