Matte Painting History

#1

hey guys I just found this video, thanks to Kelvin mcilwain for sharing this
this is a MUST SEE for anyone interested in matte painting, to learn how it really began and who the matte painting legends are, awesome stuff !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8bdTmU8F0s

#2

Hey James,

Nice video, thanks for sharing that. There’s too few out there. There’s another one floating around on the web; an interesting VES tribute to Albert Whitlock, well worth seeing if anyone can find it.

Dave.

#3

the second last quote from this clip is what its all about.

thanks for sharing!!

#4

amazing stuff, very clever those guys in that age…

thanks for sharing

#5

great video! Thanks, Jaime!

#6

This link is the tribute video that mentions our friend Everlites

Link:http://mattepainting.org/vb/showthread.php?t=2745Enjoy

#7

Thanks was rally cool video, thanks :slight_smile:

I had a post on my blog dedicated to Albert Whitlock which had some links, images and quotes I have collected from numerous sources. Take a look at it if you have time… here is the link

#8

Thanks jamesvfx for the link. Super inspiring video. :beer:

#9

Here’s a video I stumbled across on matte painter Ronn Brown’s vimeo page. It shows more glass paintings and comps by ILM.

http://vimeo.com/10563431

Great stuff…

#10

quite interesting, thanks for sharing :slight_smile:

#11

Awesome link, I was looking for some good matte painting footage. Thank goodness for photoshop and painter though, definitely makes things a lot easier.

#12

The documentation and information shared in the old Traditional Matte Painting section is one of a
kind behind the scenes data, significant for the history of Matte Painting:
www.stopmotionanimation.com/forum/topics/matte-painting-section

#13

whoah it was ultra fun to watch. had no idea old movies were using these tricks.