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Suggested:
 | Walt & Policarpo, The Computer Image, Addison-Wesley, ISBN:
020142298, 1998 |
 | Kelly, Digital Compositing in Depth, Coriolis,
ISBN15761904311, 2000 |
Recommended:
 | Wittenburg, Visual Special Effects Toolkit in C++, ISBN:
0471132209. Wiley Publishers, 1997
Addresses hand-segmentation, basic chromakeying, and provides code to help
with compositing. Author is humble, but really goes further than most in
giving advice to tool-makers. |
 | Choose one of these two, depending on which product you like better for
doing your editing (and possibly plugin-writing):
 | Adobe After Effects 4.0:
Classroom in a Book, 1999
[Paperback, ISBN: 0201658917 ] ($36-45)
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 | Adobe Premiere 5.0: Classroom in
a Book, MacMillan Computer Pub, 1998 [Paperback, ISBN:
1568304676 ] ($36-45) |
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 | B. de Leeuw, Digital Cinematography, Ap
Professional, 1997 [Paperback, ISBN: 0122088751] ($32-40). |
 | R. Shamms Mortier, After Effects 4 In
Depth, The Coriolis Group, 1999 [Paperback, ISBN: 1576103102]
($40-50). |
Other things required:
 | 2 60minute VHS tapes.
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 | 1 60minute mini-DV tape. ($10-$15) |
 | 20+ Once-write CD ROM Discs. |
 | 5 DVD -R or +R |
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