photobash

English

Etymology

photo +‎ bash

Verb

photobash (third-person singular simple present photobashes, present participle photobashing, simple past and past participle photobashed)

1. (computer graphics) To compose a digital image from multiple assets, such as photos and 3D models, with artistic interpretation to modify and blend them together seamlessly.

Quotations

• 2014 November 18, “Inquisition”, in The Art of Dragon Age, Dark Horse Comics, page 22:

  Early on, we used sketches and a mash-up photo technique called “photobashing” to try to capture the spirit of the Inquisition’s fortress. Once actual construction began, we used the development model as a base for more detailed production paintings.

• 2017 April 5, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, volume 33, Galaxy Press, unpaged:

  Aituar continues self-improving, learning new techniques and software available nowadays. He combines traditional drawing techniques with 3D and photobashing.

• 2017 November 21, Bret Malley, Advanced Compositing in Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe Master Class, Pearson Education, unpaged:

  You don't want it to look like a sloppy photo bash, but I love it when I'm able to keep a gritty, textured feel and still make it look like a painting.