It's NOT Matte Painting! EZ Video Compositing in Photoshop!

Learn to create complex looking matte paintings, and video composite shots, very simply, using only Photoshop.

Created byTony Ross

Last updated 9/2014

English

What you'll learn

The goal of this course is to show beginning to intermediate Photoshop users how to create stunning video composites without having to use a video editing program like Premier, Final Cut, or After Effects.

Course content

4 sections • 19 lectures • 1h 31m total length

Welcome0:38
What do you mean, "It's NOT Matte Painting"?2:01
Reveal why the approach isn't matte painting by emphasizing simple video compositing in Photoshop and fast, math-based techniques discussed in reviews and tutorials.
What Cameras we used2:53
Finding Images3:39
Why Photoshop? Why not Premiere or After Effects?2:17
Explore why Photoshop can handle video compositing with filmstrip mode, painting directly on video, a reengineered timeline, and adjustment layers.
Importing Video into Photoshop1:38
Import a video into Photoshop using either open from file or the plus sign, which reveals the timeline and lets you move the playhead and toggle sound.

Selection Methods8:11
Layers & Layer Groups1:50
Layer Styles1:03
Apply layer styles to blend elements with the scene using a color overlay, sampling sky color with an eye dropper, and adjusting opacity for realistic integration.
Layer Blending2:30
Learn layer blending in Photoshop to remove backgrounds, cut out objects with blend-if adjustments, edge softening, and precise selections, then merge layers for clean, seamless composites.
Layer Masking2:42
Alpha Channels2:34
Save and load selections using alpha channels in Photoshop, using the channels panel and RGB channels to store a selection named sky, then recall it later to streamline composite work.

Adding a Mountainscape7:49
Learn to add a mountainscape to a video in Photoshop by selecting the sky and pasting the mountains. Blend edges with layer masks, color overlays, and controlled opacity.
Big Ol' Moon4:54
A Vector Cityscape12:24
The Pyramids7:43
Learn to composite a pyramid shot in Photoshop using masking, layer mask, color range, and non-destructive edits; adjust hue, saturation, color overlay, and use stamp to clean edges.
An Empty Highway18:13
Remove cars from the right side to create an empty highway, using polygonal lasso and layer via copy, then refine with screen blending and a clone stamp for shadow-aware results.
Sky Replacement5:33

Requirements

For this course, you will need Adobe Photoshop CS6, or CC.

Description

"It's NOT Matte Painting" is a series of composite tutorials. Using Photoshops ability to open video, these compositing tutorials go through imports, edits, and composites the video only using Photoshop. I believe one of the reasons this series of tutorials were so successful is because they were very simple and easy to follow. Even though there are plenty of matte painting tutorials online, there are very few that cater to the novice or the beginner.

Who this course is for:

This course has been designed for the beginner in Photoshop, students, independent film makers, and hobbyists alike. Each step is call out, and shortcut keys are visually shown.

It's NOT Matte Painting! EZ Video Compositing in Photoshop!

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Course content

Intro6 lectures • 13min

Photoshop Tips and Tricks used in this Course6 lectures • 19min

Short Cut Keys1 lecture • 3min

The Composite Lessons6 lectures • 57min

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