From the course: Digital Matte Painting: Changing a Scene From Summer to Winter
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Painting through a high-contrast matte
From the course: Digital Matte Painting: Changing a Scene From Summer to Winter
Painting through a high-contrast matte
As I turn off the Foothills layer and take a look at the trees on the original plate, I see there's a lot of deep blue-green in the shadows, and by using the alpha channel to create the snow-covered hills, I've lost some of the natural green that would show up in the shadow areas. I'm going to restore some of that shadow color to the trees by using another technique where I paint through a high-contrast mask. So I'm going to click into the layer thumbnail preview for Foothills to load that selection and then turn off the Foothills and Painting layers and return to my alpha channels again. The green channel has a nice amount of contrast and detail, and I would like to be able to paint through those dark areas to restore some of that deep blue from the original plate. Now I'll duplicate the green alpha channel and apply a high-contrast curve. Basically, the light side of the trees need to go completely white so that it clearly defines the texture of the shadow areas. Then pull the black…
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Creating a custom brush2m 58s
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Adding snow to the background trees5m 45s
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Adding form to the foothills3m 31s
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Painting through a high-contrast matte2m 42s
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Adding snow to the rooftops2m 58s
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Removing hard shadows3m 50s
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Painting icicles with a custom brush2m 2s
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Covering greenery with snow5m 7s
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Painting the background trees4m 49s
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Adding snow to horizontal surfaces4m 19s
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