Steve Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Could any of you photoshop Guru's change this car to black please. Hope whoevers car this is you dont mind. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 here ya go... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Aah beaten to it by Pixelfill... not surprised really with a name like that lol. Im posting my attempt anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaGSi Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 God I wish I could do that. You guys are the nuts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Aah beaten to it by Pixelfill... not surprised really with a name like that lol. Im posting my attempt anyway sorry mate, you nearly had me - if my phone conversation had gone on much longer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Looks really mean in matt black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 sorry mate, you nearly had me - if my phone conversation had gone on much longer LOL, next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezz Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 That looks like samsupra's car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 How do you guys do the colour change ?? I tried different tool thingies in Paint Shop Pro but most (like "Colour Replacer") only alter CERTAIN pixels, or, turn the colour "flat" (?). Nearest i could come to properly altering was the 'Highlight" tool set to "Colour to Target" and then MANUALLY 'painting' over the blue paintwork (and i haven't got a steady hand ! ! ) Is there an easier/better way (and can Paint Shop DO it or is it Adobe etc) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? my effort......... [ps. has the Upload File Size been lowered from ~400Kb to 200Kb ?!?!?] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 looks good... how do you do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nismo_lp Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 looks better blue to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 looks better blue to me WELL..... it would.....to YOU, wouldn't it (WE like the SHINY black, but Carole don't like Matt colours... ...or is that MATT's colours ?!?!?!? Mattie Harwood ??? Banana-Man !!!) (oh, SCRUB that, she just said she LIKES Matts Bananamobile ) FatS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 welll......errrr......maybe........but, then again........ ..pass the ****.......no,no, the ******....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Thats a nice looking Supra. (Top one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Right then: Idiots guide to making Black cars (You know the ones they're the fast ones ) First of all you need to select the coloured region - I find the best way is to paint into a quickmask. see the circled tool. when you have made your car look like Martin's (the first image) click the tool to the left of the circled one to revert to a selection. You will now have everything but the car selected at this point. Ctrl-Shift-I will invert the selection (or Select/Inverse for those mousy types) You will then have the second image. At this point I would save the selection to another channel in case you need to get it back. (Select/Save Selection - New channel) Next you need to adjust the Hue/Saturation Ctrl-U or (Image/Adjustments/Hue/Saturation). Drop off the saturation to make a really washed out grey image and adjust the lightness to bring it back up to a rich Black. This is the third image. Note you can also change the colour at this point by playing with the hue and colorize checkbox. At this stage you will notice that the windows don't look right. Ctrl-Shift-I again and you have everything but the car selected again. Select the lasso tool and whilst holding down Ctrl+Shift (your cursor will have a x below it) drag around the windows keeping inside the rear-pillar and roof line you should end up with pretty much the selection in image 4. You can tidy this up by adding to the selection (shift) or subtracting from the selection (ctrl) until you have just the windows selected. then adjust the hue/saturation of just the windows until it looks less blue. By now you've pretty much finished, you can blend it into the background better by adjusting the levels of the car, but in this particular case I didn't need to. Have fun SteveW - you should be able to do a Hue/Saturation equivalent in PSP - Also my Matt one just needs waxing . for an Autoglym finish you can decrease the lightness further in stage 3, and play with levels at stage 5. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underworld Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Bling bling lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Just a thought guys, Can we please make sure the license plate is obscured on any of these pictures. We haven't got the owners permission to post their car on a public forum. Let's show a little courtesy Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Mike ? why do I bother ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Idiots guide to making Black cars (You know the ones they're the fast ones ) Nice work Mike. I always wondered how to change stuff to black. Altering the Hue/Sat is easy but I never figured out how get black - cheers Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted March 1, 2006 Author Share Posted March 1, 2006 Superb guys Just one more, would it be possible to lose the bonnet vents (stock bonnet). Cheers guys:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted March 1, 2006 Author Share Posted March 1, 2006 Mike Top man What do people reckon?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mini-e Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 On a totally different note, what wheels are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Just a thought guys, Can we please make sure the license plate is obscured on any of these pictures. We haven't got the owners permission to post their car on a public forum. Let's show a little courtesy Mike DONE ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Mike ? why do I bother ? Sorry Mate ! ! Thanks, although i can't get the hang of it using masks in PSP:( not sure if it's PSP or ME !?! i'll have to get a .....copy... of Adobe and try that FatS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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