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Digital Matte Painting: 1 Concept

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Digital Art Courses Film Production Courses Matte Painting Courses Visual Effects Courses Custom Brushes Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn to create new worlds, both fanciful and totally realistic, for films with digital matte paintings in this Photoshop tutorial.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Overview of the course
  • Using the exercise files
  • What is a matte painting?
1. Starting Your Project
  • Setting up your Photoshop workspace
  • 16-bit color
  • Prepping the plate
  • Concept painting basics
2. Toning the Plate
  • Extracting the hill
  • Applying adjustment layers
  • Examining transfer modes
3. Finding the Silhouette
  • Silhouette: Rectangular forms
  • Silhouette: Domes and towers
4. Light and Detail
  • Finding the light side
  • Drawing internal forms
  • Crenellations
  • Finding more details
  • Creating a cloud custom brush
5. Rendering the Environment
  • Painting the sky
  • Bringing in the mountains
  • Adding volcano smoke
  • Adding waterfalls, lights, and the entryway
  • Finishing the details
Conclusion
  • Goodbye

Taught by

David Mattingly

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