CGTalk - What's "matte" ?

Br0nZiLLa

02-15-2002, 04:29 PM

Ive seen this word a couple of times now, " matte painting" and matte when they inergrate live action with CG (that what i wanna know) so what is it? Obiously you cant just add a charakter to a live action scene can you?
TIA,

SheepFactory

02-15-2002, 10:37 PM

a matte painting is , when you get different shots (photographs, 3d, etc) and combine elements from them to make a different scene.

search the net for scott pasco. he is one of the best matte painters , and there are detailed examples on his site. ( i cant remember the url now )

you'll get a much better descriptiion than i gave.

A|i

ME3D

02-16-2002, 12:32 AM

This isnt just an explanation, but nearer to a "How to" for becoming a matte painter. Its a great site i've checked in on from time to time for awhile now. If you have other specific questions feel free to email me. My link is on here.

http://www.vigilante.net/~loki/pages/frameset1.htm

Br0nZiLLa

02-16-2002, 01:58 AM

thanks for the replies, but i really wanted to know was why they make that black and white "matte"thing seen on this link: http://www.iloura.com.au/the_making_of/the%20process.htm
I ve seen that they always do this procedure when inergrating CGI into live-action...Do you have to do that if you just want to insert a CGI thing into a single picture?
TIA

SheepFactory

02-16-2002, 03:38 AM

thats color keying , say you have a bluescreen footage , you key the blue out , that leaves you with a clean alpha channel (transparency) , for whatever your subject is.

check out composite toolkit at dv garage , for all your answers.

www.dvgarage.com

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