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Matte Painting Legends

3D wireframe models show how digital matte paintings were used to build a fictional version of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in the 2001 feature, The Majestic. Photo courtesy Craig Barron. Craig Barron considers his 10-year odyssey to co-author the first book on the art and history of feature-film matte painting, The Invisible Art: The Legends of Movie Matte Painting, the equivalent of “an archaeological dig.” Barron, a veteran artist and co-founder of San Francisco's Matte World Digital, and industry journalist Mark Cotta Vaz, ...

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