Matte Painting for Cinema

Koke will start the course by explaining his career path. He will tell you what he is currently doing, he will share with you his main sources of inspiration and he will summarize what you will learn during the course.

First you will review the basic concepts of matte painting and you will see some examples. Then, you will choose the theme of your matte painting , posing the scene and composition using sketches made with the thumbnails technique. In your sketches, you will determine the distances, the elements, the lights and the shadows, or if it is day or night ... You will be able to access the necessary resources to prepare your scene.

With your finished sketch, you will choose the necessary resources for each element and separate them using various trimming techniques. When you have the elements separated and clean, you will go to correction: you will learn to merge and integrate the elements on stage. You will see how to correct perspectives, sizes, positions ... among other things.

You will go to the color, light and shadow corrections so that your matte painting comes alive and realism. You will see how to create the atmosphere of your composition with fog and cloud effects, depth or brightness effects. Finally, Koke will give you the last tips to finish your piece and achieve a professional cinematic finish.