Matte painting

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Matte paintings are used to create "virtual sets" and "digital backlots". They can be used to create entire new sets, or to extend portions of an existing set. Traditional matte painting is done optically, by painting on top of a piece of glass to be composited with the original footage. Nowadays, matte painting is done in computers with the use of a tablet as a drawing device. In a digital environment, matte paintings can also be done in a 3-D environment, allowing for 3-D camera movements.[1]

[edit] Books

  • Mark Cotta Vaz; Craig Barron: The invisible art : the legends of movie matte painting. San Francisco, Cal.: Chronicle Books, 2002; ISBN 0-8118-3136-1

[edit] External links

  • Siggraph 1998 presentation "Matte Painting in the Digital Age" [2]
  • Mattepainting.org- Digital Matte Painting Resources [3]
  • Matte painting series at fxguide.com [4]
  • Matte Paintings by Dylan Cole. Includes examples out of The Lord of the Rings and Riddick. (Comparison: the isolated matte painting and the finished scene in the movie.)[5]
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