Matte-Painting for Film
Build worlds
beyond the frame.
Create cinematic environments that take your shot beyond the footage.
- Lessons
- 3 lessons
- Access
- Learn at your own pace
- Format
- Project-based training
- Lesson access
- Lifetime
Photoshop
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Create a world beyond the camera.
Create cinematic environments that take your shot beyond the footage.
Matte-Painting for Film
Build toward a finished result.
Think in environments
Design an environment with a clear sense of mood, scale and story.
Develop the image
Build an environment image that extends what the camera can capture.
Support the story
Make your environment serve the story in the finished frame.
The work. The process.
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Photoshop Basics
Lesson details will be shared as this course develops.
Is this your next course?
For artists interested in cinematic environments and matte-painting.
Start with the project.
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Understand the decisions.
Build your own work.
VFX Central connects filmmaking, visual effects and the tools behind the shot. Practice the decisions behind a finished shot, then apply them to your own work.
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Where do I access the lessons?
For VFX Crash Course and AE Crash Course, sign in to your VFX Central website account, pay through Stripe, then open the course in My Library. Videos play through Vimeo. Other courses retain their current enrollment pages.
Which software and resources do I need?
Check the full course details on the enrollment page for software versions, requirements and included files.
What are the access and refund terms?
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I already own this course. Where do I log in?
Open My Library using the same email as your original purchase. Imported Thinkific enrollments are preserved.
Matte-Painting for Film
Create cinematic environments that take your shot beyond the footage.