Traditionally, matte paintings were made by artists using paints or pastels on large sheets of glass for integrating with the live-action footage. The first known matte painting shot was made in 1907 by Norman Dawn (ASC). Later on Matte Painting revolutionized to an extreme level for which Avatar is an example. In this tutorial we are going to cover few basic concepts and tricks in matte painting using Adobe Photoshop and designing the great and wonder of world Tajmahal.

In today's Photoshop CS5 video tutorial we'll demonstrates the bristle brushes, which simulate traditional paint brushes.

In this Photoshop tutorial, we are going to learn how to create a realistic yet surreal photo-manipulation. This tutorial covers techniques such as correcting barrel distortion and blending images seamlessly by correcting the brightness/contrast.

In this tutorial, I will show you how to make better use of your pen tablet along with Photoshop's Brush Settings to achieve better results for an authentic watercolor style painting.

Find out how you can create beautiful portrait paintings easily from any photo. This tutorial will show you how to color, shade, paint hair, and more!