Digital Matte Painting: Techniques, Tips, and Tools

By Michael Hosenfeld

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 024081164X
• ISBN13: 9780240811642
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Focal Press
• Length: 256 Pages