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Welcome to the companion website for The VES Handbook of Visual Effects, Third Edition! Please visit the Resources page for in-depth bonus chapters that can be used in unison with the book.

The award-winning VES Handbook of Visual Effects remains the most complete guide to visual effects techniques and best practices available today. This new edition has been updated to include the latest, industry-standard techniques, technologies, and workflows for the ever-evolving fast paced world of visual effects. The Visual Effects Society (VES) tasked the original authors to update their areas of expertise, such as AR/VR moviemaking, color management, Cameras, VFX Editorial, Stereoscopic and the Digital Intermediate, as well as provide detailed chapters on interactive games and full animation. Additionally, fifty-six new contributors share their best methods, tips, tricks, and shortcuts developed through decades of trial and error and real-world, hands-on experience.

This 3rd edition has been expanded to feature lessons on:

  • 2.5D/3D Compositing
  • 3D Scanning
  • Digital Cinematography
  • Editorial Workflow in Animated and Visual Effects Features
  • Gaming updates
  • General Geometry Instancing
  • Lens Mapping for VFX
  • Native Stereo
  • Real-time VFX & Camera Tracking
  • Shot/Element Pulls and Delivery to VFX
  • Techvis
  • VFX Elements and Stereo
  • Virtual Production
  • VR/AR (Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality

A must-have for anyone working in, or aspiring to work in, visual effects, The VES Handbook of Visual Effects, Third  Edition covers essential techniques and solutions for all VFX artists, producers, and supervisors, from pre-production to digital character creation, compositing of both live-action and CG elements, photorealistic techniques, and so much more. With subjects and techniques clearly and definitively presented in beautiful four-color, this handbook is a vital resource for any serious VFX artist.

For the student, this book contains the “gold”:  Secrets and practices, that will guild your career, into the field and business of visual effects.  Contained within these pages are the knowledge and expertise of real world, working professionals, including many Academy Award and VES Award winners.  It is almost like having the masters at your fingertips to explain in clear detail the “whats”,” hows” and “whys” of the entire field of visual effects.

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