Compositing – Manipulating images

October 19th, 2006

Compositing is the process of combining single elements into a new image.

Elements like scanned film or video, which are called plates, are placed into to composites. Also stills like photos, drawings or mattepaintings can be part of a compositing. Computer generated images (CGI) are also very commonly used to create fantastic environments. The main element or even the most important kind of tool to integrate images into another is the matte – manual created or generated automatically. more…