The digital matte painting handbook - David B. Mattingly

If you want to create digital matte paintings that blend seamlessly into liveaction footage, this is the perfect guide. Author David Mattingly was head of the Disney Studios Matte Department and has been a matte artist on major motion pictures such as
The Black Hole ,
Dick Tracy , and
I, Robot . In this unique howto book and DVD, he teaches you his stellar techniques.

Youll start with rough concept sketches in Photoshop and learn to add perspective, create light and shadow, add texture, and colorcorrect. Then youll switch from Photoshop to Adobe After Effects and Autodesk Maya to composite your matte in 3D and cameraproject it. The result? A skill set suitable for Hollywood! Artists of all levels will want this professional handbook on their desks.

• Get up to speed on the Photoshop workspace, tools, and custom brushes




• Master the essentials
  composition, perspective, drawing, color, and form




• Create a castle and add illumination, dark shadows, and craggy texture




• Change daylight into night or summer into winter




• Prepare your Photoshop files for use in Maya camera projection




• Learn industry and classroomtested tools and techniques

Create a futuristic city over a moving plate

Make scenes go from day to night

Set up a vision of Hades in After Effects 3D space

Contains all the files needed to complete the projects in the book as well as companion videos to help drive home concepts.