Focal Press

3D Movie Making: Stereoscopic Digital Cinema from Script to Screen
3D Movie Making: Stereoscopic Digital Cinema from Script to Screen

Hollywood is going 3D! Join the revolution with this primer to all of the essential skills for live

Bernard Mendiburu

Compositing Visual Effects, Second Edition: Essentials for the Aspiring Artist
Compositing Visual Effects, Second Edition: Essentials for the Aspiring Artist

Put the essential concepts and techniques of digital compositing to work for you without the need of

Steve Wright

Real-World Flash Game Development, Second Edition: How to Follow Best Practices AND Keep Your Sanity
Real-World Flash Game Development, Second Edition: How to Follow Best Practices AND Keep Your Sanity

Your deadline just got moved up. Your artist has never worked with Flash before. Your inner programm

Christopher Griffith

After Effects and Cinema 4D Lite: 3D Motion Graphics and Visual Effects Using CINEWARE
After Effects and Cinema 4D Lite: 3D Motion Graphics and Visual Effects Using CINEWARE

One of the most exciting new features in After Effects is the integration of Cinema 4D using the CIN

Chris Jackson

Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures: A Guide to the Invisible Art
Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures: A Guide to the Invisible Art

Dialogue editing is a crucial yet invisible part of filmmaking. Do it right, and no one notices. Do

John Purcell

Digital Sculpting with Mudbox: Essential Tools and Techniques for Artists
Digital Sculpting with Mudbox: Essential Tools and Techniques for Artists

Digital sculpting is the use of tools to push, pull, smooth, grab, pinch or otherwise manipulate a d

Mike de la Flor

Digital Landscape Photography
Digital Landscape Photography

Photographing landscape with a film camera is different than with a digital camera. There are severa

John and Barbara Gerlach

The Art and Technique of Matchmoving: Solutions for the VFX Artist
The Art and Technique of Matchmoving: Solutions for the VFX Artist

Matchmoving has become a standard visual effects procedure for almost every situation where live act

Erica Hornung

Digital Audio Technology, Fourth Edition: A Guide to CD, MiniDisc, SACD, DVD(A), MP3 and DAT
Digital Audio Technology, Fourth Edition: A Guide to CD, MiniDisc, SACD, DVD(A), MP3 and DAT

An expert team from SONY Europe explains the technology behind today's major digital audio consumer

Jan Maes

Introduction to Media Production, Fourth Edition: The Path to Digital Media Production
Introduction to Media Production, Fourth Edition: The Path to Digital Media Production

Introduction to Media Production began years ago as an alternative text that would cover ALL aspects

Gorham Kindem PhD

Electroacoustic Devices: Microphones and Loudspeakers
Electroacoustic Devices: Microphones and Loudspeakers

This is the definitive reference for microphones and loudspeakers, your one-stop reference covering

Glen Ballou

The Healthy Edit: Creative Editing Techniques for Perfecting Your Movie
The Healthy Edit: Creative Editing Techniques for Perfecting Your Movie

Every film or show that we watch, no matter how great the final cut, has its problems during product

John Rosenberg

Digital Video Recorders: DVRs Changing TV and Advertising Forever
Digital Video Recorders: DVRs Changing TV and Advertising Forever

Four specific trends are driving the DVR industry: consumer content choice, consumer content control

Jimmy Schaeffler

Film Directing Fundamentals, Third Edition: See Your Film Before Shooting
Film Directing Fundamentals, Third Edition: See Your Film Before Shooting

在线阅读本书Film Directing Fundamentals gives the novice director an organic methodology for realizing on

Nicholas Proferes

Working with HDV: Shoot, Edit, and Deliver Your High Definition Video
Working with HDV: Shoot, Edit, and Deliver Your High Definition Video

Over the past few years, HDV has burst onto the professional video production landscape and is chang

Chuck Gloman

Focus On Photographing People: Focus on the Fundamentals (Focus On Series)
Focus On Photographing People: Focus on the Fundamentals (Focus On Series)

Taking good photographs of people is a combination of many factors: What is the best light for the s

Haje Jan Kamps

Speedlights & Speedlites: Creative Flash Photography at the Speed of Light
Speedlights & Speedlites: Creative Flash Photography at the Speed of Light

Canon Speedlites and Nikon Speedlights are small, off-camera flashguns that can provide big results

Lou Jones

Lensbaby: Bending your perspective
Lensbaby: Bending your perspective

If you've ever wished you could learn about all of the creative possibilities the Lensbaby offers, t

Corey Hilz

FACES: Photography and the Art of Portraiture
FACES: Photography and the Art of Portraiture

There is so much detail to be captured in a face. Cicero (106-43 BC) said: "The face is a picture of

Steven Biver

Technical Design Solutions for Theatre (The Technical Brief Collection, Volume 1)
Technical Design Solutions for Theatre (The Technical Brief Collection, Volume 1)

在线阅读本书The Technical Brief is a collection of single-focus articles on technical production solutions

Ben Sammler

Creating Games with Unity and Maya: How to Develop Fun and Marketable 3D Games
Creating Games with Unity and Maya: How to Develop Fun and Marketable 3D Games

Unity brings you ever closer to the "author once, deploy anywhere" dream. With its multiplatform cap

Adam Watkins

Rendering with mental ray and 3ds Max, Second Edition
Rendering with mental ray and 3ds Max, Second Edition

Create stunning renders of your 3ds Max models in mental ray with this concise guide. Learn all of t

Joep van der Steen

Drawing and Rendering for Theatre
Drawing and Rendering for Theatre

在线阅读本书As a theatrical designer, it is vital for you to be able to develop your drawing skills to cre

Clare P.Rowe

Bloggers Boot Camp: Learning How to Build, Write, and Run a Successful Blog
Bloggers Boot Camp: Learning How to Build, Write, and Run a Successful Blog

Bloggers Boot Camp shows you how to build a great blog from the ground up. This isn't a book about t

Charlie White

Ideas for the Animated Short: Finding and Building Stories
Ideas for the Animated Short: Finding and Building Stories

Build your skills in the development of story ideas that will command an audience for your 2-5 minut

Karen Sullivan

Frame-By-Frame Stop Motion: The Guide to Non-Traditional Animation Techniques
Frame-By-Frame Stop Motion: The Guide to Non-Traditional Animation Techniques

In a world that is dominated by computer images, alternative stop motion techniques like pixilation,

Tom Gasek

Stand-Out Shorts: Shooting and Sharing Your Films Online
Stand-Out Shorts: Shooting and Sharing Your Films Online

Making movies is no different than any other creative work - don't wait to be told you're good enoug

Russell Evans

3D Game Textures, Third Edition: Create Professional Game Art Using Photoshop
3D Game Textures, Third Edition: Create Professional Game Art Using Photoshop

A broadly enhanced new edition of Luke Ahearn's cornerstone game art book "3D Game Textures" is here

Luke Ahearn

Mastering MultiCamera Techniques: From Preproduction to Editing and Deliverables
Mastering MultiCamera Techniques: From Preproduction to Editing and Deliverables

From a basic two-camera interview to an elaborate 26 camera HD concert film, this comprehensive guid

Mitch Jacobson

Creative Motion Graphic Titling for Film, Video, and the Web: Dynamic Motion Graphic Title Design
Creative Motion Graphic Titling for Film, Video, and the Web: Dynamic Motion Graphic Title Design

Captivate your audience and enhance your storytelling with this tutorial based 4-color cookbook, fea

Yael Braha