Photoshop fun

[TonyL]

wheels are the kicker. 9xs out of ten its the wheels that give a chop away. the key is to use Google's image search and find EXACTLY the same profile your donor car has.

mine was this car.

once you have a convinceing set of wheels the rest falls into place. Stance. Simply cut around the bottom of the cars and the wheel wells and lower the body of the car over the wheels and tires. Sometimes you have to rotate the upper portion of the chop to get the right perportions.

Here's an example of the "cut lines"

cut lines are yellow. The rest is using "clone" to remove shadows and things that ruin the look you are after. (the chair behind the car, the logo in the upper right corner, the door handle, etc) and then you're done!

[bnickel]

Tony, were you in on the conversation we had a few weeks back about the opels? the thread was actually about the GT, but i prefer the manta myself. the one i was talking about looked a lot like this one but the flairs were a little more squared off

http://www.galiciaenralis.com/OPEL/M.../mant0078.html

this would be a badass little mini-touring car with a GN turbo v6 and a 5 speed.

[DarkBuddha]

Nice work Tony. You make it look easy. It's all so obvious now that you point it all out, including all the little leftover artifacts. But when you don't have the original for reference, it's really extra convincing. The one thing that kinda had me guessing one way or the other was the lack of shadow at the tops of the wheels/tires from the fender covering them. But then I thought that the show floor lighting could be playing games. Still, nice work.

I really had a tough time finding a decent wheels image at the right angle for my Torino 'chop. Easily over half of my initial time on one of these is simply image searches. Find the right cars with right angles and it all falls together. I apparently have pretty lousy luck because I always end up having to modify the shape and perspective on everything.

[TonyL]

I Use Google ALOT. Image search works well, but the finesse is in using the right terms.

Nascar, Bush series, Nascar display, all yeilded different results, remember to use the "advanced" search and go for the larger image size. These pics were both in the 1024x728 or bigger catagory. then shrunk down after all the work was done.

Remember, when searching for the correct wheels, not to dismiss cars that are facing left when you need a right facing wheel. You can always mirror image the "wheel" car. and get what you need.

[TonyL]

ok. its 2 am. i've been messing with your torino. I wanted to see what my wheels looked like, and then one thing led to another..... that was 2 hours ago...

[DarkBuddha]

ok. its 2 am. i've been messing with your torino. I wanted to see what my wheels looked like, and then one thing led to another..... that was 2 hours ago...

Definitely better wheel/tire look, and I love some of the mods, like the blacked out grille, quarter window ducts, and the side exhaust mod. I tried the blacked out upper side window molding and decided I liked it better with. Same for the bumpers. I guess I just liked a bit of jewelry for highlights.

Photochopping is definitely addictive... too bad it doesn't pay better.

[vanzuuk1]

Damn true, someone posted a sick monza on here a few weeks ago, it was red and for sale on ebay.

The only thing that I noticed on tonys car was the front tire, other than that it was dead on.

I like my camaro but someday I may build something a little less common.When Steve Stropes cars came out I felt like he had "stolen" my ideas.Of course he didnt really steal them but you know what I mean.

[vanzuuk1]

P.S thanks for the photochops, they are a lot of fun.

[primate]

i need to start playing with photoshop.

are there any books or online guides?

[Dan Pena]

Photoshop is fun for sure. check out what i did to El Mule..

[vanzuuk1]

Blast from the past!

[DarkBuddha]

Oh crap, this was 7 years ago?!?!??? My how time flies! Bummer imageshack ate all my image links. I'm sure I have all the originals on backup somewhere, but it's annoying nonetheless. BTW, just for kicks, here's one I did last year just for me:



One day... one day...