Create a Surreal Matte Painting in Photoshop – Psd Premium Tutorial
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Create a Surreal Matte Painting in Photoshop – Psd Premium Tutorial

on Jun 24th 2010 with 13 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Program: Adobe Photoshop CS3+
  • Difficulty: Advanced
  • Estimated Completion Time: 4 - 5 Hours
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Today, we have another Psd Premium tutorial exclusively available to Premium members. If you want to take your matte painting skills to the next level, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn more after the jump!

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In these days of digital special effects, Adobe Photoshop is a key ingredient to the creation of matte paintings. This tutorial will take you through the steps to make your own matte painting using photographic and painted elements. This image was originally created as a background for a Flash animation. Photoshop CS3 was used, but any Creative Suite version should work.

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Daniel Johnson is a digital illustrator with a BFA in Illustration and a background in traditional media. Now a freelance artist and consultant, he worked for years as an Art Director, Illustrator, and Animator at an ad agency in Sonoma County, CA. Dan is an Adobe Certified Instructor and teaches computer graphics at various Bay Area locations. As a digital artist, he is largely self-taught and is now sharing his experience and techniques gained through years of trial and error. He won the Guru award in Illustration at the 2007 PhotoshopWorld. He was also the spotlighted designer in the May/June 2008 issue of Layers magazine. Dan is currently serving as the team leader of the Digital Matte team at San Francisco-based Pixel Corps. You can see more of his work here.  

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  • http://lennistorres.com Lennis

    I can’t wait to start this one….Thanks!!!

  • jake

    since when photomanipulation are matte paintings???

    • tompy

      Good question.
      this is a cheap photomanip tutorial.

  • http://www.teelac.com everytuesday

    loveee that type, and the overall composition! well done!

    • George

      You can’t be serious. I hope to god for your sake you aren’t going to attempt a job in the visual arts.

  • http://logolitic.com/ logolitic

    wow… let`s you with a big opened mouth!

  • Mike Viking

    Where’s the matte painting?

    kak

  • http://www.psd-dude.com PsdDude

    It looks nice but not a wow looking image!

  • http://www.photoshop-illustration.blogspot.com/ Daniel Johnson
    Author

    There’s a lot more to this image that just photo manipulation. Nowadays, most matte paintings start out as photos anyway. Photoshop has revolutionized this particular area of special effects and is a crucial tool in creating matte paintings. Most start out with source photos or on a plate from the shot. As an example, Dylan Cole, a professional matte painter, related how Peter Jackson wanted all matte paintings for the LoTR movies to be photos and told the painters to start over if they told him their shots weren’t photographic. Is this a matte painting? Technically, it wasn’t matted into foreground footage, but background images like this still count.

  • howleewould

    that’s so not a mattepainting,go google ‘massive black’ or ‘dylan cole’ to find why.

    • http://photoshop-illustration.blogspot.com/ Daniel Johnson
      Author

      I have met Dylan Cole and he is a fantastic matte painter. I have also seen demos by artists from Massive Black and they do great work. Perhaps someday I can work at that level, but this is the title that PSD Tuts wanted to use for this tutorial.

  • Rob

    Looks GREAT! I love the LCD Monitor next to the freeway…interesting! :-)

    I love the roadway as well…just floating above the clouds…sort of futuristic/whimsical.

  • http://twitteruniquecom TwitterUniQue

    Psd Premium Membership so we can’t See the Tut ;)

    Next Time