Visual effects in a digital world

the long version

"Visual Effects in a Digital World is a guide to visual effects terms and techniques that serves as a valuable resource for both novices and professionals, enabling filmakers from different generations, disciplines, and continents to speak the same language. Written by visual effects expert Karen Goulekas, Visual Effects In a Digital World consolidates the knowledge of this rapidly expanding industry into a manageable, accessible reference guide, covering over 7,000 visual effects terms and providing 177 accompanying illustrations. Features: 32 pages of color stills from blockbuster films to illustrate definitions of terms; covers topics such as computer graphics, digital compositing, live action, stage, and miniature photography, and a wide range of computer and Internet concepts; offers job descriptions for positions found throughout the industry; and demystifies the jargon used by practitioners in every subspecialty."--Jacket.