Digital Background Painting: Mech Winter Part I

This video tutorial covers Part 1 of 2. In this segment, we cover how to paint a simple realistic background using Photoshop over a CG render. It covers mental ray, mountains, atmospheric perspective, edges, texture and lighting effects. Stay tuned for Part 2, where we learn how to turn our generated image into a snow swept landscape.

Feel free to download the image used in this demo below. Happy painting everyone!