I made an old school MATTE PAINTING
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4 жыл бұрын100 Years ago they didn't have computers so they had to use glass! Watch as I try to make my own Matte Painting and learn the secrets of the Master Matte Painters of yesteryear. Instead of using After Effects I decided to use paint and paint brushes. The Mandalorian uses advanced techniques but just like 100 years ago the effect is captured in camera!
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Here are some videos you should check out if you want to learn more about Matte Painting and stuff!
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@EpicLightMedia 4 жыл бұрын
"Illusions dad, you don't have time for my illusions!"
@thejameslealartco.7625 3 жыл бұрын
😂
@tallguytrav 4 жыл бұрын
Now I expect to start seeing a lot more old school matte paintings in youtube short films because of this video.
@CoconutPete 3 жыл бұрын
I made a digital matte video effect thingy a few weeks ago but this is much cooler
@jmalmsten Жыл бұрын
One book I highly recommend is The Invisible Image, that takes readers from the earliest days of glass paintings through that guy who essentially patented double exposure, hindering others from doing matte shots where you painted the painting long after the human elements were filmed and exposed the frame again (the "matte" in matte paintings coming from the matte black area they would paint on glass to keep that bit on the negative from being exposed), all the way up to modern day set extensions done digitally.
@charming_and_granite 4 жыл бұрын
I feel like this is a special channel. It's more about film techniques juxtaposed with a heartfelt and comedic commentary as well as the application and experimentation of the said technique. It's not about views or subs, it's about the process and exploration of filmmaking. Easily becoming one of my favorite channels! Keep up the amazing work!
@stillbuyvhs 3 жыл бұрын
I think they eventually started just painting in a black matte on set. Later, someone would paint the scenery, then someone else would print the painted image over blacked out area.
@AthanCondax 4 жыл бұрын
This was really cool. I've always known about matte paintings, but the fact that you went as far to recreate one is really awesome.
@leoagudelo 4 жыл бұрын
this guy is a genius
@nathanksimpson 3 жыл бұрын
Suddenly I realized that Bob Ross might have had a second career as a matte painter.
@KorenYoung 4 жыл бұрын
So much work goes into one shot. What a pane!
@soleaux 11 ай бұрын
hahaha
@crweewrc1388 9 ай бұрын
I actually like your work. It's like you've been transported into a Van Gogh painting or something like that.
@DavidLGood 4 жыл бұрын
Pro Tip: When creating thumbnails for KZfaq videos -- AVOID red outlines, as a red bar across the bottom of a thumbnail is usually an indicator that a user has already watched a video. Just FYI. Hope you find that useful.
@MichaelSavidgeStoryteller 4 жыл бұрын
Yay, bringing back in-camera matte paintings! I've loved reading about it older special effects manuals and always wanted to try it, but never had the courage to. Although this would be fun to try...maybe I should give it a chance!!
@user-pq9mk8mb7j 4 жыл бұрын
Okay, now you make me feel obliged to watch the Mandalorian.
@walkingmanvideo9455 9 ай бұрын
LOL, When I seen your thumbnail i thought to myself, damn that house looks real!!!!!
@guillaumecottin7251 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve done front miniatures for a short film. It was a miniature of a Baba Yaga hut in the forest. Super realistic as the lighting is exactly the same on the foreground and background. But very tricky to get the position right. At least, the background being a forest, there wasn’t a need to perfectly match perspective lines or a precise scale. Otherwise it would have been a nightmare!
@TheJMShow 4 жыл бұрын
I have been binge-watching all of your videos! Some of the best tutorials I have seen in a long time! Channel is way underrated! You guys need a couple million more subscribers to justify the quality content you all are putting out! Great job! And thank you for the awesome history/tutorial/ storytime video!
@EpicLightMedia 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!! It’s fun making videos. We are so happy you are enjoying them. We are learning a lot about KZfaq and how to teach.
@TheJMShow 4 жыл бұрын
@@EpicLightMedia You guys rock!!
@simonbolzdotcom 4 жыл бұрын
Thomas, I take my hat off. Amazing stuff. Bravo.
@Edward2Fan47 Жыл бұрын
You deserve using techniques like that for films.
@soleaux 11 ай бұрын
amazing thank you for showing this technique
@glennledrew8347 2 ай бұрын
Doing is the best way to learn. Good doing!
@mkelly01 4 жыл бұрын
This was awesome, thanks for sharing!
@thirun779 4 жыл бұрын
Imagine the position of the sun changes... It makes me anxious.
