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Tarandon
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 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2001 4:01 pm |
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Ok, so I'm an idiot. I'm sure it wont take you long to help me out though! *blink blink*
Much appreciated  |
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Probus
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2001 4:09 pm |
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| i�m an idiot too, but i believe matte means touching up an existing picture, like what i�m doing with the rebecca image in WIP. Am i right about this people? |
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burn0ut
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2001 4:15 pm |
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| nah, matte is a type of surface. like a rough.. dull... surface. |
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roundeye
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2001 4:35 pm |
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maybe he means matte paintings. which used to be very large paintings on glass used as backgrounds for film, but nowadays done digitally...
he couldnt actually mean the definition of the word matte, could he? thats what dictionary.com is for. |
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Malachi Maloney
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2001 4:35 pm |
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If you're talking about a matte painting....
A matte painting is the type of painting done for the backgrounds of a movie.
Go to Craig Mullins Web Site to see all kinds of great examples of matte paintings.
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burn0ut
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2001 5:21 pm |
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well he asked the same question in the MATTE CUBES thread so i was thinking he didnt know what MATTE was..
a MATTE CUBE would be a Dull rough surface cube.
and yes. dictionary.com
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Tarandon
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2001 7:39 pm |
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Aha, ie. No reflections...
Thank you so much, all of you.
Off to have fun with cubes....
Buh BYe |
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wahookah
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 11:05 am |
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referring to film, a "matte" can be a painted background just like the ones loki does. traditionally a matte was used to cover certain parts of a film for special effects [like bluescreening]...
matte as a adjective is a description for a surface with the opposite quality to "shiney"
at least that�s what i consider to be the meaning of matte  |
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