just taking a color sample and smearing it over the moldings would not work. every SINGLE pixel on the car is a very different color. you have to balance in shadows, light, and any reflection off the car to match the color. its much harder than you might think. and this stuff takes time. i sometimes do it for people but only when its late at night and im bored. i have way too much to do right now.
Photoshop the Mazdaspeed3
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Thank you, MP3. You are absolutely correct. Then00b is thinking that this is a simple thing and the computer does all the work for you, but in fact it's an art form that requires a lot patience and practice.MP3Architect said:
My wife does geneology and I do the pictures and page spreads for her. Do you think I am a beginner at this? I do this stuff all the time. Taking old pictures, filling in what's been lost and correcting color, etc. Often these things are accomplished with a lot of imagination, trail and error and often one pixel at a time!!
then00b:I am thinking of either painting the door handles the color of the rims or just taking off the covers altogether if I go with the graphite look, which is my choice as of now.
Hey, if you don't want them Iwouldn't mind trying them on my Virgin? I was "thinking" about it anyway.
As for the chrome route, I dont want to spend $1000 on chrome rims for this car so that's out of the question.
No. And I wasn't suggesting it either. A mix of darker wheels and body chrome can be a nice look.
then00b:I was actually trying to get a look of everything all together so I could see what it all looks like together in unison.
I did what I could with the best overall picture you had posted.
then00b:I was also looking to get rid of that 2.3 badge if I took off the moldings but thanks for the effort anyway.
I was thinking about ADDING those too. Hey! Maybe we could get together?
then00b:Are you sure that tint would be equivalent to a 35% tint job? The tint is so subtle in the pictures I didnt even notice it...
No. It's not an exact science, but they appear to be about the same as my front windows which are 35%
then00b:$200-300 for a photoshop job? You have to be kidding me. That is absolutely rediculous...
All I can say about that is what I have already said, it's time consuming and tedious. That cost money.
then00b:As for the smoking head and taillights, Rockblocker has confirmed that the lights work fine through the film and I have seen pictures of people with it on at night and it looks fine to me, so I am still going to go that route.
Your choice. (dunno) I would be trying to get my car to be more visible to others and better my own. As I'd said, I tried it... even came up with a lighter tint than was available commercially at the time, and it cut my headlight output. After days of spending my free time cutting lexan and getting it to fit just right, they came off in a hurry... but that was my choice. From your own admission you have never actually done it. If you had, you would understand.
then00b:I really dont see how this could be hard at all for an avid photoshop user, let alone a "professional." I would attempt if I owned the program and knew how to use it but I dont. It appears to me for the moldings you would just take the color of the body and smear it over the moldings to cover them up?
(See MP3's post and my reply...)
then00b: As for the rims, I have seen tons of photoshop jobs with different rims and no one mentions that they take a long time.
"Seen" is the operative word here. The fact that no one has said anything to you about it does not mean they didn't spend hours drawing, erasing and redrawing... just as I had to do with your pics.
then00b:The smoking headlights and taillights dont seem to be that hard either to a good PS user since dont you just adjust a layer of gray or some close color to what your looking for? I also think there is a tint option in PS so you could use that.
No, not that hard... for someone who knows what they are doing. And if you want the whole photo to look grey it's even easier, but you don't. You only want selected little pieces of it. The computer doesn't know which pieces, so you have to tell it by drawing, and so forth and so on. Try it sometime.
then00b:I figured a nice someone with a little extra time would be able to try and attempt (key word) this without asking for a donation.
I don't recall asking for one, except in jest. If I had wanted one, rest assured I would've made a deal with you first... before I spent all that time on them.
then00b:So thank you for your time in doing it.[/QUOTE]
I was beginning to wonder about all this, but I just received your most recent post and believe that you are sincere. So with that I will simply say that You're welcome!
Hey, if you don't want them Iwouldn't mind trying them on my Virgin? I was "thinking" about it anyway.
As for the chrome route, I dont want to spend $1000 on chrome rims for this car so that's out of the question.
No. And I wasn't suggesting it either. A mix of darker wheels and body chrome can be a nice look.
then00b:I was actually trying to get a look of everything all together so I could see what it all looks like together in unison.
I did what I could with the best overall picture you had posted.
then00b:I was also looking to get rid of that 2.3 badge if I took off the moldings but thanks for the effort anyway.
I was thinking about ADDING those too. Hey! Maybe we could get together?
then00b:Are you sure that tint would be equivalent to a 35% tint job? The tint is so subtle in the pictures I didnt even notice it...
No. It's not an exact science, but they appear to be about the same as my front windows which are 35%
then00b:$200-300 for a photoshop job? You have to be kidding me. That is absolutely rediculous...
All I can say about that is what I have already said, it's time consuming and tedious. That cost money.
then00b:As for the smoking head and taillights, Rockblocker has confirmed that the lights work fine through the film and I have seen pictures of people with it on at night and it looks fine to me, so I am still going to go that route.
Your choice. (dunno) I would be trying to get my car to be more visible to others and better my own. As I'd said, I tried it... even came up with a lighter tint than was available commercially at the time, and it cut my headlight output. After days of spending my free time cutting lexan and getting it to fit just right, they came off in a hurry... but that was my choice. From your own admission you have never actually done it. If you had, you would understand.
then00b:I really dont see how this could be hard at all for an avid photoshop user, let alone a "professional." I would attempt if I owned the program and knew how to use it but I dont. It appears to me for the moldings you would just take the color of the body and smear it over the moldings to cover them up?
(See MP3's post and my reply...)
then00b: As for the rims, I have seen tons of photoshop jobs with different rims and no one mentions that they take a long time.
