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OooGummies
03-19-2007, 03:48 AM
Here's an easy to follow tutorial that I made myself.
The point is to chop your car's roof to give it a new sporty/dub look.

Step 1:
Take a car you would like the roof to be chopped, for this one, I chose the C55 AMG
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/4194/264102162921517zn6.png

Step 2:
Take the Rectangular Marquee Tool and select the whole top half of the car/picture.
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/3448/264102162921517fy3.png

Step 3:
Press Ctrl+T to go into Free Transform, then take the little box on the top of the picture and drag down.
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9973/264102162921517ng0.png

Step 4:
Press ENTER to confirm then press Ctrl+D to deselect the selection
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/1878/264102162921517sd4.png

Step 5:
There's a lot of white space still left on the top, let's crop it so we're only left with the picture. Select the Crop tool and select the picture.
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4081/264102162921517zp8.png

Edit:

Here's a tip from Omicron:

It's a way of doing it, it's not always the best way, but its quick and affective. If you want to keep the same resolution as before, after you're done using the free transform to squish the roof down, select the top of the image down to just above the roof. Use your free transform, and then stretch the top back up to the top of the image.

jcrazyjj
03-19-2007, 12:55 PM
wow!, i never thought of doing it that way. hahaha. nice tut

essex boy luke
03-19-2007, 02:23 PM
yer man nice tut :) thanks might use that :D

OooGummies
03-19-2007, 05:37 PM
Thanks guys, you think this will get stickied? Probably not :p

OooGummies
03-20-2007, 05:30 PM
Anymore comments? This is my first tutorial and I'm planning to make more :)

OmicroN
03-20-2007, 06:02 PM
It's a way of doing it, it's not always the best way, but its quick and affective. If you want to keep the same resolution as before, after you're done using the free transform to squish the roof down, select the top of the image down to just above the roof. Use your free transform, and then stretch the top back up to the top of the image.

Easy stuff, I guess I can sticky this tut.

OooGummies
03-20-2007, 06:58 PM
Oh my god I think I'm gonna faint! My first sticky!! *faints*

Really appreciate it OmicroN.

PSDavinci
03-21-2007, 11:26 AM
Nice tute bro. Its a pretty slick method. I would just add that depending on the picture, it might be better to select, copy and paste selection to a new layer before compressing. Then if you decided that something ended up too distorted (i.e. - mirror, person inside car, background etc.) you could very easily cut and paste as needed, having retained the original image.

Supra3019
03-28-2007, 08:05 PM
Real nice tutorial. Ive chopped a few cars but I never though of chopping the top ;) Thanks for posting this and congrats on the sticky.

clk2000s
08-10-2009, 03:11 AM
nice idea dude

mglavina
08-10-2009, 11:10 PM
old thread to bring up. Personally, I always disliked this effect. Looks stretched and unrealistic.

mcbarron1
09-29-2011, 11:05 PM
always wanted chopped top bought a 97 cadillac eldorado to chop top can you help with picture first ?