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Book Description

The Digital Intermediate process (DI), or conversion of film to digital bits and then back to film again, has great potential to revolutionize the postproduction process. The skill set to photochemically process a movie and pop it into a canister for the postal service to send around to all of the movie houses and the skill set to digitally master and create a file that is distributed globally via the Internet and satellites are completely different. One of these entirely new processes is that of the digital intermediate. The DI has tremendous advantages, ranging from improved quality (first "print" is as good as the last) to cost savings (no re-mastering) to digital distribution (bits and bytes: no film in canisters). The DI influences everything from on set production to the delivery of content to consumers and everything in between.

Digital Intermediates for Film and Video teaches the fundamental concepts and workflow of the digital intermediate process. Covers basics of film first, and then introduces the digital world--including a tutorial on digital images, asset management, online editing, color correction, restoration, film and video output, mastering and quality control.

Jack's clear and easy-to-follow explainiation of Hollywood buzz words and components facilitates the spill over to anyone who has a vested interest in the quality and cost of the movie.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. 1. The Digital Intermediate Paradigm
  7. 2. Video
  8. 3. Photographic Film
  9. 4. Digital Media
  10. 5. Acquisition
  11. 6. Asset Management
  12. 7. Conforming
  13. 8. Color Grading
  14. 9. Retouching and Restoration
  15. 10. Digital Effects and Titles
  16. 11. Output
  17. 12. Quality Control
  18. 13. The Future of Digital Film
  19. 14. Virtual Cinematography
  20. Appendix
  21. Glossary
  22. Acknowledgments
  23. Index