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To become a skilled matte painter, one must understand the essential properties of photographed light. This DVD follows Dusso through the first stages of the matte painting process, focusing on the properties of photographed light through the execution of nine different digital color sketches. These are quick exercises that demonstrate the blocking in of shapes and colors to train your skills at creating visually pleasing and realistic results.
Sketching
Composition
Light
01: Introduction
02: Harbor
03: Late Day
04: Day for Night
05: Forest
06: Bunker
07: Castle
08: Downtown
09: Cliffs
10: Credits
Dusso
This DVD demonstrates the basic techniques of digital matte painting for visual effects in a production environment. Dusso combines elements of photography, simple 3D models and freehand painting techniques within Adobe Photoshop, merging the boundaries of realism with graphic illustration for stunning impact.
Exposure
Depth and Atmosphere
Integration and Painting Process
Directing the Viewer
Micro-composition
01: Introduction
02: Elements
03: Castle
04: Painting
05: Foreground
06: Completing
07. Credits
This video was added to our catalog on November 04, 2005 in Digital Art - 2D::Master Artist Techniques.
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While the paintings were nice, I thought this title would have more information on specific tips and tricks. Basically, you are just watching Dusso zoom through creating matte paintings and not really explaining very much about the tips and techniques he is using in Photoshop.
I have to say I was disappointed greatly by the DVD. Though Dusso is an amazing artist, this DVD is not exactly inspiring, nor is it a strong motivator to get started at attempting Matte Painting. What this DVD TRULY is, is a window into how a professional works at roughing out light and form to give a sense of reality. That much you will learn and see how to think about light and shapes and then in the future apply those ideas to your own work after you PRACTICE PRACTICE and PRACTICE some more on your own. This is not a DVD for teaching you how to Matte Paint, but a very QUICK view of how to approach it. I give it a middle score on the rating because it still is a good DVD for what it does provide you... after all, given all the information in the world, it's still up to you to explore it on your own.
I really like this one, however I can understand why people saying it's boring, but isn't watching artist doing his masterpiece is the greatest learning of all.
