Matte painting

 Matte painting is a painted representation of a landscape, set, or distant location that allows filmmakers to create the illusion of an environment that is nonexistent in real life or would otherwise be too expensive or impossible to build or visit. Historically, matte painters and film technicians have used various techniques to combine a matte-painted image with live-action footage. At its best, depending on the skill levels of the artists and technicians, the effect is "seamless" and creates environments that would otherwise be impossible to film. In the scenes the painting part is static and movements are integrated on it.

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An Effective tutorial on lighting in Photoshop...

Photo Editing in Photoshop

Glow Fairy:

Photoshop allows designers and photographers to improve photos in countless ways. Some photos are edited in a subtle way that the viewer may not even notice unless it is side-by-side with the original photo, and others are edited in more drastic ways. There are countless possibilities and multiple different ways to accomplish many things, which can make the process of learning a little bit intimidating.

In this tutorial, I share my portraiture method by painting a lady running to a ethereal ball. My tools of choice are Adobe Photoshop CS6 and my Wacom Tablet (Intuos 3). From sketch to final, I describe various techniques for creating atmosphere, color, texture and detail. My process is fairly painterly and I use few layers, merging constantly. Compiling and condensing the material was lots of fun.

Dramatic Effects in Photoshop

Fix colors and create cool effects.

In addition to producing fun effects, you can use Adjustment Layers to make interesting edits while preserving your original image. Watch how you can give your pictures a cool soothing and dramatic effects.

Photo Edit and Retouch

Make unwanted elements disappear—just like that.

Photoshop makes it easy to remove unwanted objects in your photo. You can even move objects to a new location. Learn about the Photoshop retouching tools and techniques and try them on your own photos.

Photo Editing in Photoshop

Get straight and precisely crop your photos.

Learn how to straighten and crop photos for the best presentation. In this video, you’ll also learn how to merge two different photos according to the direction of the light. The spatter effect is another key ingredient of this tutorial.