Overview
This second edition offers a current and comprehensive guide to creating a photorealistic appearance in digital content. The book focuses on applications in visual effects, architectural and product visualization, and games.
Content and approach
Eran Dinur, Emmy award-winning VFX supervisor, clarifies the complex interplay between light, surfaces, atmosphere, and optical effects. Subsequently, techniques are discussed to digitally realize this complexity, with attention to 3D, 2D, and generative AI methods.
- Artwork, case studies, and interviews with leading professionals
- Themes such as color, integration, light and surface behavior, atmosphere, shading, texturing, and physically-based rendering
- Procedural modeling, compositing, matte painting, and lens/camera effects
- Generative AI as a tool for producing and directing photorealistic content
Applications and target audience
This guide is suitable for VFX, visualization, and game artists and students, as well as for directors, architects, and designers who strive for convincing digital images.
Language and use
The learning material is written in Dutch and intended for professional use in education, work, and self-study in the creative sector. Intertaal is your reliable supplier and guarantees fast delivery of this valuable reference work.