Matte Painting Tutorial – Day-for-Night Boulder Theatre Photoshop Project
Learn how to execute a true day-for-night matte painting workflow in Photoshop with this complete project tutorial built around a Boulder Theatre scene. This educational pack includes the fully layered Photoshop (.PSD) file along with step-by-step video breakdowns, guiding you through the technique, artistic decisions, and practical steps used to transform a daytime photo into a cinematic nighttime composition.
Perfect for artists looking to strengthen their skills in environment compositing, lighting adjustment, color grading, and photographic manipulation, this tutorial demonstrates real industry methods used by matte painters and digital compositors. Whether you’re a beginner or an intermediate artist, the combination of editable source files and explanatory video lessons makes this a valuable reference for your creative process.
COURSE OUTLINE
- Photoshop - How I work
- Plate Setup - Plate Cleanup techniques + Day for Night conversion + Smart Objects
- Three videos on painting light & neon lights
- Final effects and touches
RESOLUTION - 3468 x 2312
FILES INCLUDE
- PSD - Full Resolution / Working Layers
- Reference Images (we talk about this in the videos)
- Image Assets (We talk about this in the videos)
- Plate Image
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FINAL ARTWORK HERE: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/WmDX5Q
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Copyright © Ian V / 2018-2100
A step-by-step day-for-night Photoshop tutorial with fully layered PSD and breakdown videos, teaching professional matte painting techniques.
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