"Seen" is the operative word here. The fact that no one has said anything to you about it does not mean they didn't spend hours drawing, erasing and redrawing... just as I had to do with your pics.
then00b:The smoking headlights and taillights dont seem to be that hard either to a good PS user since dont you just adjust a layer of gray or some close color to what your looking for? I also think there is a tint option in PS so you could use that.
No, not that hard... for someone who knows what they are doing. And if you want the whole photo to look grey it's even easier, but you don't. You only want selected little pieces of it. The computer doesn't know which pieces, so you have to tell it by drawing, and so forth and so on. Try it sometime.
then00b:I figured a nice someone with a little extra time would be able to try and attempt (key word) this without asking for a donation.
I don't recall asking for one, except in jest. If I had wanted one, rest assured I would've made a deal with you first... before I spent all that time on them.
then00b:So thank you for your time in doing it.[/QUOTE]
I was beginning to wonder about all this, but I just received your most recent post and believe that you are sincere. So with that I will simply say that You're welcome!
just for refference about the tint....35% on the right front windows and 15% on the left front windows
That's 35% blocked, correct? If so I was approaching it from the other way around. e.g. 35 % light allowed to pass through, or 65/35.MP3Architect said:
This is what the police here in Texas "informed" me I had on my fronts after doing their little light meter test. So, I was going on that information.
Based on that, would you say that my estimate here is somewhat accurate?
Would the Pole-iece really hastle you if you went a little darker?tsunami said:
'Course in Maine it only stays hot for short time too, so the practical side of tint is somewhat lost there, I suppose?
Here, they stopped me because I have 95/5 ("Limo") behind the driver's compartment, but they didn't ticket me... yet. (thumb) So many people have dark tint here because the sun can be so intense that most of the time they just move on to bigger/better things I guess.
then00b: I am thinking of either painting the door handles the color of the rims or just taking off the covers altogether if I go with the graphite look, which is my choice as of now.
You mean kinda' like this?
BTW: None of these are my best work, though, but should give you the idea you were looking for.
You mean kinda' like this?
BTW: None of these are my best work, though, but should give you the idea you were looking for.
LMFAO Even if he's not the world's best photoshopper... he was at least willing to go out of his way and create something.
Anyway.... let's get this b**** back on topic. Here's what I REALLY wanna see.... an orange sedan with the racing hart wheels and similar ground effects... bascially, an updated version of my car. obviously that car's probably not coming out.... but it would be cool to see it in all it's glory.
Anyway.... let's get this b**** back on topic. Here's what I REALLY wanna see.... an orange sedan with the racing hart wheels and similar ground effects... bascially, an updated version of my car. obviously that car's probably not coming out.... but it would be cool to see it in all it's glory.
I actually like that look with the black door handles a lot! Thanks for that. Not too set on that black fuel door though. Do you think I should keep the side moldings and the 2.3 badge on if I do go the graphite/black and blue color route or should I take them off to make it look cleaner?
Thanks a lot bbrich.
Thanks a lot bbrich.
bbrich57, nice ass job.
Thank you. I would say "adequate to the task at hand" more than "nice-assed," but....
POSEIDON was right about one thing in particular, that RR door is not too good... even for a quicky! Hey! It was 3 AM when I did that. WhaddoUwant?
i have photoshop cs2 and i could not do that. i have alot to learn......... if you have any tips i am prone to learning. nice job once again as i know how long it takes
rob
Thanks again Rob.
You want advice from me? A ole' photo hacker who's... "not very good at photomanipulation," and "not the world's best photoshopper..." (OK. So that last one is a little out of context. 'Sorry CHICO!))
I hate PhotoShop and can never seem to get it to do what I want. I keep a copy around for converting progressive scan .jpegs to simpler ones my ole' program can open, and that's about it.
On the other hand, my step-daughter (the professional I spoke of earlier) is an expert and an artist, and she can make that sucka' sing. Beautiful work. Better than my best by far.
I use what is probably the earliest version of Adobe, PhotoDeluxe 1.0. Don't look for it cause chances are you won't find it. It's like... ten years old now. Parts of it won't even run on my newest machine, so I have to do a lot of things manually.
Listen Rob, this is already getting long. If you have questions that I might be able to answer, feel free to send me a PM or e-mail. I'll do my best, OK?
Nice car ya' got ther'. Black and shiny, and black and shiny. Whoa!
BTW: Thanks for the clarification of IMFAO. That was driving me NUTS!!
Thank you. I would say "adequate to the task at hand" more than "nice-assed," but....
POSEIDON was right about one thing in particular, that RR door is not too good... even for a quicky! Hey! It was 3 AM when I did that. WhaddoUwant?
i have photoshop cs2 and i could not do that. i have alot to learn......... if you have any tips i am prone to learning. nice job once again as i know how long it takes
rob
Thanks again Rob.
You want advice from me? A ole' photo hacker who's... "not very good at photomanipulation," and "not the world's best photoshopper..." (OK. So that last one is a little out of context. 'Sorry CHICO!))
I hate PhotoShop and can never seem to get it to do what I want. I keep a copy around for converting progressive scan .jpegs to simpler ones my ole' program can open, and that's about it.
On the other hand, my step-daughter (the professional I spoke of earlier) is an expert and an artist, and she can make that sucka' sing. Beautiful work. Better than my best by far.
I use what is probably the earliest version of Adobe, PhotoDeluxe 1.0. Don't look for it cause chances are you won't find it. It's like... ten years old now. Parts of it won't even run on my newest machine, so I have to do a lot of things manually.
Listen Rob, this is already getting long. If you have questions that I might be able to answer, feel free to send me a PM or e-mail. I'll do my best, OK?
Nice car ya' got ther'. Black and shiny, and black and shiny. Whoa!
BTW: Thanks for the clarification of IMFAO. That was driving me NUTS!!
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