"Southern Sunset" depicts a warm and dreamy countryside sunset scene. The feel and the look of the image take inspiration from a hypotethical Missipi/Kansas country barn in the mid 50s, right around the time of day when farmers put their tools to rest, and peace takes over the fields, while the sun beams turn the surroundings into a magic place. The digital matte painting was created for the release of a set of tutorial Videos on 3d Matte Extraction. The image, concieved for an animated zooming-in shot in full HD (1080p) was entirely done in Photoshop, with the exception of the church itself which was first modeled in XSI and then re-painted, shaded and texturized in Photoshop. The final version of the piece is over 8000 pixels in width, contains over 60 polished layers and various ambience lighting layers. To see the animated version of the piece, or know more about this project please visit out official website at www.saizenmedia.com