Download the ZIP to follow along: Grainy: MattePainter: Patreon: PureRef: Kitbash: Quixel Megascans: Gaea: Ian Hubert's Patreon: Dramatic Skies: Snowy Peaks: TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 00:10 - The Workflow 00:37 - Use the Latest Version 01:06 - Installing MattePainter 01:25 - What is a Digital Matte Painting? (DMP) 02:26 - Planning a Shot 03:06 - Follow Along with the Tutorial 04:14 - The Basics of MattePainter 05:29 - MattePainter Layers 06:06 - Painting Basics 06:50 - Troubleshooting Painting Issues 07:40 - Painting Tools 08:04 - Importing a Sky 08:29 - Duplicating Layers 08:37 - Importing to the 3D Cursor 08:49 - View Clipping Bounds 09:00 - Fixing Black Spots in Cycles 09:08 - Colour Grading 09:36 - Basic Blending to Create a Sky 09:43 - Bend Modifier for Parallax 10:00 - Save your images! 10:12 - Checking for Holes 10:33 - PureRef 10:44 - Importing Masked Mountains 11:16 - The Importance of Good Images 11:36 - Camera Projection 12:27 - Cleaning Up Unused Data 12:43 - Adding Volume Scatter 13:02 - Painting Fog Onto an Empty Layer 13:13 - Importing Fog Cards 13:24 - Importing an Image Sequence 13:30 - Motion Blur 13:35 - Smoke Cards & Snowstorm 13:42 - Postprocessing (Davinci Resolve) 13:56 - Final Shot