Matte painter

/mˈat pˈeɪntə/

/mˈæt pˈeɪntɚ/

Matte painter

a visual effects artist who creates painted representations of backgrounds, landscapes, or other settings that cannot or are not photographed during live-action filmmaking

Examples

1. I had that ILM book when I was a kid, and with all the pictures of all the matte painters, and the model designers, and the creature designers, and the set designers.

2. In order to accomplish this, they assemble and work with a variety of special effects artists, from digital matte painters and compositors, to roto artists who specialize in rotoscoping, and lighting technical directors who work as gaffers in the digital space, making sure the direction, color, intensity, and mood of the lighting matches the rest of the film.