SUMMER SEMESTER - COMING SOON
RESERVE YOUR SPOT: eric@mattementors.com
In this course, we will go over the technical and creative skills to create matte paintings for Animation.
Using industry standard software such as: Photoshop, Maya, Nuke, and Houdini.
Students will receive individual feedback on their work as well as practicing these techniques to create portfolio level work.
Interactive Zoom sessions take place every Thursday 8pm PST
Video recorded feedback on your individual assignments
Access to Matte Mentors Community Board. Interact with your fellow artists and instructors to create a more personal experience.
Course curriculum
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INTRODUCTION
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Animation through the years: Traditional Studios
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Animation through the years: New Media/Games Cinematics/Etc.
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History of Matte Painting and Background Painting
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What is Matte Painting?
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Walking thru a shot in an Animation pipeline
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Reference Library
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Photoshop 101
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Let's create a digital painting
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Lasso Speed Painting
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Assignment 1: Digital Painting and Lasso Speed Painting
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Upload Assignment 1
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Q & A Zoom Sessions
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Creating a Matte Painting Shot
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MAYA 101
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NUKE 101
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Launched on your shot
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Beginning setup in Maya
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Onto your Nuke setup
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Photoshop - Painting your projection
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Clouds
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Dealing with Gradients
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Photoshop - Quick sketch and using Photos
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Compositing your first Shot
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Houdini 101
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Houdini VDB Clouds
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CLARISSE 101
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Clarisse VDB Clouds
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Maya VDB Clouds
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MAYA and HOUDINI for Layout with VDBs
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Stylizing and finishing up shot
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Assignment #2 - Static Matte Painting shot
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Upload your Assignment #2
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Q & A Zoom Sessions
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Cityscape Establishing Shot
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Aspect Ratios and Camera Lenses
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Projection Camera vs Shot Camera
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Setting up the scene
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3d Assets and Simple Texturing/Modeling
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Going from BlockIn to Assets
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Lighting and Fog/mist in Maya and Clarisse
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Lighting up the City
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Renders AOVs and Layers
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Projection Camera and Layers
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Review of Assignment
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Assignment #3
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Upload Assignment #3
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Q & A Zoom Sessions
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Creating Multiple Matte Paintings for Several Animated shots
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Assets
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Landscape Drone Reference
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Maya Scattering with Mash
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Clarisse Scattering and Assets
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Clarisse Scattering with Texture maps
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Getting started on your multi-shots
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Nuke and Photoshop
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Assignment #4
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Upload Assignment #4
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Q & A Zoom Sessions
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Shot 1 and 3 Setup
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Reference Board
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Scattering with Houdini
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Scattering with hand painted mask
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Scatter Grass on Rock Cliff
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Combining Projections
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Assignment #5
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Upload Assignment #5
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Q & A Zoom Sessions
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Promoting Yourself
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Branding Yourself
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Making a Breakdown Clip of your Matte Painting
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Career Beginnings
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Career Trajectory and Portfolio
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Q & A Zoom Sessions
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Upload Assignment #6 - Rework and Enhance any of your shots
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About this course
- $375.00
- 75 lessons
Sign Up Today for our 6 Week Class
Meet Eric
Instructor

STUDENT WORK
Final Project in the Matte Painting for Animation: Stylized Worlds