From the course: Digital Matte Painting: 2 Perspective

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Adding the final ellipses

Adding the final ellipses

Now it's time to add the final ellipses to your project. I wanted to mention that one of the advantages of using paths is that they are resolution independent. Unlike an ellipse that you draw with pixels, you can scale the path ellipse down really tiny, then scale it up really big. And it doesn't lose any of its mathematical perfection. So we're going to use the ellipsis in the ellipse bank to add the ellipsis to our castle by moving and scaling them into position wherever they're needed. Let's do this big dome first. Look horizontally at our ellipse bank and figure out which percentage matches that height above the horizon. The 62% ellipse is at the right height, so select that ellipse, Copy and Paste it into place and slide it horizontally to the part of the dome where you need it. Zoom in then Press Cmd or Ctrl+T to transform it to match word is going on the dome. When scaling the ellipse hold down the Shift key so that it transforms uniformly. Press Return twice to accept the…

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