Matte Painting – To War and Back
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Since You Went Away
"We had a sign over our barracks: 'Is This Trip Really Necessary?'"Lou Lichtenfield, matte artist and WW II B-17 bomber pilot
United States participation in World War II with war…
Matte Painting – Dream Factories
Spellbound
Citizen Kane
Forgive me if I say that one of the many fields in which the Selznick International pictures were way ahead of the rest of the business was in their enormous use of matte shots, optical effects.When Gone…
Matte Painting – Wonderful Magic
The Thief of Bagdad
Wizard of Oz
For a long time [in the post-studio era] Hollywood seemed to forget the wonderful magic that you can create, like the scenes we did in Alexander Korda's The Thief of Bagdad…. Alex Korda would…
The-Invisible-art-Matte-Painting-Pioneers
I have some amazing memories to tell you about a time and place now lost in the dark shadows of the past.Norman Dawn
Trailblazers set a course into uncharted frontier, map unknown terrain, make the rules, and lay the foundations…
The-Invisible-art-Matte-Painting-Introduction
"The fact that you can get a little bit of paint and with film, create an incredible scene don't you think that's quite a beautiful equation?"- Albert Whitlock, matte painter
Going to the movies has been likened to a shared dream,…
Renderman Documentation – TranslationProject
Welcome to the RenderMan 24 Documentation!
Soul © Disney/Pixar
Here you can find information on how to install, license, and use RenderMan and its various bridge products for Maya, Houdini, Blender, and Katana.
Pixar's…