Hasta La Motion!

The thing I seem to be unable to find is how to make the different sources match in terms of image quality.

Say I had a shot from an 80s film and I wanted to composite either a 3d object or a video of me into the scene how would you match the actual quality.

Or if I wanted to composite something into a video shot on a camera phone, how do I match the quality.

Ive seen a few compositing books out there but only online, some with good reviews and others that dont have any, and as I the local shops dont have them I cant check them out. So I was wondering are there / do the composting books go over all the aspects, such as colour grading, matching focus, quality, lighting etc? … and when you learn compositing, if I purchased a book specifically for composting is a specific programme would that information still be good even if I used a different programme? Basically is it theory or application specific information that is taught? And the same for video and photos, would a compositing book for photoshop be transferable to video with after effects for example?…

Thanks

Matthew