Lee Lanier has worked in the motion picture industry since 1989, having spent hundreds of hours on live-action sets and thousands of hours working with high-end animation and compositing software. He’s created visual effects for Walt Disney Studios and served as a senior animator in the modeling and lighting departments at PDI/DreamWorks on Antz and Shrek. In addition to having taught at the Academy of Art University and Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Lee has written seven books on visual effects and digital compositing, has recorded tutorials for lynda.com and The Foundry, and is a member of the Visual Effects Society.

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• Chapter 1: Selecting Color Spaces, Resolutions, and Frames RatesChapter 2: Generating Alpha with Keyers and MattesChapter 3: Masking, Rotoscoping, and Basic KeyframingChapter 4: Transforming and Motion TrackingChapter 5: Working with the 3D EnvironmentChapter 6: Creating Particle Simulations Chapter 7: Integrating Render PassesChapter 8: Color Effects, Color Grading, and HDRIChapter 9: Damage Repair and DistressingChapter 10: Expressions, Scripting, and Project Management

Lee Lanier has worked in the motion picture industry since 1989, having spent hundreds of hours on live-action sets and thousands of hours working with high-end animation and compositing software. He’s created visual effects for Walt Disney Studios and served as a senior animator in the modeling and lighting departments at PDI/DreamWorks on Antz and Shrek. In addition to having taught at the Academy of Art University and Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Lee has written seven books on visual effects and digital compositing, has recorded tutorials for lynda.com and The Foundry, and is a member of the Visual Effects Society.

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• Chapter 1: Selecting Color Spaces, Resolutions, and Frames RatesChapter 2: Generating Alpha with Keyers and MattesChapter 3: Masking, Rotoscoping, and Basic KeyframingChapter 4: Transforming and Motion TrackingChapter 5: Working with the 3D EnvironmentChapter 6: Creating Particle Simulations Chapter 7: Integrating Render PassesChapter 8: Color Effects, Color Grading, and HDRIChapter 9: Damage Repair and DistressingChapter 10: Expressions, Scripting, and Project Management

Lee Lanier has worked in the motion picture industry since 1989, having spent hundreds of hours on live-action sets and thousands of hours working with high-end animation and compositing software. He’s created visual effects for Walt Disney Studios and served as a senior animator in the modeling and lighting departments at PDI/DreamWorks on Antz and Shrek. In addition to having taught at the Academy of Art University and Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Lee has written seven books on visual effects and digital compositing, has recorded tutorials for lynda.com and The Foundry, and is a member of the Visual Effects Society.

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• Chapter 1: Selecting Color Spaces, Resolutions, and Frames RatesChapter 2: Generating Alpha with Keyers and MattesChapter 3: Masking, Rotoscoping, and Basic KeyframingChapter 4: Transforming and Motion TrackingChapter 5: Working with the 3D EnvironmentChapter 6: Creating Particle Simulations Chapter 7: Integrating Render PassesChapter 8: Color Effects, Color Grading, and HDRIChapter 9: Damage Repair and DistressingChapter 10: Expressions, Scripting, and Project Management