@smokermarine 4 жыл бұрын
i really enjoy listening to your calming voice!
@TK42138 4 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite use of matte paintings was in the film 'Hindenburg'. Albert Whitlock was a master of the art
@melih.b1o 4 жыл бұрын
20 minutes into this channel and it's already becoming my favorite!
@gillesmatheronpro 4 жыл бұрын
Spain, South of France, Tuscany... this is what your painting seems like. Bravo... great work, lots of things explained. This may help teaching a tad more about how hard these jobs are when it comes to really mastering your craft. This is why I always explain technicians actually are "artists with machines"... Matte painting still is commonly used in animation. Eastern Europe has made itself famous for being THE matte painting kingdom. A friend of mine is currently creating her new animated long film. All "environnement" elements are created half/half in Toulouse (France) and Prague (Czech republic), as these are the most important countries for animated films. Minions were born in France, just as Sonic the hedgehog and so many more. Down there, matte painting still is an everyday tool.
@IngoWoelke 4 жыл бұрын
This seems like fun - I will try this.
@OrangeShots 4 жыл бұрын
I think you paint very well too,, awesome buddy.
@dennisclark8766 4 жыл бұрын
What a great job.
@mattmiller1585 4 жыл бұрын
Thats a dope effect!!
@katykatarsis 4 жыл бұрын
This was so cool!
@TK42138 4 жыл бұрын
One of the last Hollywood films to use a glass matte painting was 'Titanic' in 1997. Sometimes the 'less is more' approach looks aesthetically better than some digital matte paintings that have pin sharp detail which can end up triggering the 'uncanny valley.' Have a look at the glass paintings used for the 'Return of The Jedi' Death Star hangar scenes with the stormtroopers on parade.
@YouGleIt 11 ай бұрын
Great example. Although, by Gone With The Wind, they were already using the latent matte technique, so they would just darken the area that later they would superimpose over the live shot. (Those paintings were way too elaborate) That carried for decades!
@TK42138 4 жыл бұрын
Can you make a video on the 'Shufftan Process' where a mirror (at 45 degrees to lens axis) was used with some of the reflected surface removed so a camera could film live action through the glass against a reflection of a miniature that was placed to the side off camera.
@Thesupermanning 4 жыл бұрын
The night shot was my favorite.
@CallousCoder Жыл бұрын
I’m glad I became a digital matte painter or as I call it image wrangler and compositor. I could never do that with paint. Give me photoshop, Blender and Nuke and I can do a nice 2.5D but with paint.. no! And as a Dutch guy I can appreciate the Dutch subtitled 🤪
@CoconutPete 3 жыл бұрын
woww that is insanely great! this could be very useful to just about any youtuber out there... I may have to give this a try... sort of like Hollywood matte paintings 👍
@jim.t9481 4 жыл бұрын
just did a essay on 1920s cinima i think its amazing and want to try this myself so glad youve done this
@Uhfgood 4 жыл бұрын
Not just 100 years ago, but until about the mid-late 90's. Upvote for Three Amigos reference. Product wasn't worse, and nowadays isn't necessarily better. True there were some better images than some others (I like spotting the matte scenes in old movies, but most of the time they did them well enough you couldn't tell.) Newer "matte paintings" have that "computerized" look for lack of a better term. They don't have the physical medium of paint, and they use effects and things that look like it was heavily processed. For instance in San Andreas you could tell there was a lot of cgi and digital matte because of the certain look it gives off.
@arantesFilms 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@orfanidis071 4 жыл бұрын
Your approach is so beautiful. It's really important to try and understand the basics of something before you start relying in all the new tools that do the work for you. It helps you gain better understanding of the craft and can also lead to creative breakthroughs.
@EpicLightMedia 4 жыл бұрын
Yes! Any excuse to paint happy trees is a good excuse. Haha
@levihint 4 жыл бұрын
I was wanting to do this. You beat me to it you cheeky devil.
@sasha103 3 жыл бұрын
I like this guy.
@markschippel7974 4 жыл бұрын
I love the "old" special effects. Think Zena, Warrior Princess. I believe it was Star Trek (they obviously weren't the only ones) that would take a photo on slide film. The backlit color slide would then be placed in a model and and filmed. The slide would be still but for a quick shot you could have the crew looking out a window of your star ship. The effect would be the opposite of a matte painting. Your characters are still and the background is moving.
