Focal Easy Guide to Discreet combustion 3: For new users and professionals

By Gary M. Davis

If you are new to Discreet combustion, or moving over to use this powerful animation and effects software from another effects package, then this is the book for you. It gives you all you need to know to get up and running with combustion, fast It includes an overview of all the key features you need when starting out with simple and concise details on how to use them and how best to integrate the power of combustion into your workflow. An ideal Discreet combustion primer for computer graphics students or professionals with some prior experience in the field of computer graphics. Learn how to do many familiar concepts such as animating with paint and layers of video specifically in combustion. This guide will provide a jump-start into the major features of the software without going too in-depth about every single button in the program. Through the use of various samples and screen captures, you will learn why an artist would use one tool over another in addition to just what the different buttons do. Topics covered would include disciplines for motion graphics artists, broadcast designers, 3d animators, web artists, compositors and visual effects artists working for video and film based productions. People within the computer graphics industry of all sorts can take advantage of combustion because it is both a stand-alone application and also a bridge to several different disciplines including video editing, 3d animation, matte painting, 2d illustration and web design.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0240519558
• ISBN13: 9780240519555
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Focal Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

A fantastic book that will ramp you up quickly.

Even though I am using combustion 4 this book is still the best learning resource available. The information is well written, no wordy blurbs, and the quality of the pages and all-color photos is fantastic. The only area from this book that's not going to apply to c4 is the discreet keyer because it has changed in since c3. By combining this book with the wide array of tutorials from discreet's web site it is all the learning material you will need. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to truly grasp the ins and outs of combustion! A+

Greatest book so far!

This is a great book if you want to become a pro in a second! The book is highly illustrated in color, the explanations are short and the book has a lot of pictures. The best so far!

This book ROCKS!!!

Got to say....this book absolutely rocks. It is clear, to the point and not to mention full color! Equally relevant to either a new or current user of Combustion. Being a new user, I have found it very easy to follow and digest. Thanks Gary! -Chris Leventis Instructor International Academy of Design & Technology

This is a grrrrrreat discreet combustion training book!

As a long-time Discreet Combustion user (starting back before it was even called Discreet Combustion,) I am very impressed at how well Gary has presented the concepts and theories of using combustion. Gary has done a superb job of breaking down the complexities of Combustion in to digestable and understandable chunks, and always keeping an approach toward real-world use & applications. I can recommend it without hesitation. regards, Jack Pfeiffer, Combustion co-host at www.creativecow.net; Secretary-Danish Discreet User Group-founded in 1999.