
In this course, Carles Marsal teaches you his own technique for creating photorealistic worlds using the fundamentals of matte painting. Working from an initial sketch, compose a realistic scene from photographs, and incorporate each element using Brushes and proper lighting. Unleash your creativity and get astounding results!
Matte painting is a digital technique that allows the artist to create any scene imaginable by perfectly combining photographs and illustrations to achieve hyperrealistic results with astonishing detail. It can be used at a professional level across a range of fields including publishing, advertising, film, and video games.
This course can be taken alongside Carles' other course Secrets of Photomontage and Creative Retouching, where you can take your professional composition, retouching, and photographic lighting techniques a step further.
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Start by getting to know Carles Marsal, his work, and his main influences.
Learn to create a sketch to help you develop your matte painting efficiently as well as how to look for the best photographic resources.
Once you've dreamed up your imaginary world, Carles shows you how to select, crop, build, and integrate all the elements into your scene along with some tips for ideal lighting.
Next, discover how to make the overall image believable by working to achieve a harmonious relationship between light and shadow, and add depth to give your landscape mood and character.
Wrap up the course by applying final details such as glimmers of reflected light, particles, focus, and blur for that hyperrealistic finish.
Compose a matte painting and create your own imaginary world.

Illustrators, retouchers, digital artists, matte painters, conceptual artists, photographers, graphic designers, and any creative mind interested in photorealistic landscapes.
Basic notions of Photoshop, like working with Layers, selection tools, Masks, and Brushes, are necessary for this course, as well as Adobe Photoshop and a graphics tablet. No drawing skills are required.

Es un curso maravilloso, te explica a profundidad todo lo relacionado con el Matte Painting con las diferentes técnicas de sombras e iluminaciones que podemos usar en cada proyecto relacionados con fotomontajes creativos. Además, hace énfasis en los detalles artísticos que podemos proporcionarle a cada imagen que estemos trabajando para darle más pureza, belleza y profundidad. La verdad lo recomiendo mucho.
Muy buen curso
Muy buen curso
Muy bien, yo partía con conocimientos previos avanzados pero aún así me a despejado un par de dudas. Lo que ha hecho , en realidad creo que el ejercicio que propone es una de las tareas más fáciles que se puede hacer en mattepainting. Me hubiera gustado que hubiera utilizado edificios y personajes para ver a que desafíos hay que enfrentarse con elementos más exigentes a la hora de su acomodación en la imagen, pero este curso como punto de partida es excelente.
Buen Curso

I'm Carles, a pleasure!
Ingredients for a new world
Raising the foundations
The secret is in the lighting and atmosphere
I made it, I'm God!
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Matte painting is a digital technique that blends photos, illustration, and 3D elements to create realistic or fantastical scenes and backgrounds, mainly used in film, video games, and advertising.
You don’t need to be an expert, but having intermediate Photoshop skills and basic digital illustration knowledge is recommended to get the most out of the course.
All you need is a computer with Photoshop installed and a graphics tablet is recommended for more precise sketching and detailing.
You’ll learn how to create sketches, select and adjust images, integrate 3D elements, use digital brushes, and apply lighting, shadow, and color techniques to achieve photorealistic compositions.
The course teaches you how to search free image libraries, assess quality, lighting, and visual consistency, and select legal and ethical resources for your compositions.
Yes, you’ll learn how to separate planes, use lighting, shadows, and selective blurring to add depth and realism to your digital scenes.
Yes, the course covers integrating 3D and CGI elements with digital retouching techniques to create complex, cohesive backgrounds.