Week 11

This weeks lecture was based on Compositing, the idea of Composting is to combine elements from different sources into a single image.


We looked briefly at history of where composting as been used.

Oscar G.Rejlander - The two ways of life 1857
Combined images from 32 different glass negatives to produce a single print



















I think the best part about composting is that it can be used to great effect and be so seamless problem is that it takes a long time.


Optical Printing/Compositing- The process of combining 4 celluloid. A foreground image and its matte (male matte) with a Background plate and its matte (female matte). These are composited onto a clean film using an optical printer

Used right up to about 1992
Computer controlled during the 80s
Modern techniques derived from this



Rotoscoping

A tedious process, in which the technique is where an artist will trace over live footage to create a mixed media.

An example would be Scanner Darkly from 2006:

Matte painting.

Originally, visual effects artists used matte paintings to  create "virtual sets" and "digital backlots" to solve the same problems in a more powerful, flexible manner. But these new technologies have their roots in traditional matte painting technique.

Here on the left is the original matte painting.

On the right is the complete matte painting composite.
















Digital composting is of today's technology and is on the rise along with Computer generated imaging makes it easier and faster.

An example of a modern day film that uses digital imaging is the film 'The Truman Show' shown in images below.

Photography in the town of Seaside, Florida

Final composite establishing the downtown area.

http://www.matteworld.com/projects/siggraph_1.html
http://www.matteworld.com/projects/siggraph_3.html