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'''Mattes''' are used in [[photography]] and special effects filmmaking to combine two or more image elements into a single, final image.

== Description ==

Usually, mattes are used to combine a foreground image (such as actors on a set, or a spaceship) with a background image (a scenic vista, a field of stars and planets).

In this case, the matte is the background painting. In film and stage, mattes can be physically huge sections of painted canvas, portraying large scenic expanses of landscapes.

== See also ==

* [[Digital matte artist]] - modern form of a traditional [[Matte painting|matte painter]] in the entertainment industry. He or she digitally paints photo-realistic interior and exterior environments that could not have been otherwise created or visited.
* [[Matte painting]] - a painted representation of a landscape, set, or distant location that allows filmmakers to create the illusion of an environment that is nonexistent in real life or would otherwise be too expensive or impossible to build or visit.

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matte_(filmmaking) Matte (filmmaking)] @ Wikipedia

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