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Digital Favelas 3D Winners!
Contests

Digital Favelas 3D Winners!

Meet the winners of the Digital Favela's 3D contest!

  • MattePaint Team
    MattePaint Team
MattePaint Team 26 Feb 2021 • 2 min read
Discover Photoshop's Hidden Right-click menu's
Learning

Discover Photoshop's Hidden Right-click menu's

Photoshop has a comprehensive and customizable interface, allowing you to arrange the software to your liking. Learn how!

  • Oleksiy Golovchenko
    Oleksiy Golovchenko
Oleksiy Golovchenko 24 Feb 2021 • 4 min read
How to Nail Your First Job Interview in VFX
Learning

How to Nail Your First Job Interview in VFX

Learn what it takes to nail your first job interview for VFX What to prioritize and how to be memorable.

  • Conrad Allan
    Conrad Allan
Conrad Allan 19 Jan 2021 • 5 min read
Matte Painting Basics: Matching Perspectives
Academy

Matte Painting Basics: Matching Perspectives

Part 2 of the basics of matte painting. Learn how to approach different perspectives in photos and easily align images in your work to retain the realism!

  • Conrad Allan
    Conrad Allan
Conrad Allan 12 Jan 2021 • 6 min read
Cyberpunk 2020 Contest Winners!
Community

Cyberpunk 2020 Contest Winners!

we joined the world in celebrating the release of Cyberpunk 2077 and hosted our most popular contest yet! 251 projects, 399 updates and over 5,000 reactions later, we have our winners!

  • MattePaint Team
    MattePaint Team
MattePaint Team 11 Jan 2021 • 6 min read
Why you should always use 16bit in Photoshop
Academy

Why you should always use 16bit in Photoshop

Working in 16bit will give you more control over your artwork and produces a much better final result. Learn how to set up your work for 16bit.

  • Conrad Allan
    Conrad Allan
Conrad Allan 4 Jan 2021 • 4 min read
Compositing and Painting over a Redshift Render
Learning

Compositing and Painting over a Redshift Render

Learn how to composite and paint over a Redshift Render with Filmmaker and Senior Visual Effects Artist at Post Panic, Guido Ekker in Part 2 of this Process Technique Tutorial.

  • MattePaint Team
    MattePaint Team
MattePaint Team 1 Dec 2020 • 7 min read
How To Create a 3D scene in Maya with Redshift
Learning

How To Create a 3D scene in Maya with Redshift

Learn how to create a 3D scene in Maya using the Redshift renderer with Filmmaker and Senior Visual Effects Artist at Post Panic, Guido Ekker in Part 1 of this Process Technique Tutorial.

  • MattePaint Team
    MattePaint Team
MattePaint Team 20 Nov 2020 • 7 min read
MattePaint Cyberpunk Contest
Contests

MattePaint Cyberpunk Contest

The #MattePaintContest is back with our most exciting Contest ever! Celebrate the end of one of the most iconic and challenging year's of this generation and look towards what the Future holds with the MattePaint Cyberpunk Contest!

  • Callum Rafferty
    Callum Rafferty
Callum Rafferty 17 Nov 2020 • 9 min read
How to Create Concept Fan Art
Learning

How to Create Concept Fan Art

Learn how to create epic Concept Fan Art based on your favorite Movies and Games with Concept Artist, Jakhangir Zeynalov

  • MattePaint Team
    MattePaint Team
MattePaint Team 10 Nov 2020 • 5 min read
How to create stunning God Rays in your work
Learning

How to create stunning God Rays in your work

Learn the techniques used to created realistic God Rays and create dramatic lighting and realism in your work with ScanlineVFX Matte Painter, Ian Vicknair.

  • MattePaint Team
    MattePaint Team
MattePaint Team 16 Oct 2020 • 5 min read
How to Create a Landscape with Crystal Clear Turquoise Water
Learning

How to Create a Landscape with Crystal Clear Turquoise Water

Learn how to Create a Landscape with Crystal Clear Turquoise Water with Environmental Concept Artist, Helen Ilnytska

  • MattePaint Team
    MattePaint Team
MattePaint Team 3 Oct 2020 • 6 min read
How to Create Surreal Artwork Using the Warp Tool
Learning

How to Create Surreal Artwork Using the Warp Tool

Learn how to create surreal artwork using the warp tool in Photoshop with Graphic Designer and Matte Painter, Diogo Sampaio

  • MattePaint Team
    MattePaint Team
MattePaint Team 24 Sep 2020 • 6 min read
How to change a photo from Summer to Winter
Learning

How to change a photo from Summer to Winter

Learn the techniques to change a photo from Summer to Winter with Concept Artist and Matte painting & Environments Supervisor Oleksiy Golovchenko!

