Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Blender Compositing - Overview -- Understanding CG compositing -- Blender's significance as a compositor -- Getting started -- Supported image formats in Blender -- Supported color modes in Blender -- Supported color depths in Blender -- Blender's color spaces -- The RGB color space -- The HSV color space -- The YUV color space -- The YCbCr color space -- Render layers/passes -- Render layers -- Render passes -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Working with Blender Compositor -- Architecture -- Composite node types -- Getting familiar with the compositing user interface -- Node Editor -- UV / Image Editor -- Color management and linear workspace -- Handy shortcuts for Blender Compositor -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Working with Input and Output Nodes -- How to import or export from compositor? -- Input nodes -- Render Layers node -- Image node -- Movie Clip node -- RGB node -- Value Node -- Texture node -- Time node -- Mask node -- Bokeh Image node -- Output nodes -- Composite node -- Viewer node -- Split Viewer node -- File Output node -- Levels node -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Image Manipulation Techniques -- Understanding image manipulation -- The Bright/Contrast node -- The Hue Saturation Value node -- Hue -- Saturation -- Value -- Factor -- The Color Correction node -- Master, Highlights, Midtones, and Shadows -- Gamma, Gain, and Lift -- Mask socket -- The RGB Curves node -- Grading by setting the black and white levels -- Grading using the Bezier curve -- The Color Balance node -- The Mix node -- Blending modes -- Use Alpha -- Factor -- The Gamma node -- Invert node -- The Hue Correct node -- Transformation tools -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Beyond Grading -- Kudos -- Relighting -- Normal node.

Fresnel effect -- Depth of Field -- The Defocus node -- The Bokeh type -- Angle -- Gamma correct -- FStop -- Maxblur -- Threshold -- Preview -- Use Z-buffer -- Z-Scale -- The Bilateral Blur node -- The Blur node -- Optical distortions -- The Glare node -- The Lens Distortion node -- The Despeckle node -- The Filter node -- Motion blur -- The Vector Blur node -- The Directional Blur node -- Texture mapping -- The Map UV node -- Organizing -- Grouping -- Layout -- Frame -- Reroute -- Switch -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Alpha Sports -- What is an Alpha channel? -- Alpha modes in Blender -- Visualizing alpha in Blender -- Significance of alpha in the layering concept -- Layering in Blender with the alpha channel -- Layering with the Mix node -- Layering with the Alpha Over node -- Fringe issue -- Generating mattes using the ID Mask node -- Edge filtering -- Inverting values -- Keying -- Value and luminance -- Luminance -- Inspecting a green/blue screen footage -- The Difference Key node -- The Distance Key node -- The Luminance Key node -- The Color Key node -- The Channel Key node -- Summary -- Index.