Exploring Visual Effects (Design Exploration Series)

By Billy Garfield Woody II

Describing and illustrating each phase of visual effects production, from design and research through to model building, photography, digital editing, and composition, this book presents options for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140187987X
• ISBN13: 9781401879877
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Informative, Entertaining, and Very Freakin' Cool

I'm not a professional filmmaker (I'm barley a hobbyist), but I totally dug this book! I've always been fascinated with visual effects, and I've read plenty of books on the subject...but none were as clear, concise, and easy to understand as this one. As I was reading, I had to look up a couple of technical terms, but like I said, I don't do this for a living. I have to believe that as much as I enjoyed the read, someone who will actually implement the author's techniques, will freakin' love this thing.

Excellent for beginner and veteran

I have woked in visual efeects for over 10 years and I like to think I know a great deal about my field but I still found that this book provded me with additional information on subjects I was already aquainted with. If you are new to visual effetcs the book provides a good overview of the many crafts associated with VFX and it is also a great refresher for those with experience. Mr Woodys book covers a wide spectrum of concpets and disciplines used in visual effects work in an enjoyable, easy to read style. If you're looking to get into VFX this is a great place to start.

effects are cool

this book is all an around important contribution to any budding effects artist's personal library. the chapters are easy to follow and the companion dvd is extremely helpful. the book should be required reading for any digital media course.

Super helpful to all filmmakers

Nothing will scare an aspiring filmmaker like the challenge of needing visual effects to complete a shot. Exploring Visual Effects is a fantastic tool for filmmakers of any skill, from beginners and students to experienced feature helmers. The options it presents are easily described and artfully presented. The authors style is very accessible. In the realm of "must have" books for fledgling directors, this is certainly one of them.

What a great overview!!!

This text is very cool. It goes from getting crews together, through pre-production to lighting, some model making, in camera effects, digital. The lighting section is cool because it has specs about basic lighting instruments most students have available to them in school from their theatre department! The DVD is very cool, it has demo versions of Apple's Shake and Motion software and a bunch of other cool things. The writing style is also easy and informal, it feels like you are having a conversation with the author.