Photo Choping Questions

Lord Vader... your limo is ready

 

That's a good one!

 

Whet a old fart that guy was who owned the 39 dodge pick up that I just did was, I go to all the trouble of finding his e-mail address and have to have other people hunt it down for me. Then I send him this really nice message about how I like his truck and all that and how I might get one in the future now and I thought it might be fun to see his truck in a different way etc,etc,etc. And this guy sends me back an angry e-mail actually LECTURING me about how horrible what I did was and how I have no regard for this and that and if I ever did that to one of those trucks...so on! I'll tell you, you try to do something nice for someone and look at how they treat you!!! I mean its just a computer generated image, idiot!

 

reminds me of one i did a while back for a HAMBer!

 

LOL, that's awesome Monster.

 

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...And this guy sends me back an angry e-mail actually LECTURING me about how horrible what I did was and how I have no regard for this and that and if I ever did that to one of those trucks...so on! I'll tell you, you try to do something nice for someone and look at how they treat you!!! I mean its just a computer generated image, idiot!

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Sound's like mission accomplished! Lol, it's a TRUCK, not the fucking crown jewels. I say chop it up!

BTW Monster, dig that jet car! That windshield is a nice touch i think!

 

The monster,, I love your work..Your a great inspriation .. you think you could turn this shell into a finished rod with rear fenders, front clip, and a nice chop?? and a flat black paint job??


Thanks steve-

 

no prob steve, im always up for a lil' challenge. whether it was just a joke or not! hehe

I'll even show you a 5 step process on how i did it. took about one hour or less.

 

sorry for the shine, but im sure itll fade back down they way its been sittin!
heres a 5 step lay out of what i did.

1. original

2. found a fender and front clip of what i truely believe is a 46 chevy. correct me if im wrong. turned those pieces to desaturate along with the rest of the car.

3. filled in the fenders with the rest of the car and smoothed things out.

4.buffed up the paint a bit, added highlight and accent lines, cleaned up the grill and added some shadows.

5. washed the windows after choppin her a few inches.

hope that fun project helped out a bit

 

Wow thats freaking amazing!!! I hope I can be that good one day!

 

HOLY CRAP... DAMN MAN!!!!Thats amazing... You should get paid to do this stuff... Freekin amazing




Thanks man.. Your the best i have seen on here..

steve

 

hey guys, thanks for the compliments, really! it means a lot to hear them!

I use to get paid to do 3D computer art related things, but most people dont believe me when i tell them, so i dont bring it up much.

However, Im starting my own company and looking into other ways I can use this tool to make a living

If you have any other challenges, or would like some help or pointers, pm me or post em here, i love to help out.

Thanks again everyone!

 

Hey Monster, that's pretty good... but what about some freeakin' wheels! j/k

Yeah, I work in Photoshop at my job (book publisher) all day long. Nothing but a pixel pushing fool, then i come here and do it all over again... 'cept this is way more fun. Get's to be as easy as breathin' after a while, huh?!?

Nice Chop!

Peace,
Jerry

 

I just figured he at least had some wheels in the barn somewhere. man, how much of the car do you want me to just give away?!? hahaha!

 

Did this to pass the time on a winter Sunday... wish it was mine

Before:


After:

Good Times!

Jerry

 

Looks good Jerry!

 

Is there a way you can make a shiny color look flat? Thanks

Nick

 

Nick, just re-select the body of the car (just re-use the same selection you used to change the paint) and use the brightness/contrast adjustment (Image>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast) and lower the contrast... piece 'o cake, Right?!?

Oh yeah, and thanks for the props, Deuce!

Jerry

 

Ok, thank you for the info. Now, i got a couple more questions. This is the car i want to make Flat Black. But i cant figure out how to get it black. It started off yellow.

The guy is rebuilding this thing and is gonna paint it, he wants to see it in copper and flat black, i personaly like flat black but cant figure out how to get it to black first.

Next, i got this copper lookin pretty descent but now i cant get the rest of it to match!

Your help is awesome to me. I love this photoshop stuff! Thank you

Nick

 

lower the contrast and darken. you'll prolly have to monkey with the sliders for a while, but that's what it takes. Don't forget to desaturate the body color first, or you'll just get a dark brown... Oh, and maybe tell your friend to get some bias-ply's as a favor for me!
Hope that helps

 

lower the contrast and darken. you'll prolly have to monkey with the sliders for a while, but that's what it takes. Don't forget to desaturate the body color first, or you'll just get a dark brown...

hope that helps
Jerry

 

Thank you very much sir.

Nick

 

Those are all great tips and methods. just like different people, others have different ways of going about the same problem.

I selected the area and choose image/adjust/desaturate. that instantly gave me the black on the body.

I did that to the grill as well but because it was bright yellow to begin with i needed to lower the brightness on image/brightness-contrast.

then to really pull off the dullness of paint you cant stop there. i took out the sun spot glares off the door and gutter and lower sections.

also a soft light gray airbrush on the corner of the grill takes away defined reflections and adds a dull flat look.

 

Thats cool. thanks.

Nick

 

Saw everyone else playing around, thought i'd join in. Just a chop and a section. Now stop playing with photoshop, and go out and start cutting!

Lots of great tips on here, better than most photoshop websites i've seen. The only one I can add, is that what really seperates a photochop from a convincing picture is the backgrounds... pay attention to them, and it makes the pic more realistic. I spent some time on this background, but it's more of a "zen and the art of photoediting" thing for me... a nice way to relax and push my abilities at the same time.

BTW, welcome to the photoshop addiction club!

 

I agree that a good conviencing back ground is key to pulling off a nice effect. I have two examples here that have created bg after lowering them

 

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Im not very good at this but the background thing does make everything look more realistic. Heres mine

 

Hey everyone look! Dodge had a secret hot rod pick up concept hidden in their factory in 1929 according to this recently found Official Dodge publicity shot!!!!

 

And here is another one from 1935!!!