The Gnomon Workshop BTS - Matte Painting for Production with Jared Simeth

BEHIND THE SCENES (BTS) is an exciting DVD series developed to showcase the creation of a game cinematic sequence. In this chapter of the series Jared Simeth demonstrates the creation of two matte paintings.

Starting with concept paintings provided by BTS Art Director Mark Goerner, Jared goes through the process of creating simple 3D geometry and matching the camera in Maya. In Photoshop® he executes both a pan and tile style 2D matte painting, and one to be used with a 3D camera move. He covers techniques for keying, creating custom brushes and working with Photoshop’s perspective tools. In Maya, Jared shows how to project the painting onto the 3D geometry in preparation for the final camera move. The viewer will also see production meetings in which both the concept and execution are discussed and critiqued.

Topics Covered:
- Setup in Maya
- 2D Matte Painting
- 3D Camera Integration
- Keying Techniques
- Creating Custom Brushes
- Lighting
- Setting up Projections
- Working with the Art Director

Release Date: 12.01.2010
Content: 3D Training
Format: Quick Time (*.mov)
Duration: 305 minutes of Lecture.
Size: 2,90 Gb

Note: Contains all the movies as well as the Project Files. Does not have the Gnomon GUI however.

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Promo-Video: http://media.thegnomonworkshop.com/gwclips/bts07_lc.mov