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Sneak Peek – Photoshop CS5 Context-Aware Fill

Andy — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:40:00 +0000

When taking panoramas or just general images, removing artifacts such as lens flare or unwanted objects to often a painful process. The clip below provides a sneek peak at a new tool known as ‘context-aware fill’ to automate the process. Watch to the end of the clip as the panoramic and desert sections are a must see:

In short this will make many photographers and panoramic artists jobs a lot quicker in future, thanks go to Steven Grey for sending this in.

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Sneak Peek – Photoshop CS5 Context-Aware Fill

Andy — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:40:00 +0000

In short this will make many photographers and panoramic artists jobs a lot quicker in future, thanks go to Steven Grey for sending this in.

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Speed Painting a City in Photoshop CS3

Andy — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:51:00 +0000

Matte paintings are used to create “virtual sets” and “digital backlots”. They can be used to create entire new sets, or to extend portions of an existing set. Traditional matte painting is done optically, by painting on top of a piece of glass to be composited with the original footage (Wikipedia).

The movie embedded below illustrates the process of painting a city background in Photoshop CS3, timelapsed over 6 minutes it provides an interesting insight into creating digital cityscapes:

Credit for the movie goes to titoff77, his work is inspired by Dylon Cole (Dylon’s site is well worth a look, especially the Daredevil section for urban images.)

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