Overview
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Learn to create new worlds, both fanciful and totally realistic, for films with digital matte paintings in this Photoshop tutorial.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Introduction
- Overview of the course
- Using the exercise files
- What is a matte painting?
- Setting up your Photoshop workspace
- 16-bit color
- Prepping the plate
- Concept painting basics
- Extracting the hill
- Applying adjustment layers
- Examining transfer modes
- Silhouette: Rectangular forms
- Silhouette: Domes and towers
- Finding the light side
- Drawing internal forms
- Crenellations
- Finding more details
- Creating a cloud custom brush
- Painting the sky
- Bringing in the mountains
- Adding volcano smoke
- Adding waterfalls, lights, and the entryway
- Finishing the details
- Goodbye
