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briandyche
01-03-2004, 04:01 AM
Okay...this is the way i discovered for doing Carbon Fiber Bonnets while messing with stuff...I also discovered a way to do coloured Carbon Fiber...which is also posted in here...just folow these steps...



1. First, we need to make a pattern. The best pattern I have found is this one (see Figure 1). Save Figure 1 and open it in Photoshop. Then go to Edit > Define Pattern and type in a name for it (I labeled mine "Carbon Fiber Pattern."

http://www.njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/post-5-1064624056.jpg
Figure 1

2.Now we need to open a picture with something on it that you want to turn into carbon fiber (I suggest a Bonnet to start with). I chose a simple front shot of a BMW (Figure 2).

http://www.njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/m3csl3.jpg
Figure 2

3. Now select the part you want carbon fibered. In this case, the bonnet. (see Figure 3)

http://www.njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/Step%203%20copy.jpg
Figure 3

4. Now right click and click on "layer via copy." Then press Ctrl+Shift+U to desaturate the layer (see Figure 4)

http://www.njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/step%204.jpg
Figure 4

5. After This, go to Image > Adjust > Brightness\Contrast and darken the layer to a near a black shade (see Figure 5). Then set the layer mode to Darken.

http://www.njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/step%205.jpg
Figure 5

6. Now Go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Pattern and name it Carbon Fiber. Then Select Your carbon fiber pattern and click OK. Your image should now look like this (see Figure 6)

http://www.njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/step%206.jpg
Figure 6

7. Now go to Layer > Rasterize > Fill Content and then go to Filter > Distort > Twirl and set it anywhere from 30 - 60, depending on your view. Now Ctrl + Click on the Bonnet layer, and hit Ctrl + Shift + I to inverse the selection. Then go back to the carbon fiber layer and hit Delete. Then hit Ctrl + D to deselect. Your pic should now look like this (see Figure 7)

http://www.njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/Step%207.jpg
Figure 7

8. Okay, now set the carbon fiber layer to Soft Light. Well that's about it. Depending on the light, you may want to set the carbon fiber layer to Colour Dodge and then duplicate the Bonnet layer and mess with the layer settings. If you want a coloured carbon bonnet, just make another layer of the Bonnet from the original picture, desaturate it, and colour it like you would a normal paint job, and set it to Colour. If there are coloured reflections on the original Bonnet, and you want those to appear on the Carbon Fiber Bonnet, just copy the original bonnet and set it to Colour. Here are the finished Bonnets: Normal and Coloured:

Normal:
http://www.njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/finished%20normal.jpg


Coloured:
http://www.njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/finished%20colour.jpg


Hope this helps...



Last edited by Strangester at Jan 3 2004, 12:04 AM

Pugger
01-03-2004, 09:15 AM
MAKE THIS PINNED ADMIN PLEEEEAZE!!!!

It is soooo easy to use... Thanx m8!!!

briandyche
01-07-2004, 02:06 PM
is this gonna get pinned?

Jamesh
01-07-2004, 04:26 PM
Crap tutorial i think ill stick with Chopsta's thanks

briandyche
01-07-2004, 04:50 PM
whats crap about it???it make it look the most realistic...all chopsta did was re-do pimped3point3's tut with a different car...and made it look worse..mine is at least a different way...and you have no room to talk...your cf looks like tire tracks...

SOADFan4L
01-18-2004, 10:18 PM
when i go to lasso all 3 of those things (tryin by using ur car) it just goes away from the first one and justs makes a new one

briandyche
01-19-2004, 01:19 PM
Originally posted by SOADFan4L@Jan 18 2004, 06:18 PM
when i go to lasso all 3 of those things (tryin by using ur car) it just goes away from the first one and justs makes a new one
what?

nitroice0069
01-19-2004, 02:07 PM
Nice strange but there is a better CF pattern then that. I discovered it just a day ago. It is nearly perfect. If you want it I will PM it to you. You can do what ever you want with it.


JamEs



Last edited by nitroice0069 at Jan 19 2004, 01:07 PM

eggstar
01-21-2004, 04:38 PM
sounds interesting
could you pm it me please, cheers

and btw, nice tut strange :D

x-vert
03-13-2004, 02:44 AM
wow great totorial !

thanks alot !

Jim
03-16-2004, 06:00 AM
Umm, the pictures have gone, it would be a great help if you could get the pictures back up, sorry about the trouble. Also, could I have that cf pattern? I've been messing around with different cf patters but I can't get a decent one. Cheers.
-Jim

amo1
04-01-2004, 02:04 PM
that tutorial doesnt work for me, does it matter if you have
changed the color of the car first

Skyline1337
04-04-2004, 10:50 AM
cool, thts one of the best carbon tuts i seen yet, easy to use aswell took me no time at al to follow thnx..

xyz
04-12-2004, 06:00 PM
this is the easiest carbon fiber tutorial! :rolleyes:

hav_lova
04-13-2004, 03:37 AM
Originally posted by Jamesh@Jan 7 2004, 03:26 PM
Crap tutorial i think ill stick with Chopsta's thanks
that was harsh man

Killapimp69
12-15-2004, 05:25 PM
could u please pm me the pattern also thnx

OmicroN
12-15-2004, 06:19 PM
The pattern is on the first post, it's this here.
http://www.njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/p...-1064624056.jpg (http://www.njsr.org/pics/albums/userpics/post-5-1064624056.jpg)
very small little picture, but that's the pattern non-the-less.

Not to mention, where did that come from, I don&#39;t see anyone else recently looking for the pattern. ;) <_< The posts just went from april 13th to december 15th, that&#39;s a far gap.

hawk_196
12-15-2004, 07:23 PM
not to mention this carbon is ...um bad.

terazzi
03-01-2005, 07:31 PM
Nice strange but there is a better CF pattern then that. I discovered it just a day ago. It is nearly perfect. If you want it I will PM it to you. You can do what ever you want with it.


JamEs



Last edited by nitroice0069 at Jan 19 2004, 01:07 PM


Then I want that pattern ;) PM over it!!

Dan
03-01-2005, 07:41 PM
Yea can you pm it to me too

apg96
03-02-2005, 01:24 AM
how do u lasso the hood and the grill at the same time? everytime i do it deslects the other lasso.

myfirstnewcar
03-08-2005, 09:25 PM
Use Alt to delete things from the selected area. I'm pretty sure that Shift will allow you to select additional areas. But I'm having a brain fart right now, so if I'm wrong, someone will correct me.