From the course: Digital Matte Painting: 4 Texturing
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Websites for matte painting reference - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Digital Matte Painting: 4 Texturing
Websites for matte painting reference
Let's talk about websites where you can find reference for your matte painting projects. Obviously, you can go to Google and find lots of reference there. But there are three problems with reference you find on the Internet. And those are copyright, resolution, and quality. The first is Copyright. If you use someone else's copyrighted material without asking permission, you can get sued. The chances of you getting sued are slight, if you massively change the photos you're using, color correcting and distorting them, or only using small pieces. However the chance is still there if you're using copyrighted material. Second is resolution. I think every mad artist has had the experience of finding what looks like the perfect piece of photo reference, but when you click on it, you find it's not at a usable resolution. The higher resolution you start from with your reference material, the sharper it'll be. And the more distortion and color correction it can stand. The last is quality. Most…
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Why did we wait so long to use photographic textures?1m 55s
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Prepping the form study for texturing5m 32s
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Transfer modes9m 4s
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Color basics4m 45s
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Creating a stone texture3m 26s
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Adding the dark side's base texture3m 57s
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Adding the light side's base texture3m 40s
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Rounded textures and the Warp tool6m 33s
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Websites for matte painting reference5m 13s
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