1.   Often this meant replacing matte paintings with more elaborate computer images.

2.   Other seminars and demo areas will show such effects tricks as matte painting, as well as preview several upcoming effects-heavy films and television shows.

3.   The displays include large sheets of glass covered with matte paintings that were later merged with live-action photography.

4.   The special-effects are cheap, the fight choreography is weak, and the landscapes are obviously matte paintings.

5.   The Xanadu castle of Charles Foster Kane, looming behind a wrought-iron gate, is an obvious and not particularly striking example of matte painting.