ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS

[gafvts]

just been given a copy of this and was wondering if anyone can tell me how to change the colour of my car please

[alex19]

I'll do tut... theres quite afew ways... will post here so be patient please... may take time...

[alex19]

here we go...

There are several ways to chance colour of a car in photoshop... here's just 1,(might do 2 if i have time).

First, select the whole of the cars bodywork...

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You'll see if you lasso around the parrimeter of the car, that the windows will still be selected. This is easyily sorted, by holding ALT while lasso'ing to de-select parts without deselecting the whole lasso work and CTRL to add bits while lasso'ing.

Secondly, once you've lasso'd around the bodywork you want to be a different colour, press CTRL+C and CTRL+V to copy the selected part onto a new layer.

The lasso bit shud go off and leave the photoshop looking how you originally seen it before you started working on it. Go to the layers box, shud be somewhere on your screen, if it isnt there, go onto window at the top and make sure layers has a tick next to it. Once your on to layers box... click here...

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You'll find that the bodywork is selected again...

Next...
Go onto Image>Adjustments> variations. You see a box comes up with quite afew pictures of the car in but smaller...

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set the little sliding thing under 'Saturation' right upto coarse on the right hand side, and to midtones like shown.

Then you can freely click on the images to change the colours. Once you've got a colour you like/want and press OK.

I've chosen yellow (how interesting... smileys/smiley12.gif)

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As you can see... smileys/barfonu.gif It looks like the been overed in something involved with nuclear...

So to solve this, i simply could change opacity to make it less bright, But on this occasions, I've chanceg the blending mode... which you can see next to opacity in the drop down box, I've changed it to soft light.

And you finished, from...

http://img283.echo.cx/img283/8158/fastforusoriginal6jl.jpg

to...

http://img285.echo.cx/img285/2020/colourtut57no.jpg

like? anything your no sure on say!

not bad for an hours work!</font>

[gafvts]

thanks for that pal, i will give it a whirl

[Saxonator]

nice one alex im sure youv cleared thigns up for plenty of beginners !

including me lol

[alex19]

ask if you want something show... i can go over everything with a very fine chomb if needed!

[starkie]

excellent alex.. nice 1 mate.. i remember when u fist started using photoshop.. your gettign very good now.. keep up with the chops to help begginers.. ;)

[nixy9]

nice one mate bit confusing in the begining but im slowly getting it smileys/smiley4.gif

so how can you add things to the picture and lower it?

[alex19]

lowering tut (http://www.sax-p.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=13014&PN=5)

lowering tut i did awhile ago in the topic^^

what bits do you want to add to a car?

[nixy9]

cheers Alex i found the digimods page and sorted how to add things to it, (body kit) bit annoying at times, forgot to change the colour as i go so came out shite lol but hey you live and learn hehe

thanks for the lowering link mate, i was still stuck with that one smileys/smiley5.gif

[al_VTR]

i'm gonna have to have a crack at this - bout time i learned how to use it properly.
Alex - your tips should come in handy mate smileys/smiley17.gif

[frilla]

thanks mate this has helped me loads! your time doing these and help is much appreciated.

[gafvts]

can someone tell me what the latest version of photoshop is please

[alex19]

Adobe Photoshop CS 2 mate!