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new to photoshop; need help
Topic Started: Sun Apr 26, 2009 10:31 pm (324 Views)
green190	Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:33 pm Post #41
Member Posts: 584 Group: Members Member #2,026 Joined: December 12, 2007	right i got cs4 now, just need to know how to respray as lee was explaining its easy in cs4, so how do i do it i guess is the question!? Cheers



bmx-lee	Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:44 pm Post #42
king Posts: 424 Group: Members Member #1,662 Joined: September 4, 2007	take the image of the red granada for example. take it into photoshop. if you click and hold on the brush tool, it'll bring up a little menu. select the colour replacement tool change your foreground colour to what you want (say... green). then just use it the same way you would the paintbrush. easy peasy



green190	Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:17 pm Post #43
Member Posts: 584 Group: Members Member #2,026 Joined: December 12, 2007	Lee mate, i cant seem to get the colours right. On lighter cars, they come up really pale. im trying to do an ice blue 190 to nordic blue and it just comes out a weak pale blue. Am i missing something? sorry to keep whining on but i really wanna be able to do this. Cheers



bmx-lee	Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:37 am Post #44
king Posts: 424 Group: Members Member #1,662 Joined: September 4, 2007	It doesn't really work to good on anything greyscale. and the majority of an ice blue car (as far a photoshop is concerned) is usually made up of very grey tones. you can try and change the settings of the tool. at the top of the screen, theres a drop menu next to the brush size drop menu. you can change teh settings here from hue, saturation, colour and.......... erm, something else saturation will probably be your best bet. if all that fails to work out for you, It'll be the old way. pen tool around the car. make selection. ctrl+u, check the colourize box, and move the sliders.



bmx-lee	Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:48 am Post #45
king Posts: 424 Group: Members Member #1,662 Joined: September 4, 2007	thats basically what each mode does. each of them used the same colour red.



green190	Sun May 3, 2009 5:09 pm Post #46
Member Posts: 584 Group: Members Member #2,026 Joined: December 12, 2007	Right i have had a play at lowering cars now and have pretty much sorted that now like on this uno van here. Before: and after: And i also had a go at wheel swaps and colour changes but cant quite get them right like on this transit. Before: and after: But ill keep practising!



weneakhborz	Sun May 3, 2009 5:24 pm Post #47
Waynakh Borz Posts: 2,846 Group: Members Member #240 Joined: April 8, 2006	that uno one is very well done.just fix the spot at the rear end of the car that shows where it was Cut and you got it spot on



green190	Sun May 3, 2009 5:27 pm Post #48
Member Posts: 584 Group: Members Member #2,026 Joined: December 12, 2007	cool, yeah i had noticed that but lost interest in that chop!



weneakhborz	Sun May 3, 2009 5:36 pm Post #49
Waynakh Borz Posts: 2,846 Group: Members Member #240 Joined: April 8, 2006	lol.that happins a lot "A LOT"



green190	Sun May 3, 2009 5:42 pm Post #50
Member Posts: 584 Group: Members Member #2,026 Joined: December 12, 2007	what missing bits or getting bored with a chop? lol



weneakhborz	Sun May 3, 2009 6:05 pm Post #51
Waynakh Borz Posts: 2,846 Group: Members Member #240 Joined: April 8, 2006	the Chop man the CHop



green190	Sun May 3, 2009 6:37 pm Post #52
Member Posts: 584 Group: Members Member #2,026 Joined: December 12, 2007



green190	Mon May 4, 2009 12:24 pm Post #53
Member Posts: 584 Group: Members Member #2,026 Joined: December 12, 2007	I need a little help please, went to use p-shop today and whichever image i load up, once its loaded all i get is the hand as my cursor and no mater which tool i select it just stays as the hand. Has this happened to anyone before? i tried all sorts but no luck



weneakhborz	Mon May 4, 2009 5:41 pm Post #54
Waynakh Borz Posts: 2,846 Group: Members Member #240 Joined: April 8, 2006	is your caps locked??? did you try and choose the move tool ? (V)??



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