Matte Painting Techniques for ArchViz

Mattepainting for ArchViz

“I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did and that you also learned a few useful tricks for your day-to-day life as an infographic artist. In the final project I want you to put into practice all the advice that I have been giving you throughout the course, but in this case applying them to your own project. From working on the background and giving the scene depth to the progressive inclusion of each of the elements that will make it up. I would like you to put special emphasis on the work of vegetation and people, since it is usually the most difficult when we incorporate them in post-production. It would be wonderful if you choose a project of yours and face post-production again, but now taking into account everything you have learned. I'd like you to take one of your exterior renderings in daylight. They are usually the most difficult to deal with due to the necessary realism of all the elements that compose them. If, in addition, you share your results and we all see the difference compared to the first time you did it, it will be enormously stimulating both for me and for all the students who accompany us in this learning. It has been a pleasure for me to prepare this course, since I have been able to reflect on my work flow and this has given me new ideas to continue advancing professionally. I would like to say goodbye with a piece of advice: stopping and thinking about our way of approaching any creative activity is key to detecting faults and outlining possible improvements. I recommend that you choose an image with a sufficiently neutral environment to be able to incorporate all the resources that I have provided, as well as a new one that you are adding to your library. Establish a pre-work organization in Photoshop and fill your library with perfectly arranged elements for this image and the rest of the images you make in professional practice. Next, we are going to review the key phases of the project. It would be great if you showed me a picture of each phase and added a brief explanation about what you have done in each one. Initial composition When composing a scene, not only photographic composition techniques play a role. The light will be especially interesting when we try to focus attention on one or more points of the image. Try to generate as much lighting as possible. For this, it is a very good idea that you start from a foreground in shadow and the most illuminated plane is in the background. Support the points of interest of the composition with points of interest of the lighting and you will make your image gain in depth and complexity. Work on the background and the environment as we saw in the first lessons of Unit 4.

The textures In this image I want you to give depth to the buildings with textures and resources that you find yourself. It is perhaps one of the most complex searches that you are going to face in your day-to-day life, but you will develop your own criteria that will help you speed up post-production and rendering time. I would also love for you to enrich some of the render textures with one of the blending modes that I have been telling you about. Integration of vegetation and people Spend time on each item. Try that each of the PNG that will make up the image have a lighting similar to the render and do not force the lighting. I advise you to try to establish a logical narrative around the seasonality of the image and the group of people who will intervene in the scene. Light and color Without a doubt, this is one of the phases that you will enjoy the most and that will enrich your image the most. In this part I want you to investigate the tricks that I have told you and little by little make them yours to put the icing on all the previous work and achieve a final result that makes you proud. Now share your final project with all of us by clicking on "Create your project". Remember to share both the final result of your image and the steps that have led you to it. Although we have come to the end of this path, I hope this image is the beginning of a career filled with research, excitement and personal discovery. I hope you have enjoyed the course and, whether you have done images before or if it is the first time you start doing them, you have found this process interesting and stimulating. From the initial moment we have reflected on the cameras, the composition, the lighting ... In short, all the elements that make up an exciting and profound scene. Practice as much as you can and unleash a wider range of situations and scenes. Get inspired by top-notch conceptual artists or infographics artists and don't be afraid to reproduce their atmospheres. We've all done it until we've been able to feel more comfortable with a certain style. I have tried to convey all the passion and references that accompany me when I compose a scene, but, without a doubt, when you incorporate yours there will be a multiplier effect that will generate impressive results. Any questions I will be happy to assist you and accompany you in the forum and I beg your pardon if I do not do it with all the speed that I would like, but you already know what this world of constant deliveries is like. I am looking forward to seeing your work and how this course has helped you continue to enrich your scenes. It has been a huge pleasure.

Forget the map, but don't forget the treasure - Ray Loriga

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Partial transcription of the video

“Final Project It’s time to review everything we learned in the course. First I shared some compositional rules and how different studios use them, which allows us to choose a perfect perspective. We found the best lighting possible for our specific project. We also looked at what concepts we’d work on and what elements were necessary to compose the image thanks to our concept art. Next, I told you how to manage your library in the most optimal way. Then I told you why I chose each of the elements that would go in the scene and finally how to organize the document so everything is straightfo...”

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Course summary for: Matte Painting Techniques for ArchViz

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (294)
• 5812 students
• 5 units
• 19 lessons (4h 45m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  Architecture & Spaces

• Areas

  ArchVIZ, Digital Architecture, Digital Photography, Matte Painting, Photo Retouching, Photomontage