What is the reasoning for this? How can I do it in Photoshop or AE? If I wanted to do a set extenstion, how would I achieve this? If you don't know what I am talking about go herehttp://www.mattepainting.org/index.php?categoryid=12&p17_sectionid=19

I want to know how to do the above link. Thanks

You were at mattepainting.org, which has an excellent forum/community, and you come back here to ask your question? I'd go strait to the horses mouth. That being said, asking how to matte paint is like asking how to shoot a movie. The question is so broad, it's tough to answer.

Set extension matte painting is all about shooting on a set that is incomplete (either for reasons of cost or impossibility) and adding the rest of the set digitally later. So long as the camera is locked down, you can do it in photoshop. And if your camera moves, you can simulate parallax in after effects (or avid/fcp/premiere) in your mattes. But to make mattes really work well, camera mapping them in a 3d program is best. Your link is dead, so I can't speak to specifics, but finding photographs of various elements (mountains, clouds, trees, etc.) and combining them into a scene using photoshop is a really good start for a beginner matte painter. Planning ahead and photographing your own elements will reduce your dependancy on google images and similar web resources (which are mostly illegal to use, anyway).

Here are some TUTORIALS click the american flag to get english versions

on the subject of getting images to use, iStockPhoto.com has tons of royalty free photography of amazing quality for aprox $1 per image.

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Originally posted by titaniumdoughnut:
iStockPhoto.com has tons of royalty free photography of amazing quality for aprox $1 per image.

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C'mon perry, you should give a shameless plug for your photos on iStock.
Great site, I'm getting my 3 sample photos reviewed right now to become a photographer there.
It's shocking how cheap they sell quality stock footage. I've used them for set decorations before.

And Nick: Those are some really great examples of matte painting. I hadn't seen those before. Nice!