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One way is to create a mask. First, duplicate the layer you have the car on. Then in the duplicated layer use the magnetic lasso tool to select the area you want to change colour (to select more than one area hold down Shift). Then hit the 'add vector mask' button and then apply mask. Select whichever colour you like and use the Paint Bucket tool on the areas in the masked layer. Then, lastly change the layer property from Normal to Hard Light. You may then need to play about with Hues/Levels/Curves to get what you want 
jasmine said:
One way is to create a mask. First, duplicate the layer you have the car on. Then in the duplicated layer use the magnetic lasso tool to select the area you want to change colour (to select more than one area hold down Shift). Then hit the 'add vector mask' button and then apply mask. Select whichever colour you like and use the Paint Bucket tool on the areas in the masked layer. Then, lastly change the layer property from Normal to Hard Light. You may then need to play about with Hues/Levels/Curves to get what you want
Soft light, shirley?Here is a quick bodge -
My method is slightly different from Jasmines - I don't like the magnetic lasso tool, never got on with it, and as I'm very fast with vector tools I just draw the paths with the pen tool. After that, as Jasmine says create a mask from the path, fill with colour of choice and change layer properties to one that gives the best effect (in the following cases, soft light, slightly reduced opacity, increased contrast at intermediate points (using the curves dialogue - add two points and create an s on its side.) Once you've done one layer you can just duplicate it over and over for different colours!
As Jasmine says, it gives a slightly more pink than red but that can be adjusted back. IMO it gives a more natural effect keeping the reflections of the alloys.
Oh - with this picture, you will of course spend an eternity altering the reflection in the window
My method is slightly different from Jasmines - I don't like the magnetic lasso tool, never got on with it, and as I'm very fast with vector tools I just draw the paths with the pen tool. After that, as Jasmine says create a mask from the path, fill with colour of choice and change layer properties to one that gives the best effect (in the following cases, soft light, slightly reduced opacity, increased contrast at intermediate points (using the curves dialogue - add two points and create an s on its side.) Once you've done one layer you can just duplicate it over and over for different colours!
As Jasmine says, it gives a slightly more pink than red but that can be adjusted back. IMO it gives a more natural effect keeping the reflections of the alloys.
Oh - with this picture, you will of course spend an eternity altering the reflection in the window
Edited by Davi on Wednesday 29th April 11:38
Thanks guys im going to give this a try when i get home.
Anyone know where i could get some tution on this eg at college, cause it something that really interests me but bugs me when i cant do it, its not the sort of thing you can teach yourself easily
Would anyone mind doing the wheels in a couple of different shades of black for me
Many thanks guys
Anyone know where i could get some tution on this eg at college, cause it something that really interests me but bugs me when i cant do it, its not the sort of thing you can teach yourself easily
Would anyone mind doing the wheels in a couple of different shades of black for me
Many thanks guys
The_Jackal said:
Max you dont need to go to college to learn how to use Photoshop, there are thousands of decent tutorials on the net just do a google search.
Cool ill have a look, just annoys me when i cant get to grips with it, and its such a decent program that i could find myself spending hours on. Cheers for all your help!Photoshop is just one of those things that needs practice, and lots of it. I've been using PS most work days for the last 14 years and still learning! Granted 99% of that time is simple opening, resizing, levels type stuff, but I still have a world of shortcuts and advanced masking to learn...
In my opinion a good sequence of learning would be:
Levels
Layers/adjustment layers
Masks/Selections
With those 3 things you can do practically anything you see in the commercial world.
The rest is down to creative imagination. Just try all the tutorials you can find and you will soon get an idea of what you want to do.
When you are comfortable you can then look at downloading presets and actions, which open up a whole new area of photoshop.
But remember, quite often, LESS is MORE. Remember , ANYONE can just slap on a filter, its HOW you do it that impresses.
Levels
Layers/adjustment layers
Masks/Selections
With those 3 things you can do practically anything you see in the commercial world.
The rest is down to creative imagination. Just try all the tutorials you can find and you will soon get an idea of what you want to do.
When you are comfortable you can then look at downloading presets and actions, which open up a whole new area of photoshop.
But remember, quite often, LESS is MORE. Remember , ANYONE can just slap on a filter, its HOW you do it that impresses.
http://www.worth1000.com/ is worth checking out when you've got a minute, they have some fairly decent tutorials as well as some really good examples of work.
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