Digital image compositing fundamentals /

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Author / Creator:Jackson, Wallace, author.
Imprint:New York, NY : Apress, 2015.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:The expert's voice
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11096408
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ISBN:9781484240601
148424060X
9781484216392
1484216393
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 19, 2015).
Summary:Digital Image Compositing Fundamentals introduces the reader to the concepts and terminology behind digital imaging, including pixels, channels, layers, compositing, alpha, masking, compression, blending, dithering, color depth and the like. What You'll Learn: What are the most common memes in digital imaging What comprises a digital image compositing pipeline What are the concepts behind digital imaging How to install and use GIMP 2.8 or 2.9 What are and how to use the concepts behind color depth and image optimization.
Other form:Original 1484216393 9781484216392
Standard no.:10.1007/978-1-4842-4060-1
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Digital Image Compositing Fundamentals is an introductory title covering concepts central to digital imagery and digital image compositing using software packages such as Adobe Photoshop or the open source GIMP software, which is used for this book because it is free for commercial use.

This book builds on the fundamental concepts of pixels, color depth and layers, and gets more advanced as chapters progress, covering pixel transparency using the alpha channel, pixel blending using Porter-Duff blending and transfer modes, and digital image file formats and key factors regarding a data footprint optimization work process.

What You'll Learn:

What are the most common memes in digital imaging
What comprises a digital image compositing pipeline
What are the concepts behind digital imaging
How to install and use GIMP 2.8 or 2.9
What are and how to use the concepts behind color depth and imageoptimization Audience:
This book is for those new to image compositing, editing. Ideal for web developers, game developers who need to learn these kinds of fundamentals quickly and effectively.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781484240601
148424060X
9781484216392
1484216393