The Visual Effects Arsenal: VFX Solutions for the Independent Filmmaker

Build your VFX arsenal with quick-access, step-by-step instruction on how to create today's hottest digital VFX shots. This essential toolkit provides techniques for creating effects seen in movies such as 300, Spiderman 3, Predator and others, with lessons on how-to:

* splatter blood or digitally lop someone's arm off

* create a scene with actors running from an explosion

* create the "twin effect" (same actor, same location, 2 performances)

* produce space-ship dog fights

Organized in a 'cookb...