Final Render

Final Render :

2D to 3D Projection ( Second Matte Painting )

Second Matte Painting:

For this I thoght of doing projection in either After Effects or Nuke but after testing both the softwares but after many researches I opted 3Ds Max for it as I was not getting a tyoe of result with them. The main problem I was facing was with the proper depth of the scene. It was not at all able in after effects i could not achieve a proper result. Then Nuke was also not that possible as importing the photoshop layers was the first problem and secondly when I took 3D cards there was more problem appearing because of that. Then I went through various researches and finally went through a tutorial for 3D projection in 3Ds Max. I learnt it from the very scratch and finally I achieved the correct depth and result. The process is as follows:

Basic model created in Max. ( Step 1 )

Right side view:

Front side view:

Top View :

All the four views : 

Renders of the basic model before image projection : ( these are just some of them as there are 200 frames):

Final Projection with Image projection on the final model and rendering of the waterfall :( some of them are as follows ) :

Finally, I got my result. But still want to clear out some of my doubts and learn more and more and improve myself.

2D to 3D Projection ( First Matte Painting )

First Matte Painting:

For the first scene I simply converted all the layers in 3D in After Effects and took camera and did Zoom in towards the door of the tree. For this I dont wanted to make it more complicated as I wanted to work more prominently on my second matte painting. So here's a process of how I did camera zoom in.

 

This was what I did for my first matte painting.

Second Final Matte Painting (Trials and the final result )

Second Final Matte Painting ( Trials and the Final result )

Trials:
That was my first trial. But I wasn't satisfied with the whole look of the environment. Again setting the perspective was a challenge for me. 

Again I thought of starting it with a different perspective but even this wasn't that satisfying as I really wanted it as my main scene.

But then, finally I got the result going again through various references, tutorials and learning about various different kinds of perspectives. And the WORK IN PROGRESS is as follows:

Clean Plate :

( Step 1 )

Adding of different layers :

( Step 2 )

( Step 3 )

( Step 4 )

( Step 5. FINAL ONE )

After CC

Second Matte Painting ( Research and References )

Introduction to Second Matte Painting :

Now comes my second Matte Painting where I want to show my main scene of Paradise. This really took me much more time than the first one because it was really confusing for me judge out the right Perspective and the main Vanishing Point for the painting.
I went through many references, started with many matte paintings but again was not getting what I really wanted. 

My Major Reference :

It was my main reference for the paradise scene from the movie " Journey to the Mysterious Island ". And here is the link for that movie :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1aNIOIAiUk

Other Related References :

Tutorial references that helped me out in getting a good result :

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHMwtucfKyo

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RwIFMtog6I

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4GeETrVZpc

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIJTKN0m4TY

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STXq1VAdj8E

First Final Matte Painting

Final Result for first matte painting :

I went through many tutorials and references and got to know where I was wrong. I finally got the result with correct depth. There may be some problems with this too but on most of it I got the result.

And here is my Work in Progress :

Original Plate : 

WIP Screen Shots :

Finally got the right tree !

Adding BG elements :

Giving it a path towards the tree :

Adding FG elements :

Adding Door in the tree :

The Final Result with Color Correction :

Finally, I completed my first Matte Painting.

My Trials

Trial 1

I tried it for the very first time giving it a green tint but wasn't really satisfied.

Trial 2

This was again annoying when I wasn't able to achieve the right kind of depth and also the image was not that fitting the purpose.

   
Then I went through many feedbacks, references and various other sources and then I got to know where I was wrong. I wasn't able to judge out what really my Matte painting must have. But finally I achieved what I wanted.