@quengaceiro 4 жыл бұрын
great content
@genrlgadget 3 жыл бұрын
Yes... On the subject of the AD pilot cut-away (or any other cutaway or reference to copyrighted material)... Could you do a show on that? What is a KZfaq creator allowed to do or not do? Thanks for the great video. You're quite the painter!
@gabriel.gavazzi 3 жыл бұрын
That's pretty damn cool :) Now I don't wanna use After Effects anymore hahahah
@EpicLightMedia 3 жыл бұрын
Right!?!? Working in the computer is kinda lame compared to this
@gabriel.gavazzi 3 жыл бұрын
@@EpicLightMedia Yes! Feels much more artistic and real in a way, even if it's not as realistic-looking as CGI and etc.
@ShinnKawasaki 4 жыл бұрын
Bob Ross would have been the best person for this job
@yaddamop 3 жыл бұрын
I'm sure you're familiar with the techniques of the past master, Albert Whitlock. Now, he said his paintings were impressionistic, not much detail, but enough to get the illusion across. But, what gets me is he would do it on the actual negative! No mistakes allowed. He nailed it every time!
@gameboy398 4 жыл бұрын
great
@arianpoetrasamudra4022 4 жыл бұрын
Subscribed!
@WebsiteOwner-dw2rj Жыл бұрын
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@felipevece 4 жыл бұрын
Not all matt painting were done in place, in other cases they put balck board in a frame to block the places in the scene that shold see in the scen, the black board will no be expose and then the artis in a studio will do the matte paint proyecting into a glass
@EpicLightMedia 4 жыл бұрын
Yes the Latent Imaging Technique! More advanced than this old method. In fact, that is the way the matte art in Gone With The Wind was accomplished
@roccogioffre4788 4 жыл бұрын
@@EpicLightMedia Hey there ! This was nicely done and a pretty good explanation of the technique. I have been a matte painting artist for 43 years professionally. The first 20 years as a traditional matte painter and then as a digital matte artist since 1997. Thanks for this posting !
@NoNamesLeftFuk 4 жыл бұрын
use a phone or a mavic drone to get everything in focus easier.
@CANNOTDIEFILMS 3 жыл бұрын
WOAH OKAY! How does being a master painter fit into your alleged backstory of being a pool guy??
@billgreen4592 4 жыл бұрын
Have you seen Potato Jet's matte paintings? Dude.
@neilwallacewells4984 4 жыл бұрын
great...¡¡¡¡ , could you explain how the lightning effects do in the movie big trouble in little china?.
@scottstevensonfilms 4 жыл бұрын
happy little trees
@crist67mustang Жыл бұрын
Mexico, South America? Hahahahaha. I'm writing from 🇨🇱 Santiago Chile SouthAmerica. I was reaching for this effect, I didn't know how they call it, in fact I noticed this effect on North by Northwest in seversl scenes, such us the house in the hills top, the sculptures, the UNO buildind entrance, the building square from aereal view. Matte Painting effect.
@sixsoxsex1 4 жыл бұрын
The best way was: 1 shot the film 2 print a paper blow of a film frame and put a glass on it and paint 3 shot again to the film projected to a 45 degree translucent glass putted in front of the glass painted In Star Wars they made as I explained
@meirchaimo6960 4 жыл бұрын
Aren't the mountains in the distance supposed to be at least a little blurry?
@EpicLightMedia 4 жыл бұрын
Good point
@meirchaimo6960 4 жыл бұрын
@@EpicLightMedia that's probably why it looked old
@ShopDogProductions13 Жыл бұрын
What type of paint did you use? I’m allergic to walnuts so I can’t use oil paint. Thanks
@EpicLightMedia Жыл бұрын
Acrylic
@ShopDogProductions13 Жыл бұрын
@@EpicLightMedia awesome thanks!
@leiphf 4 жыл бұрын
@markbarrera6807 3 жыл бұрын
100 years?
@clurkroberts2650 4 жыл бұрын
Not 100years Matte painting were still done thru the 80s
@EpicLightMedia 4 жыл бұрын
Well I guess I didn’t explain that the latent image process was used through the 80s but the glass in front of the lens on location is an older method
@clurkroberts2650 4 жыл бұрын
Epic Light Media Yes, glass was still used by elinshaw and Whitlock through the 60s, but only sporadically. But on another note, I have a lot of respect for you attempting this, pretty fascinating video. I really enjoy your site’s perspective on video/film production
@suchen8066 3 жыл бұрын
Shot out to your mom
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