  • MattePaint Team
    MattePaint Team
MattePaint Team 24 Sep 2020 • 5 min read
How to use Hue/Saturation for Blending and Surrealism
Learning

How to use Hue/Saturation for Blending and Surrealism

Learn how to use Hue/Saturation for Blending and Surrealism with ScanlineVFX Matte Painter, Ian Vicknair

  • MattePaint Team
    MattePaint Team
MattePaint Team 18 Sep 2020 • 6 min read
How to work out your freelance rate
Learning

How to work out your freelance rate

MattePaint CEO, Conrad Allan, shares his experience from over 10 years of freelancing as an artist. Learn how to work out how to charge for your time as an artist!

  • Conrad Allan
    Conrad Allan
Conrad Allan 15 Sep 2020 • 12 min read
Interview with Arch-Viz Veteran, Jimmy Vincent
Interview

Interview with Arch-Viz Veteran, Jimmy Vincent

Jimmy talks us through his Cover Art for the Retro Wasteland Image Pack and shares his journey in Architectural Visualization.

  • MattePaint Team
    MattePaint Team
MattePaint Team 9 Sep 2020 • 9 min read
How to use High Pass and Luminosity Passes for Blending
Learning

How to use High Pass and Luminosity Passes for Blending

Learn how to use High pass and Luminosity layer blending modes for Artistic and Technical purposes with Senior CGI Generalist Tamas Gyerman

  • MattePaint Team
    MattePaint Team
MattePaint Team 4 Sep 2020 • 6 min read
The MattePaint Challenge System
Academy

The MattePaint Challenge System

A new way to participate in MattePaint Challenges is here!

  • MattePaint Team
    MattePaint Team
MattePaint Team 31 Aug 2020 • 3 min read
How to Create Key-frame Concept Art
Learning

How to Create Key-frame Concept Art

Learn how to create your own concept story keyframes using the compositing techniques in movies with Concept Artist Nikola Angelkoski

  • MattePaint Team
    MattePaint Team
MattePaint Team 26 Aug 2020 • 8 min read
Interview with Filmmaker and Senior Visual Effects Artist at Post Panic, Guido Ekker
Interview

Interview with Filmmaker and Senior Visual Effects Artist at Post Panic, Guido Ekker

Get a rare insight into the day to day of working within the VFX industry from Senior Visual Effects Artist for Post Panic, Guido Ekker

  • Callum Rafferty
    Callum Rafferty
  • MattePaint Team
    MattePaint Team
Callum Rafferty, MattePaint Team 12 Aug 2020 • 10 min read
How To Create Dynamic Lighting
Learning

How To Create Dynamic Lighting

Learn how to create dynamic, energized lighting and atmosphere in your artwork with these techniques from concept artist Santa Norvaisaite!

  • MattePaint Team
    MattePaint Team
MattePaint Team 7 Aug 2020 • 5 min read
Unblocking Artist Block
Learning

Unblocking Artist Block

Learn how to overcome your own artist block!

  • Jeevan.
    Jeevan.
Jeevan. 3 Aug 2020 • 5 min read
Interview with Diego Nicolas, MattePaint Contest Winner
Interview

Interview with Diego Nicolas, MattePaint Contest Winner

We catch up with Diego Nicolas Agustin; Winner of the Visions of Tomorrow MattePaint Contest and chat to him about the Contest, his creative process and what makes him tick.

  • Callum Rafferty
    Callum Rafferty
  • MattePaint Team
    MattePaint Team
Callum Rafferty, MattePaint Team 24 Jun 2020 • 9 min read
Castle Ruins Tutorial
Artwork Guides

Castle Ruins Tutorial

Concept Artist Christo Crafford guides us through creating his Lord Of The Rings inspired artwork for the Castle Ruins Image Pack!

  • MattePaint Team
    MattePaint Team
MattePaint Team 24 Jun 2020 • 5 min read
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