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How does my 1st photoshopped piece look?? Truth ppls..

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TX3 I need Help Man!! again he says?? LOL



Ok u can see the prob im having ......btw.....how do u think it is so far.....ok good bad suck tell me th truth........but i need to know how to lower without that duplicate effect thing goin on there......help me out man ur the man at this stuff......lol.....:p
 

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If you have MSN, or Yahoo I could walk you through it. :)
 

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oh no...my favorite number is 4..any polls i always choose the 4th one heheheh:D

What did u do to it?:p
Hehee..too bad im not giving up.....LOL not that eZ..lol

umm when i used that polywhatever tool.....i cropped around my car right ok then i hit ctrl and the down arrow and thats what it gave me.......dontknow.....i thought i was doin it right.....it looks ok just got to get the original car out of it somehow......well ........
and i have msn.....im [email protected] im fixing to go to bed.....:sleep: gotta work early tomorrow.....but just hit me up umm well when ever.....LOL..
 

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errr goooooood nite!:D

hmmm keep it (the bed) warm i'll be in about 1hr. ;)


btw I only answer "how to change color" not dropping it. lol!
 

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ahh ok.....ill be sure to show u my pics with my clothes on then instead of my clothes off......btw.....just made a new photoshop friend.....i hope he is as good as u......he may be better......ill see....haha.....j/k gnite..:D
 

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ahh ok.....ill be sure to show u my pics with my clothes on then instead of my clothes off......btw.....just made a new photoshop friend.....i hope he is as good as u......he may be better......ill see....haha.....j/k gnite..:D
For sure 2NR is not as lazy as me....:D
 

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K, Here's the dice:

If you're not using layers, start noe, because otherwise you're going to have the worst time everytime you try to do something to something small.

The thing to do (Good selecting by the way!) is to use the polygonal lasso which you have been, select the car's body (Exclude the wheels!), like you have been, now copy this selection onto a new layer (Ctrl+C, then create a new layer, then Paste onto the new layer, I think you may just be able to use Ctrl+C, and Ctrl+V and it'll make a new layer for you. Depends on your version of PS)



Once you have the new layer with the car on it, start moving it down to where you want it, you should see the same image you posted above after this step.

Now is where your artistic skills are required...

See the stamp tool on your toolbar? (Looks like a stamp with a triangle in the middle of it.) It's called the cloning stamp. Select it, then go to your first layer (The one with the background on it). Now, adjust the size of the brush in relation to the field you're working in... IN this case, I am choosing a brush that is about the width of the path on the left, I may change brush size though.

Now, press and hold the Alt key down, and click somewhere with a pattern on the image that you want to paint onto another piece of the image. In this case I am starting from left to right, try to make it look as realistic as possible, as here is where it is that you can lose the realism easily...

(TIP: Use single clicks instead of strokes for the cloning stamp.)



Now I have continued on to where I now have the path going straight into the cars roof.

(TIP: Use a solid brush for solid things that don't have blurred edges, if necessary, use the blur tool later to fix it.)



Okay, now I have almost finished the cloning, all that is left is to rebuild the other side of the path, and fix imperfections.



Notice in the red circles the two imperfections? On the left circle, the colors don't flow, they're what I call "Jagged colors". In the right side, the grass is too cloned, it's the same, it's not random. Now I will address these issues:

Fixing Jagged Colors:

When you end up with Jagged colors, the easiest and one of the most effective ways to correct this issue is to simply use the smudge tool. Select the smudge tool (Click and hold on the blur tool and select the smudge tool), and pick a fairly small brush with a gradual (blurred) edge. Now in small accurate strokes, pull one color onto the other, repeat tis until you have finished the whole color. Your ultimate goal? To make those colors flow into each other.

Producing a more random cloning pattern:

When you need to fix a part of an image that is covered witha noticeably same pattern, simply select the clone tool, go to different parts of the image with the pattern that you're looking for, and go over some of the spots that are the same. Experiment, and take your time, you can produce an almost real background for your car to sit on.


I have now corrected this problem, and here is the car's current state:



What's left? Well the top of the car is too sharp for the background image in terms of quality of the JPEG, so let's blur it a little bit to get it to match a bit better.

Select the blur tool, use a small brush, I am using a brush with a diameter of 5 pixels, and a gradual (blurred) edge. Now, switch to the layer with the car on it. Start blurring the edges of the car to match the bottom's blur. Take it slow, and try not to blur the car's paint, but instead just the edge.

Here is what I have come up with, my final product.



Let me know if there's anything I can do for you to change it a bit, or explain something in a bit more detail.

Have fun, and good look Photoshopping! You certainly have potential, as you have meticulously selected the edges of this car, which a lot of people don't. Selecting can make or break an image, and you certainly have the right way of doing it down pat! :)

Again, Have fun! Hope this helps a bit.
 

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:D B16A2..YOU'RE THE BEST MAN...!!!! THANX A WHOLE LOT..I APPRECIATE UR HELP..IVE READ IT NOW IVE GOTTA DO IT....AND BTW MY HUBBYS FRIEND HAS A BOOK ON PHOTOSHOP HES GOING TO LET ME BORROW..SO HOPEFULLY I WONT HAVE TO ASK SO MANY Q'S ABOUT THIS CRAP..AND UMM I HAVE VERSION 6.0.1 OF PS....AND ONE MORE THING TX3 UR COOL W/ ME MAN..I LIKE MESSIN WIT YA..U HELPED A LIL..LOL..:D :p
 

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importgurlie94 said:
:D B16A2..YOU'RE THE BEST MAN...!!!! THANX A WHOLE LOT..I APPRECIATE UR HELP..IVE READ IT NOW IVE GOTTA DO IT....AND BTW MY HUBBYS FRIEND HAS A BOOK ON PHOTOSHOP HES GOING TO LET ME BORROW..SO HOPEFULLY I WONT HAVE TO ASK SO MANY Q'S ABOUT THIS CRAP..AND UMM I HAVE VERSION 6.0.1 OF PS....AND ONE MORE THING TX3 UR COOL W/ ME MAN..I LIKE MESSIN WIT YA..U HELPED A LIL..LOL..:D :p
Hey, no problem, I hoped I helped...

I doubt the book will really help you unless you read the whole thing... most of the stuff we do here is simple, it's just a matter of taking your time and making everything look good...

I cut out a bunch more detail like filling in the gaps when we lowered the body onto the chassis, and also shading... I may cover this later, I am tired right now, so I'll deal with that later.

I hope this helps you and a few more people if possible...

Good luck!
 
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