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(a)
(b)
Figure 2.26.
(a) Blue-screen and green-screen matting is pervasive in modern visual effects.
This shot from
Source Code
illustrates a matting problem with a wide range of non-binary alpha
values due to blowing, wispy hair. (b) This shot from
Iron Man 2
illustrates a difficult natural
image matting problem. For example, the globe in the foreground contains many intricate, thin
structures that must be outlined to be able to composite it convincingly onto a different back-
ground.
Source Code
courtesy of Summit Entertainment, LLC.
IronMan 2
images appear courtesy
of Marvel Studios, TM & ©2010 Marvel and Subs.
www.marvel.com
.
