Digital Matte Painting: Techniques, Tips, and Tools

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