How to Create an Amazing Futuristic Matte Painting in Photoshop

How to Create an Amazing Futuristic Matte Painting in Photoshop
How to Create an Amazing Futuristic Matte Painting in Photoshop
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Color correct the layer. I am not giving any specific values but do it with the tools we have used so far. Then clip the layer to the base layer just above the machu picchu one.

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Open Glacier stock image. Copy the rock. Paste and rotate. Place it at very top in the group. We don't need to clip it to the base layer.

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Blend the rock using Mask. Color correct.

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Bring in another bit from the glacier.

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Blend using a mask and color correct.

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Here I added some more elements from the same photo reference.

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Painted some details using the chalk brush.

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Here is the result.

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There is one more mountain we need to deal with. Use the paint layer to hold the photo elements. Just as we did before. Create a new group called "Rock3". It will contain all elements belong to this one.

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Open the Yosemite image. Select and copy.

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Paste above the paint layer in the group.

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Copy another bit of the mountain.

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Open up the Mountain4 stock. Copy the marked portion.

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Transform and color correct.

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Bring the element from the Mountain6 stock image and reposition it. Lower the saturation slightly. Follow the steps below.

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Let's add one more piece from the Mountain7. Rotate the layer. Color correct using Hue/Saturation.

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Paint some details using brush

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Step 10: Finishing touches.

We are done with major details. Add some more details to the scene. Here I painted a command center and a helicopter.

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Paint some silhouettes of people to indicate life.

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I wanted to increase the brightness of the water of the background plate. Duplicate the background plate and increase the brightness using Curves. Mask out everything except water.

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Red indicates the hidden area.

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I painted some orange tones on the sky to give some vividness.

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At this point I wanted to introduce some dark clouds to the foreground. I painted a dark cloudy sky tone. Send it back to the foremost mountain.

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Drop the cloudy sky image into the comp. Clip it to the painted layer. Resize it.

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Increase brightness.

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We are going to add another layer of sky. Open up the blue sky. To key out the cloud wisps go to Channels palette duplicate the channel with most contrast and softness. In this case it is Red Channel. Duplicate it by dragging on to the Create New Channel button.

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