Digital Tutors - Creating Time Period Matte Paintings in Photoshop

Length 4h 14m Project Files Included MP4

Throughout these lessons we are going to turn back the clock on a modern city street to the 1950s. We?re going to use non-destructive photo editing techniques to combine multiple photographic elements into a whole new shot, including the addition of miniature cars. By the end of this tutorial, you will see how an eye for color, perspective and composition can help a Digital Matte Painter in using photographic elements to create a shot for TV or Film.

1. Introduction and project overview

2. Setting up our project

3. Establishing perspective

4. Arranging our composition

5. Tweaking our layer masks

6. Removing background elements

7. Cleaning up the far background

8. Replacing the sky

9. Refining the tree

10. Removing unwanted elements

11. Finalizing the theatre

12. Adding flags for continuity

13. Improving the drug store sign

14. Fixing the window glass

15. Adding signage

16. Using textures for color correction

17. Lighting with curves

18. Re-lighting the shot

19. Continuing our sunset lighting

20. Adding vintage cars

21. Color correcting our cars

22. Adding neon to the signage

23. Finishing the neon signage

24. Adding the final touches