Books & Videos
Books & DVDs by Jeff Foster
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Green Screen Workshop: 2-Part Online Video Training Series
Just released – my two-part video training series of the Green Screen Workshop. It includes a lot of live video, examples, and screencast tutorials to show you how to plan, set, light and shoot the best possible green screen shots for the best results in compositing!
Green Screen Workshop:
The Setup
Plan and Set Up for the Best Results
In the first course in his two-part series on green-screen (and blue-screen) tools and techniques, author, producer, and VFX Artist Jeff Foster covers the often-overlooked steps that lead up to shooting. The training covers every aspect of planning and setting up properly for best post-production results, from choosing the right keying process for your project to creating storyboards and pre-visualization comps prior to shooting. You’ll also learn when to use green screen or blue screen, how to light that screen, and how to measure light and set up your camera properly. Whether you’re planning to work with virtual sets or live backgrounds, this workshop will get you ready to shoot.
Here’s a direct link to the online portal to check out this title and see the free demo movies.
Green Screen Workshop: The Shoot
In the second course in his two-part series on green-screen (and blue-screen) tools and techniques, author, producer, and VFX Artist Jeff Foster covers the nitty-gritty of production and post-production. On the production side, you’ll learn how to build your own portable lights, create professional lighting setups, and shoot with a green or blue screen outdoors. You’ll also get tips on choosing keying software and working with virtual sets. All this will help you get the best footage possible; however, there will always be things you need to “fix in post,” so this course will also help you fix problem shots.
Here’s a direct link to the online portal to check out this title and see the free demo movies.
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The Green Screen Handbook
Real-World Production Techniques
(1st Edition, DVD included)
Make movies, videos and images using green screen compositing technology with The Green Screen Handbook: Real-World Production Techniques. This unique guide is a comprehensive how-to of professional production techniques, step-by-step instruction, and tips that can save you time and money. Learn when to use green screens instead of blue, find out how the pros do their productions, and learn how to get amazing results—even on a shoestring budget.
Topics include matting and keying basics; setups using fabric, portable panels, or paint; lighting and digital camera essentials; broadcast TV hardware compositors; professional HD and major motion picture compositing; multiple-colored screen composites (background, foregrounds, and objects); directing storyboards and talent; working with virtual sets; motion tracking; and much more.
- See how to plan, set up, and execute your shots to reduce fixes in post
- Choose the right keying process for your project
- Master basic shooting setups and live broadcast keying
- Understand proper lighting and how to match subjects to the background
- Create a working storyboard and learn how to select and direct talent
- Composite your footage and fix problem shots
- Work creatively with virtual sets, motion tracking, and match moving
- Master techniques that apply to all compositing software and plug-ins
362 Full-Color Pages
The DVD-ROM includes sample footage and all project files to accompany the chapters in the book.
**CLICK HERE to get more info about the book and see sample chapters and free download materials!
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Watch this short video trailer to get a preview of the major topics covered in this book:
*Available at Amazon.com and other book resellers worldwide!
CLICK HERE to buy on Amazon.com
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Photoshop CS4/CS5 Video & Animation (DVD-ROM)
• 5.5 hours of video training • includes 3D Glasses
Want to take charge of the video and animation features in Photoshop CS4 extended? You won’t be left out in the cold and hungry like some other “so-called CS4 Extended” training. This is the REAL DEAL!
Jeff Foster opens up Photoshop CS4 & CS5 and shows what’s really possible with video and 3D motion. Learn the basics of video editing from a real industry professional. Then fasten your seatbelts! You are about to learn how to edit video, create stereoscopic 3D (glasses enclosed) rotoscope, edit text, 3D, work with green screen and much more. This is not a child’s dabble with the timeline, it’s real industry strength training that even a child can learn. Jeff teaches in an easy to understand way that both pros and novices can grasp with ease. All footage, 3D Glasses and excercise files are included.
This fast loading DVD ROM contains 4.5 hours of brand new sharp video. The advanced interface allows the user to instantly jump to any of the 35 lessons with complete control over the playback. All the lesson files are included, so you can follow along at your own pace!
If you are looking to edit video & motion graphics in Photoshop, or integrate the workflow with other programs: This is the training you have been craving! You won’t find anything like this anywhere else!
CLICK HERE to see more at PhotoshopCAFE.com!
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Learning After Effects CS4 (DVD-ROM)
• 4.5 hours of video training • Project files and video footage included
Have you ever seen stunning animations on Movies, TV and DVD and wished you could create these types of motion graphics? You can get started in Motion Graphics today, using the Industry Standard: Adobe After Effects.
Motion Graphics Guru, Jeff Foster quides you through the world of After Effects and Video without using confusing jargon, or overly long-winded explainations. In a Plain English style, Jeff will have you using After Effects in no time at all. His techniques are proven because he has 20 years experience in the field, creating real projects for Studios and clients. Learn all the key features of After Effects including the new ones in CS4!
This fast loading DVD ROM contains over 4.5 hours of brand new sharp video. The advanced interface allows the user to instantly jump to any of the 38 lessons with complete control over the playback. All the lesson files are included, so you can follow along at your own pace!
If you have been wanting to create motion graphics, video editor, designer, hobbiest: this disk is for you!
CLICK HERE to see more at PhotoshopCAFE.com!
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After Effects & Photoshop – 2nd Edition
• Includes project files and images/video footage on DVD • Covers Adobe CS and above
From the Back Cover:
“Jeff Foster has created the one indispensable and definitive production guide to two of the world’s greatest symbiotic tools: After Effect and Photoshop.”
—Jack H. Davis, coauthor, the Photoshop Wow! books and How to Wow: Photoshop for Photography
Nothing beats the tight synergy of After Effects and Photoshop for creating professional-level effects, and nothing beats this book for showing you how Hollywood professionals really use these programs.
In this second edition to his bestselling book, TV and movie graphics veteran Jeff Foster provides all-new information on After Effects 7 and Photoshop CS2—plus expanded coverage of blue/green screening and titling, beautiful new images, and innovative real-world solutions for today’s professionals. Better than ever, this must-have reference is still the only guide that shows how to use these two superpower programs together to achieve professional results.
The DVD includes production materials, third-party plug-ins and filters, and stock video. You’ll also find project files and footage to go with every one of the book’s projects, which require After Effects 7 or later.
Learn what the pros know, including how to:
- Add depth to your animation by mimicking real motion
- Grab your audience’s attention with creative motion titling
- Shoot a clean blue/green screen
- Apply 3D animation to 2D images
- Remove backgrounds with blue-screen garbage mattes
- Retouch frame by frame with rotoscoping
- Construct realistic composites and locales with matte painting
- Make movies from stills by simulating 3D camera motion
- Produce realistic effects such as noise, clouds, and smoke
CLICK HERE to buy on Amazon.com
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