Post Description

Learn to create new worlds, both fanciful and totally realistic, in our series on digital matte painting in Adobe Photoshop with David Mattingly, a matte artist for many groundbreaking motion pictures such as Tron and I, Robot. In this installment, he shows you how to set up your palettes and workspace, tone the underlying plate, create silhouettes in your background, and paint in light and other details. Plus, learn to paint waterfalls, smoke, and other elements that make for fascinating movie backdrops.
Topics include:
Setting up your Photoshop workspace
Toning the plate with adjustment layers
Examining transfer modes
Finding the silhouette
Drawing internal forms
Creating a custom brush for clouds
Painting the sky