Fix it in post : solutions for post production problems / Jack James.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Jack, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Editing--Data processing.

Motion pictures.

Video tapes--Editing--Data processing.

Video tapes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book provides an array of concise solutions to the wide variety of problems that are faced by postproduction artists in the post process. With an application-agnostic approach, it gives proven, step-by-step methods to solving the most frequently encountered postproduction problems. Solutions are provided for common audio, video, digital, editorial, color, timing and compositing problems.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; The Beginning of the End; The Myth of Digital Magic; The Substitute Time Machine; About This Book; Who This Book Is For; How This Book Is Organized; Contacting the Author; Chapter 2 Essential Techniques; The Software Toolbox; Picture Manipulation; Number Crunching; Painting; Cloning; Layering; Masking; Keying; Tracking; Color Correcting; How to Create a Difference Matte; Audio Manipulation; Sequencing; Filtering; Dynamic Adjustment; Transcoding; The Hardware Toolbox; Input Devices; Output Devices

StoragePerformance; The Visual Toolbox; Chapter 3 Fixing Lens Problems; Lens Distortion; How to Correct Barrel or Pincushion Distortion; Vignettes; How to Add a Vignette; How to Remove a Vignette; How to Remove Camera Shake; How to Add Camera Shake; How to Smooth Unsteady Shots; Focus; Digital Sharpening; How to Repair Out-of-Focus Shots; Color Fringing; How to Remove Color Fringes; Lens Flare; How to Remove Lens Flare; Simulating Camera Filters; Chapter 4 Fixing Video Problems; Frames, Fields, and GOPs; How to De-interlace Footage; How to Interlace Footage; How to Correct Field Dominance

How to Remove Stretched FieldsHow to Remove Drop-out; How to Reduce Ringing; How to Convert Video Formats; How to Make Video Look Like Film; Chapter 5 Fixing Film Problems; Film Damage; How to Bust Dust; How to Remove Mold and Watermarks; How to Remove Tramlines; How to Correct Frame Registration; How to Repair Splice Damage; How to Remove Film Gates; Film Grain; How to Reduce Film Grain; How to Add Grain; Emulating Video; How to Make Film Look Like HD Video; How to Emulate Cell Phone Video; How to Emulate Security Camera Video; Chapter 6 Fixing Digital Problems; Digital Corruption

How to Fix Pixel CorruptionDigital Artifacts; How to Anti-Alias Pixels; How to Reduce Noise; How to Reduce Banding; Compression; Color Sampling; Compression Damage; How to Work with Multiple Formats; Outputting to Different Formats; How to Produce Stills for Print; Chapter 7 Fixing Audio Problems; Digital and Analogue Audio; Anatomy of Digital Audio; How to Get Consistent Volume; How to Retime Audio; How to Correct Sync Issues; How to Reduce Audible Noise; How to Remove Pops and Clicks; Stereophonic and Multichannel Audio; How to Get Stereo from Mono; How to Get Surround Sound from Stereo

How to Automate Dialogue ReplacementHow to Ensure Audio Continuity; Chapter 8 Fixing Color Problems; Clipping and Crushing; How to Correct Exposure Issues; Color Space; How to Legalize Colors; How to Enhance Tone and Contrast; How to Enhance Highlights and Shadows; Color Temperature; How to Remove Color Casts; Black and White; How to Turn Color into Black and White; How to Bleach Bypass; How to Cross Process; How to Blue-Green Transfer; How to Boost Vibrance; How to Turn Day into Night; Chapter 9 Fixing Compositional Problems; The Crop; The Letterbox; Digital Scaling

How to Use High-Quality Scaling

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612286902

9781136138058

1136138056

9781136138065

1136138064

9781282286900

1282286900

9780080928388

0080928382

OCLC:

476255682