9

TECHNICAL

Synopsis

image

Figure 9.1 My studio.

Okay, so I'm asking myself, how can I make sure you can get through a chapter called “Technical” without slashing your wrists? None of us want to face dreaded technical issues, but sadly, if you are working in digital media, there's no avoiding them. This stuff wasn't designed to make life easier for you. In fact, it wasn't designed at all but was cobbled together over years with various different applications in mind. Computers were originally designed to compute, not to add visual effects to film, so as a result, they're not always readily set up for the task in hand. You may need to do a certain ...

Get Design Essentials for the Motion Media Artist now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.