Matte Painting Production Techniques
Matte Painting for Film with Chris Stoski

Instructor:
Chris Stoski

Formats: (Mac or PC only)
DVD-ROM

In this DVD, Chris Stoski demonstrates his techniques for creating a complex matte painting. He illustrates how a matte artist utilizes 3D modeling, texturing, lighting, photographic reference materials and digital painting to complete a beautiful and efficient matte painting. Throughout the lecture he describes his techniques and relates his experiences designing shots for feature films and executing them as final matte paintings. From painting and image manipulation in Adobe Photoshop® to 3D particle-system waterfalls and animated vegetation blowing in the wind, this DVD offers a complete spectrum of knowledge for the beginner to intermediate matte painter.

Over 4 1/2 hours of lecture.

Product Code: CST01

Topics Covered:

Matte Painting Fundamentals
Film Resolutions
Painting
3D Modeling
Lighting
Texturing
Image Manipulation
3D Particles
Cloud Extractions
Compositing for Matte Painters
Post Camera Animation

Chapters:

01: Matte Painting Fundamentals
02: Starting the Matte Painting
03: Vegetation with Vue
04: Creating the CG Palace
05: Lighting and Render Passes
06: Misty Clouds and Painting
07: Painting with CG Renders
08: Planning the Waterfalls
09: Foreground Vegetation
10: Final Painting Touches
11: 3D Particles
12: Compositing in Shake

Instructor BIO:

Chris Stoski is one of the leading matte painters and concept artists in the visual effects industry. His clients and employers include Industrial Light & Magic, Lucasfilm, Matte World Digital, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Dreamworks, Touchstone Pictures and The Cartoon Network to name a few. Recently he authored a book entitled “d’artiste: Matte Painting” in conjunction with Dylan Cole and Alp Altiner, and published by Ballistic Publishing. His film credits include Star Wars Episode III, The Ring, The Last Samurai and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. He currently works for ILM as a Lead Digital Matte Artist.

The Minimum System Requirements are:
1GHz or faster processor
512 MB RAM
64 MB Video RAM
DVD-ROM Drive
5 GB of hard disk space
1280 x 1024 display

The Minimum Operating System Requirements are:
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional,
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Apple® Mac® OS X 10.2

This DVD-ROM also requires the QuickTime Movie Player (Version 5.0.5 or higher), and Acrobat Reader (Version 5.0 or higher) in order to view its contents.