The Man Who Wrote The Book on Compositing with Ron Brinkmann
The VFX Artists Podcast07/08/23 • 60 min
The Man Who Wrote The Book on Compositing with Ron Brinkman | TVAP EP56
When I embarked on my compositing journey, Ron Brinkmann's book, "The Art and Science of Digital Compositing," proved to be an invaluable resource. It provided a wealth of visual information and included a DVD with footage for hands-on practice. Even today, this book remains a seminal work and continues to be relevant for artists, thanks to its emphasis on developing the skill of visual perception.
Therefore, it was a tremendous honor to have Ron Brinkmann as a guest on our show. He served as the Compositing Supervisor at Sony Imageworks for films such as Speed, Contact, James and the Giant Peach, and more. Interestingly, despite being widely recognized for his expertise in compositing, Brinkmann initially started his journey in the field of 3D as a demonstration artist for Wavefront. (Wavefront later merged with Alias and played a significant role in the development of Maya, a renowned software).
Subsequently, Brinkmann co-founded Nothing Real with his colleagues and created Shake, a compositing software that held sway in the industry for many years, particularly in high-end compositing. (I believe it was most recently used by Dneg for their work on Inception).
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07/08/23 • 60 min
The VFX Artists Podcast - The Man Who Wrote The Book on Compositing with Ron Brinkmann
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I just couldn't have written a book that didn't talk about why you're doing what you're doing. What's the point of doing this compositing stuff is you're trying to make stuff look real. How do you even talk about that without talking about learning to see what real looks like? But speed was kind of... it came in and I remember reading the script for it. I read through the script, the fast read is a fairly short script and it's mostly action, right? I sort of read it like, "God, there's not muc
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