In this tutorial, I will show you how you can Design a Surreal Volcanic Wasteland Matte Painting in Photoshop. This is an intermediate level Photoshop tutorial so some steps can be a little tricky, but why not have a try :)


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Matte painting is a technique that filmmakers use to create backgrounds for scenes that can’t or don’t exist in real life. In the early days, matte paintings were actually painted onto glass. Today, modern filmmakers use digital applications such as Photoshop to produce the backdrops that they need. We have published many matte painting tutorials on this site meant for intermediate and advanced users.

Today’s tutorial will teach you some quick ways to extract objects from their background and combine them with other images to produce the scene that you need.

Tutorial Details

* Program: Adobe Photoshop CS5
* Difficulty: Beginner
* Estimated Completion Time: 20 Minutes

Let’s get started!


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Matte painting is a technique that filmmakers use to create backgrounds for scenes that can’t or don’t exist in real life. In the early days, matte paintings were actually painted onto glass. Today, modern filmmakers use digital applications such as Photoshop to produce the backdrops that they need.

Today’s tutorial will teach you how to created a flooded city and destroy buildings and structures. This tutorial will focus on the destruction of New York, which seems to be a favorite amongst filmmakers.

Tutorial Details

* Program: Adobe Photoshop
* Difficulty: Beginner
* Estimated Completion Time: 1 Hour

Let’s get started!




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