punked
14-07-2008, 19:40
I know quite a lot of people find it hard to get this looking right so I decided to do a tutorial using my method, obviously there are other ways, but this is how I like to do it!
The first thing is to select the white car you want to shop, this is the first one I found on google images.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/1-1.jpg
A lot of people use the polygon lasso tool, I prefer to use the pen tool as it's more precise and you can mask multiple selections which you will see later, so select the pen tool and all the options circled in red.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/2-1.jpg
Once the pen tool and options are selected trace the outline of the car just as you would do with the lasso tool.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/3.jpg
Then, without touching anything else, trace all the parts on the car you don't want the colour to change on, as seen on the light below, you'll need to do windows, baseplates etc etc.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/4.jpg
Then select the paths tab and you will see a work path you have just created (if you can't see the paths tab goto windows>paths) right click the work path and click create a selection, you'll then see just the bodywork is selected.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/5.jpg
Copy and paste (ctrl + c then ctrl + p) the selected bodywork, a new layer of just the bodywork should now have been created.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/6.jpg
As white has no colour data we will need to lower the brightness on the bodywork, so go to Image>Adjustments>Brightness/Contrast and lower the brightness to about -80 (other cars will need less or more) this will give us a grey colour to work off.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/7.jpg
With the bodywork still as a selection, create a new layer and fill the selection with black.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/8.jpg
Now change the select layers blend mode to soft light, it should give you a darker grey.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/9.jpg
Duplicate the last layer to give you an even darker grey/black, a lot of people would stop here, but i wanted a jet black look.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/10.jpg
Duplicate the layer one more time and set the Opacity to 50%, this should give you a jet black look.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/11.jpg
The final product!!!
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/12.jpg
I hope you all find this tutorial helpful and maybe an insight into some of what the pen tool can do and a peak into layer blends, this is the process I use to make alloys black too so can be applied to that!
Have fun fellow shoppers!
The first thing is to select the white car you want to shop, this is the first one I found on google images.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/1-1.jpg
A lot of people use the polygon lasso tool, I prefer to use the pen tool as it's more precise and you can mask multiple selections which you will see later, so select the pen tool and all the options circled in red.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/2-1.jpg
Once the pen tool and options are selected trace the outline of the car just as you would do with the lasso tool.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/3.jpg
Then, without touching anything else, trace all the parts on the car you don't want the colour to change on, as seen on the light below, you'll need to do windows, baseplates etc etc.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/4.jpg
Then select the paths tab and you will see a work path you have just created (if you can't see the paths tab goto windows>paths) right click the work path and click create a selection, you'll then see just the bodywork is selected.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/5.jpg
Copy and paste (ctrl + c then ctrl + p) the selected bodywork, a new layer of just the bodywork should now have been created.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/6.jpg
As white has no colour data we will need to lower the brightness on the bodywork, so go to Image>Adjustments>Brightness/Contrast and lower the brightness to about -80 (other cars will need less or more) this will give us a grey colour to work off.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/7.jpg
With the bodywork still as a selection, create a new layer and fill the selection with black.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/8.jpg
Now change the select layers blend mode to soft light, it should give you a darker grey.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/9.jpg
Duplicate the last layer to give you an even darker grey/black, a lot of people would stop here, but i wanted a jet black look.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/10.jpg
Duplicate the layer one more time and set the Opacity to 50%, this should give you a jet black look.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/11.jpg
The final product!!!
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/punked_rik/12.jpg
I hope you all find this tutorial helpful and maybe an insight into some of what the pen tool can do and a peak into layer blends, this is the process I use to make alloys black too so can be applied to that!
Have fun fellow shoppers!