Just thought I best clarify - when I say "I read that to mean" I was
talking about the name of the book giving me an expectation. In short
the book isn't arty at all.
Cheers,
Alan.
On 7/29/05, Alan Jones <skyphyr(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Don't believe the title of "the Art and Science of Digital
> Compositing" - I read that to mean it talks more on the aesthetic
> components and what makes an image pleasing/believable to the human
> eye. The book is almost entirely the science and mostly describes the
> math behind the various operations, file and video formats.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alan.
>
> On 7/29/05, Axel Akesson <forum(at)virtualrepublic.org> wrote:
> > Hi Rainer!
> >
> > Are you familliar with tree based compositing in general?
> >
> > Fx Tree use pretty standard compositing terms so its quite easy to
> > translate information from different compositing programs (like Shake)
> > to it.
> >
> > I would highly recommend to pick up these to books if they are not yet
> > part of your library:
> >
> > Digital Compositing for Film and Video
> > (more technical book about compositing)
> > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0240804554/qid=1122634016/
> > sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_sbs_1/103-0713543-6258246?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
> >
> > The Art and Science of Digital Compositing
> > (more "arty" book about compositing)
> > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0121339602/qid=1122634016/
> > sr=8-2/ref=pd_bbs_sbs_2/103-0713543-6258246?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
> >
> > Good luck with Fx Tree!
> > Axel
> >
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] Im Auftrag
> > von Rainer Schmidt
> > Bereitgestellt: Donnerstag, 28. Juli 2005 18:38
> > Bereitgestellt in: XSI
> > Unterhaltung: FX-Tree
> > Betreff: Re: FX-Tree
> >
> > Simon Pickard wrote:
> >
> > >Hi there,
> > >
> > >Just be very careful with the 2D tracker. I found that when it works it
> > >works great, but sometimes it can be very flaky.
> > >I found a really nasty bug that's repeatable so keep it in mind, if you
> > >scale any of the outer boxes of the tracker xsi just crashes without a
> > >trace.
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >Si.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for the hint. I can confirm that behaviour and without your hint
> > I would have been rather puzzled....
> > Rainer
> >
> > PS:Is there a tutorial or a sample for it? I am really having a hard
> > time working with it for the first time and only having the help
> > pages....
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