Digital Matte Painting

Since the birth of cinema, moviemakers have created stunning visual effects through the use of matte paintings. With this book, now you can too. Shining a light on this once black art, this application-agnostic book both inspires your artistic vision and improves your matte painting technique.

Provides in-depth lessons on:

* matte painting production workflow

* image composition and story telling

* modeling and texturing

* digital matte painting techniques and tools

The companion DVD includes project files that enable you to refine your matte painting technique while working along side the lessons in the book.



* Technique, tips, and explanation of the tools required for accomplishing your matte painting

* Detailed insight into the art of matte painting and how it fits into the VFX workflow

* Tutorial DVD allows you to put step-by-step instruction from the book into immediate practice