photoshop tips! (post your top tips here)

[Rick]

thought we shud start a thread for photoshop tips

 

my first tip is:

 

when cutting n pasting an image onto a different background, you can avoid the 'stuck on' look by using a 1px feathering.

 

it gives the edges that less defined look, as they would if taken with a real camera

[Arched Escy]

Blur the edges of thinted windows,makes em look better.

 

Always crop images after slammin

[ZetecVan 2.0]

Use Flickr.com to find pictures of doner cars to graft onto yours.

[over_head_cam]

Top tip 1:

 

Take your time

 

Top tip 2:

 

Save your pic after every action. If you're not sure if the combination of mods is going to work, save it under a new filename so you can come back to it if everything goes pear shaped.

 

Top tip 3:

 

zoom into your pic before you use lasso select, you will get a more accurate cut that way. And save the bit you've cut out so you can use it again if you need to

[Jimsiss]

Make use of layers as much as possible, I like to duplicate layer if I want to try something and then if it doesn't work I can just delete that layer and be straight back where I was

 

use the transformation tools to tweek images such as wheels to make them look right eg skew, perspective etc

 

use the colour tweeking / hue and saturation controls to adjust added in pieces to look right

 

oh...nearly forgot, it's the little details and changes that makes the difference between a good 'shop and a bad one

[Arched Escy]

Make good use of the blending options when using text.

[young un]

Practise - i tought myself and now i can do everything i want to do with a few esseptions

[ZetecVan 2.0]

The best way to change the colour:

 

1. Copy the layer which contains the car

 

2. Use your preferred method of removing the background, glass, bumpers etc from the layer so only the metal is left.

 

3. Desaturate the layer so it turns grey.

 

4. Use the 'variations' option (image->adjustments->variations) to adjust the colours until you reach the shade you want.

 

Make your car look like it's got clear lenses.

 

Select the indicator using the lasso, then image->adjustments->desaturate.

 

Simple

[Jimsiss]

Wide/flared arches (not forest/bubble arches etc just flared out slightly)

 

1) select the lip of the arch and copy it to a new layer above the old one.

 

2) position the arch lip so it is slightly lower ,and if the car is on an angle, to the side slightly

 

3) select the layer below and use the smudge tool to carefully "pull" the arch out to the lip

 

4) blur the edges slightly to make it look real

 

5) fill in any gaps between the wheel and arch black

 

6) merge the 2 layers together and it'll then be ready to go (this makes it easier to change the colour of the car as it'll all change at once)

 

 

From this:

 

 

to this:

 

[mk1escortmad]

almost makes me want a polo

[Rick]

jim thats bangin!

 

must try that out

[Rick]

window tinting tip:

 

when tinting windows remember to tint the ones on the other side of the vehicle so that it appears darker where your looking through two panes of glass

 

 

 

looks a bit more real

[Guest c0rktina]

when putting wheels on that are at wrong angle. you can get a tyre pic and put a tyre round the wheel make it look better or even create your own tyre

[Burns]

top tip: don't use mspaint, it looks pants

[Stu_B]

Wide/flared arches (not forest/bubble arches etc just flared out slightly)

 

1) select the lip of the arch and copy it to a new layer above the old one.

 

2) position the arch lip so it is slightly lower ,and if the car is on an angle, to the side slightly

 

3) select the layer below and use the smudge tool to carefully "pull" the arch out to the lip

 

4) blur the edges slightly to make it look real

 

5) fill in any gaps between the wheel and arch black

 

6) merge the 2 layers together and it'll then be ready to go (this makes it easier to change the colour of the car as it'll all change at once)

 

 

From this:

 

 

to this:

 

 

Gonna get me a 16v breadvan one day!

[trissybabes]

Learn to love CTRL+ALT+Z - Undoes your edits one at a time...

[tazrocks88]

use layers if your not sure if something will suit

 

if u try to blend with no success try cloning i find it sometimes helps

 

and awesome just out of interest can u say how u made these arches shine

 

[atomic-cortina]

top tip: don't use mspaint, it looks pants

I wouldn't always go with that, I don't have photoshop but I have done simple stuff with Paint and if you use it carefully you can get stuff to look OK.

I turned this:

Into This:

And this:

And I made the logo and flyers for my site all on paint:

I made my dad's signature on paint. The Woody is made from a blue 4 door, I turned it into an estate, added the wood, lowered it, changed the wheels, added roof rack etc. I made the Grey MK1 from a green 2 door Cartoon that I found in someone elses sig, turned it grey, lowered it, changed the wheels, etc. OK, I may have mixed and matched from other peoples sigs a bit but I put it all together on mspaint.

Made this aswell:

I know that for more serious stuff and better quality you need photoshop but some simple things can be done on paint OK

[Lukey]

Try & start with a high quality picture.

[V6MAT]

amateurs should keep away frm smudge tool